Cole Tours

22/09/2024

The famous IRONMAN Wales came to Tenby and Pembrokeshire over the weekend. 🏊🏃🚲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

21/09/2024

The National Eisteddfod is coming to Pembrokeshire in 2026! 🎶🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😍

Sir Benfro fydd cartref

Bydd y prosiect cymunedol a’r paratoadau ar gyfer yr ŵyl yn cychwyn gyda chyfarfod cyhoeddus nos Iau 10 Hydref yn Theatr y Gromlech, Crymych am 19:00, gyda chyfle i bawb sydd am fod yn rhan o’r trefnu i ddod at ei gilydd am sgwrs a chlywed mwy am y cynlluniau sydd ar y gweill.

Gallwch gofrestru i gymryd rhan ar-lein nawr: https://eisteddfod.cymru/eisteddfod-2026

Mwy o wybodaeth yma: https://eisteddfod.cymru/node/3936

18/09/2024

Christmas is on its way 🎄🎅❄️

With only 100 days until Christmas we are delighted to announce the dates for this year's Winter Fair.
Pop the 29th, 30th November and 1st December in your diary when the Gardens are set to be transformed, once again, into one of Wales' biggest festive events.
Visitors will find an abundance of handpicked exhibitors who are artists, makers, crafters and designers. Spend a day finding unique gifts, handmade decorations, art, beautiful homeware as well as artisan food and drink.
The event will have a food marquee which will give visitors the opportunity to stock up on all their festive treats with some of the region’s very best artisan food and drink producers exhibiting. From decadent chocolate, festive spirits to Welsh cakes and chutneys, there’s something to tantalise everyone’s taste buds.

There will also be a range of outlets for ‘on the go’ eating and drinking. As well as performers from across south and west Wales to entertain your during your visit.

16/09/2024

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🗡️Celebrating Owain Glyndwr 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🗡️

Owain Glyndŵr Day is celebrated on September 16 each year in Wales, but who was Owain Glyndŵr? And why is he celebrated?

September 16 celebrates Owain Glyndŵr, a key figure in Welsh history who led a significant and prolonged revolt against English rule in the early 15th century.
Glyndŵr's rebellion sought to establish an independent Welsh kingdom and is seen as a symbol of Welsh nationalism and resistance.

15/09/2024

Sounds fab! 😋🍺🐟

Hope & Anchor in Tenby is rated as one of the best pubs in Pembrokeshire on Tripadvisor.

03/09/2024

A great day as a Wales Best Guides is always assured with our friends up north!

An excellent 6th visit with Bibby's of Ingleton as driver Paul and 37 visitors to Tenby and Pembrokeshire from Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria visited Carew, Newgale, St Davids and the Dyfed Shire Horse Farm.

Always good to have our now traditional end of tour day drink to switch off at Giltar Hotel, Tenby afterwards!

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30/08/2024

Da iawn! Well done! 👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️

🏰✨ Well it looks like we are up against Picton Castle Gardens and Heatherton World of Activities for Best Attraction at this year’s Visit Pembrokeshire Croeso Awards! Sure, Picton might have an undercroft with a fabulous vaulted ceiling, and their Walled Garden is a wee bit bigger than ours. They may have a few more roofs, carpets, and curtains... but we all know it takes more than a fancy set of drapes to make a castle great!🤣 🛋️💁‍♂️
And yes, Heatherton is one of the busiest attractions in Pembrokeshire, with its go karts, bumper boats, zip line and archery range BUT was it ever home to genuine medieval longbow men who fought at the battle of Crecy?

…and does either have a legendary ghost ape? 🐵👻
.or a Tidal Mill?! ⚙️😉

Although it's been nice to see our competitors wishing each other good luck for this year's awards, we thought we'd lay down the challenge with a bit of fighting talk! It's in our blood, we can't help it! ⚔😂

We are, in all honesty, thrilled to be shortlisted alongside such worthy opponents. We look forward to donning our best tunics and raising a glass of mead together on awards night, may the best attraction win! 🏆 🤣

28/08/2024

Carew Castle and Tidal Mill Open To All Pembs

17/08/2024

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🛳🏰 Aberteifi! Cardigan! 🏰🛳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Mark greatly enjoyed welcoming as a Wales Best Guide, an American group travelling recently on the Oceania Cruises' Nautica to his home town!

A trip to Castell Aberteifi - Cardigan Castle and free time in town was crowned by a coronet purchase fit for Arglwydd Rhys himself by one of our American cousins for her first grandchild!

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14/08/2024

Are you going to the Haverfordwest County show? 🐴🐑🐄

Are you heading to Pembrokeshire County Show today or tomorrow? Here's everything you need to know. https://trib.al/rKLexM0

13/08/2024

Mark talking about Major Juno originally from his family farm Dyfed Shire Horse Farm making a visit back home to Pembrokeshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🥁🐴

10/08/2024

🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Willkommen in Wales! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇩🇪

A busy day yesterday down in port for us Wales Best Guides with the great MV Aida Bella visiting Pembrokeshire.

Along with Robert of Taf Valley Coaches, we took our German cousins down to Carew Castle and Tenby and thankfully the sun shone throughout!

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01/08/2024

Another great cruise ship tour out of Fishguard this week as we took in Pembroke Castle and Visit Tenby Official.

All in the capable hands of Sue and Evans Coaches of Milford Haven!

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24/07/2024

🤩🚍🎤 Croeso i Sir Benfro! 🎤🚍🤩

A great day out yesterday with our first ever tour with Jones Holidays of North Wales!

An 8 hour clockwise tour of Pembrokeshire, taking in Carew Castle, Newgale, St Davids and its Cathedral, before meeting the Gentle Giants at the Dyfed Shire Horse Farm.

Great hwyl with our group who were happy to pose for a photo with Mark and Alyson at Newgale!

Thank you to coach driver Darius for guiding us safely through Lower Town Fishguard and for his great company and humour!

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20/07/2024

She’s coming home! 🏡🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🥁

16/07/2024

🚍🎤 Tally Ho! 🎤🚍

Mark had a great day out recently as a Wales Best Guides with our new friends at Tally Ho Holidays from Devon!

A visit to the Dyfed Shire Horse Farm saw us meet their young 2024 foals and then onto St Davids Cathedral from their base at The Cliff Hotel & Spa!

Looking forward to meeting up with driver Derek and tour manager Lorraine again in the future!

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11/07/2024

📸🏰 Amazing Photos 📸🏰

We are fortunate to have received a large collection of images from the chairman of a local history group. As we sort through these treasures, we are excited to share one particularly striking image, courtesy of Scolton Manor.
This photograph captures a moment from when the Castle was occupied by soldiers. Notice the young gentleman in the foreground, adding a personal touch to the historical scene.

If you possess any images from the World War era, we would love to hear from you. Your contributions will help us enrich our historical interpretation and expand our understanding of this significant period.

10/07/2024

What an achievement! 👏🥳🎉

We've got our hands on another trophy! 🏆 🎉
Chosen by the AA inspectors, we are thrilled and honoured to be representing Welsh hospitality. Now on to the big awards ceremony in London in September, where we will have the chance of taking the top prize for the UK!
A big thank you goes to our wonderful team of staff who make us so proud every day with their dedication, hard work and the attention they give all our guests and customers who stay, eat and drink with us. We wouldn't be Y Talbot without them! 🥰
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08/07/2024

Happy 25th Anniversary! 🌸🎉🥳

To celebrate our 25th anniversary, visitors this weekend are invited to ‘step back in time and visit Aberglasney like it’s 1999’ as the entry fee to the gardens will be rolled back to the price charged when we first opened in 1999 – £3.95.

We will have the sound of music ringing out around the gardens on both days with a choir performing on the Saturday and a group of musicians playing on the Sunday. We will also have a demonstration of weaving on both days.

Bring the children to explore, as we learn more about which trees call the gardens their home.
Find and name each tree along our NEW Tree Trail (look out for the Tree Fact plaques) and collect a prize at the end in the giftshop.
Our Tree Trail will run every day. Cost is £2 and the prize includes a Tree Indentification Guide and a pack of seeds. Children under the age of 17 are free to enter the Gardens.

We are open from 10am until 6pm, with last entry at 5pm.

📸 by Nigel McCall of the Upper Walled Garden

08/07/2024

Get your surf on! 🌊🏄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Newgale beach is famous for its two-mile stretch of gloriously golden sand. With its 'large surf', it is considered by many one of the best places in Wales to take to the board 🏄 | Visit Pembrokeshire

📸 Ethan Evans
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28/06/2024

🌊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Tenby never disappoints 🏖️❤️

The delightful Welsh coastal town of Tenby has been named the 'best seaside destination for holiday entertainment'

24/06/2024

Congratulations to a proper 'Cole' pub! 🍺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🥳

The Cresselly Arms was for many years ran by Mark's Dad's 2nd cousin Maurice Cole and is just down the road from Pisgah Chapel, where Mark's gg-grandparents are buried!

Always a popular stop off, whenever back in his 'Down Below' hinterland!

CAMRA has named The Cresselly Arms in Kilgetty as the best pub in Wales

20/06/2024

Sounds perfect! 👌🍺🐬

19/06/2024

Thank you to one of our American friends from the recent Seabourn Ovation trip to Pembrokeshire for offering to take this photo at Carew Castle!

➡️ We love the sunshine
➡️ We love our castles
➡️ We love our American cousins

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16/06/2024

Major Juno born and bred on Dyfed Shire Horse Farm, Pembrokeshire at Trooping the Colour yesterday! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🥁🐴

Beautiful image by Patch Photos. Rider James Ballantine 😍🥁🐴