Located in what has been designated an area of outstanding beauty – the Gower Peninsula – Port Eynon is the perfect place to enjoy a holiday jam-packed with watersports activities and outdoor pursuits.

An interesting little village with a chequered past, it is said to have been engaged heavily in smuggling between the sixteenth- and nineteenth-centuries. There are a few places of historical interest here. At the far end of the Bay stands the old Salt House, an eighteenth-century building which is said to have been built and used as a cover for the village’s smuggling exploits. There’s also the villages churchyard, in which stands a memorial to the lost lives of three young lifeboat crew members, who perished on a rescue in 1916.

Said to be Gower’s most popular beach, Port Eynon Bay’s swimmer-friendly waters are a great destination for a multitude of watersports, from surfing and windsurfing to diving, kayaking and sailing, where there’s a slipway down onto the beach.

The coastline here is dramatic, and in the limestone cliffs, below which Eynon’s Castle is thought to have once stood, remains more evidence of the village folks’ smuggling skills. Thought to have been linked up to the castle, Culver hole has a staircase inside it that leads up to four floors, and was a great place for villagers to store contraband!
This area is great for those who enjoy the coast and the mystery and tragedy of the entire peninsula, where plenty of accommodation in the way of self-catering holiday cottages can be found.