Small and unspoilt – just perfect

If you’re looking for a small, unspoilt village in the Brecon Beacons, you could do a lot worse than head for Talybont.

Talybont-on-Usk, to use its full name (or Tal-y-bont ar Wysg yn Cymraeg), is just perfect whatever kind of break you’re searching for.

If you’ve only got a day to spare and children to entertain, we can highly recommend the Blaen Glyn Isaf waterfall walk in Talybont Forest, just 10 minutes drive from the village itself.

It’s just over a two-mile walk so nothing too taxing but enough to tire the children out if that’s your secret mission!

Park your car at the entrance – stick CF48 2UT in the satnav – and make sure you’re wearing decent footwear (we’d recommend wellies) and you’re good to go.

And when we say good to go we mean good to start walking alongside the river, floating in the pools and sliding down the waterfalls and generally enjoying Mother Nature (who is Welsh, obviously) at her most glorious.

What’s not to love?

If you’ve got a bit more time to spend in the area, Talybont itself is well worth a day or a week of your time.

If you’re the energetic type and like getting on your bike, then there are hills and cycle paths to explore.

You can also walk from Talybont right up to the peaks of the Beacons, where the views are quite spectacular.

Perhaps your idea of a holiday is more like doing as little as possible – in which case Talybont will be right up your street too.

If you’re a fisherman or fisherwoman – or even if you’re not – don’t forget to head for the Talybont Reservoir. Trout fishing is available!

Eating is good too!

Whatever kind of visitor you are, we all need to eat and drink, right?

Talybont is also home to three pubs (it would be a shame not to enjoy some real Welsh beer on your holiday), a restaurant, a café serving tea, coffee, cake and more – all sourced with local Welsh ingredients so you’re doing our economy the world of good too.