Triangle Inn Cwmdauddwr

The bridge is at a built where the Mynach falls around 90 metres (300 ft) and meets the Rheidol.

Legend says that the bridge was built by the Devil as it was too difficult for mortal people to build. The Devil built the bridge in return for the soul of the first life to cross the bridge, but the Devil was tricked by an old woman who threw bread onto the bridge and her dog followed, thus becoming the first life to cross the new bridge.

The bridge is a major tourist attraction; turnstiles control access (in 2008, at £1 a person) to a view of the bridges. Over the other side of the road, £3.50 grants a longer walk to view the Mynach Falls. This longer walk also includes the precipitous stone steps known as Jacob's Ladder named after the Biblical description of a ladder to the heavens.

Devil's Bridge is served by Devil's Bridge railway station on the Vale of Rheidol Railway, which opened between Aberystwyth and Devil's Bridge in 1902 (note - if between trains, there isn't really time to take the longer walk) – see below.

Trains run every day during the summer months and on certain other days during the rest of the year. Check the published timetable to avoid disappointment.

The station has two principle platforms, each with a hard tarmac surface. Platforms on this railway are low-level, as passenger coaches are designed for ground level access, due to the number of intermediate stations without platform surfaces. The two platform lines both terminate in buffer stops, and each has a headshunt forward of bi-directional cross-over points for locomotive release. In practice it is unusual to see more than one platform in use under the current timetable.

The station is equipped with a water tower, and station buildings providing waiting room, booking hall, booking office, and staff room, as well as lavatories. A separate temporary structure in the car park currently serves as a refreshment room and souvenir shop on railway operating days.

Since the late 19th Century it has also been a major Welsh educational centre, with the establishment of the first University in Wales in 1872. The permanent population is around 12,000, but for nine months of the year the 7,000 resident students associated with Aberystwyth University take this total to about 19,500 people.

Aberystwyth is a major tourist centre and a cultural link between North Wales and South Wales. Constitution Hill is scaled by the Aberystwyth Electric Cliff Railway giving access to fine views and other attractions at the top, while much of the finest scenery in Mid Wales lies within easy reach of the town. This includes the wilderness of the Cambrian Mountains, whose valleys contain forests and meadows which have changed little in centuries. A convenient way of reaching the interior is by the preserved narrow gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway.

Although relatively modern, the town contains a number of historic buildings, including the remains of the castle and the Old College of Aberystwyth University nearby. The Old College was originally intended to be a hotel, but due to a lack of funds the shell of the building was sold to the university. The new university campus overlooks Aberystwyth from Penglais Hill to the east of the town centre. The terminus for the standard gauge railway is also very impressive being built in 1924 in typical style of the period.

The architecture is a mix of Gothic, Classical Revival and Victorian, and the town is sometimes referred to as "the Oxbridge of Wales".

The town is generally regarded as the capital of Mid Wales, and several institutions have regional or national offices there. Perhaps the most important of the public bodies located in Aberystwyth is the National Library of Wales. The library also incorporates the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales, one of six British regional film archives. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, which maintains and curates the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW), provides the public with information about the built heritage of Wales.

Borth's award-winning beach is of a particularly shallow gradient but many are fooled into thinking the steep pebble bank visible at high tide is representative of the ebb-tide scenario. Nothing could be further from the truth! Because of its shallow waters, Borth's beach is particularly popular with sailboard enthusiasts and families with younger children.

A Welsh legend tells of a long-ago era prior to an area of Wales - called Cantre'r Gwaelod - disappeared under the waters of Cardigan Bay. The legend has it that, just like parts of the Netherlands, Cantre'r Gwaelod was protected from being swamped by the ocean waters via a series of dykes and dams. One night, a feast was held at Cantre'r Gwaelod and Seithennyn, the man entrusted with the job of staying sober to staff the watchtower that night, let his compatriots down to the effect that the sea breached the defences and the land of Cantre'r Gwaelod was completely drowned.

Only a legend? Well, at particular times of year the lowest tides reveal - on Borth's beach - the stumps and trunks of old, old forests long hidden under the golden sands....

Besides listening to a wealth of local legends, there are plenty of things to see and do within Borth and in the surrounding area.

To its north and east Borth is surrounded by protected sites; a massive peat bog - Cors Goch Fochno - and the magnificent sand dune system of the Dyfi National Nature Reserve at Ynyslas. Here you will find a seasonal Information Centre operated by the Countryside Council for Wales where the significance of the nature reserve is explained in easy to follow detail.

Borth and Ynyslas represent the northern terminus of the Ceredigion Coast Path. From Borth, the Coast Path proceeds through Clarach towards Aberystwyth.

Borth is also the western terminus of one of Ceredigion's other linear paths climbing high into the Cambrian Mountains and linking to the Forestry Commission Wales Visitor and Red Kite Feeding Centre at Nant Yr Arian, Devil's Bridge, Cwm Ystwyth & it's mines, the historic Hafod Picturesque Landscape and Pontrhydygroes before proceeding to Pontrhydfendigaid with an option to visit the ruins of Strata Florida Abbey, once the Westminster of Wales. On completion of the Ystwyth Trail, at the end of June 2008, this route will be capable of forming a grand circle returning via the Ystwyth Trail towards Aberystwyth.

A thriving little harbour resort set within the Snowdonia National Park, where the river Dyfi meets the blue waters of Cardigan Bay. Aberdovey has watersports galore - sailing, sail & surf boarding, rowing, canoeing, fishing and boat trips. In the summer, there are yachting regattas and other water spectacles along with family entertainment on its award-winning beaches. Aberdovey boasts some of the finest beaches in Britain with four miles of golden sand-dune backed shoreline running north to Tywyn. The championship links golf course lies to the landward side of the dunes.

You don't need to travel too far from Aberdovey to find a different world - that of spectacular mountain and valley scenery. The peaks of the Cader Idris and Aran Fawddwy ranges are within easy reach and are complimented by the charm of the Dovey and Dysynni valleys nearby. An ideal area for walkers, climbers and wildlife watchers.

Just to the North of Aberdovey is Tywyn. The name derives from the Welsh tywyn ('beach, seashore, sand-dune') and the town is sometimes referred to as Tywyn Meirionnydd. The town is noted for its Norman parish church of St Cadfan housing St Cadfan's Stone dating from the eighth or ninth century and inscribed with the oldest known written Welsh. Extensive dunes are still to be found to the south towards Aberdyfi (Aberdovey), and in Tywyn itself the beach and the extensive promenade are key attractions. To the north lies the mouth of the Afon Dysynni, to the north-east the rich farmland of Bro Dysynni, and to the east the hills of Craig y Barcud and Craig Fach-Goch.

The Talyllyn Railway, a historic narrow-gauge steam railway, runs from Tywyn to Abergynolwyn and Nant Gwernol. The line passes the delightful Dolgoch Falls and there are excellent forest walks at Nant Gwernol.

There is a Glyndwr Festival in the first week in September. The Machynlleth Festival takes place in the auditorium in The Tabernacle late August every year. During the week eminent performers take part in events ranging from recitals for children to jazz.

Next to The Tabernacle you can find MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art. Throughout the year MOMA shows Modern Welsh Art, a constantly changing exhibition featuring leading artists from Wales. Individual artists are spotlighted in a series of temporary exhibitions.

Paintings and drawings from the Tabernacle Collection are shown in rotation. Works in this permanent collection include Portrait of William McElroy by Augustus John, Toasting by Stanley Spencer and Portrait of a Woman by Percy Wyndham Lewis. MOMA Wales owns Waterfall, Ogwen, Cottages, Cilgwyn, Carreg Cennen and Road above Deiniolen by Sir Kyffin Williams. The Brotherhood of Ruralists is represented by Graham Arnold's Last Poems (A E Housman) and Journal 1997 and by Ann Arnold's Clare's Countryside (8) and The River Dyfi. There are also two drawings of Dylan Thomas by his friend Mervyn Levy.

The main street boasts attractive shops and galleries to browse around and find that unique gift to take home. You will find sellers of arts and crafts, demonstrations of renewable energy sources, beautiful scenery, and Welsh history, all in one small Welsh town.

Llanwrtyd Wells began its life as a tiny hamlet called Pont-Rhyd-y-Fferau (Bridge over the Ankle Deep Ford). Llanwrtyd, or as it is known today, Old Llanwrtyd is centred around the church of St David’s further up the valley towards Abergwesyn. It was the discovery of the mineral waters in 1732 that originally brought fame to Llanwrtyd and it grew as a spa town, based around the Ffynon Droellwyd spring, (or Stinking Well because of the smell of hydrogen sulphide gas that was given off when you breathed the vapours) which still exists. The town was also known as an eisteddfod site. Today it is better know for eccentric sports such as The World Bog Snorkelling Championships, The Man versus Horse Marathon and The Real Ale Wobble!

The World Bog Snorkelling Championship, first held in 1985, takes place annually every August Bank Holiday at the dense Waen Rhydd peat bog. Other bog snorkelling events take place, particularly in Wales, including the associated mountain bike bog snorkelling (where competitors must ride through the bog on specially prepared mountain bikes), and the Bog Snorkelling Triathlon.

The town is the home of The Heart of Wales Brewery. One resident Robin Kevan who is also known as "Rob the Rubbish" has become famous for cleaning up Britain's countryside.