Jeremy Clarkson names 'beautiful' Welsh town with 'best hotel in the world' after visit
Jeremy Clarkson has highlighted the "achingly beautiful" fishing village of Aberaeron as the perfect place for a UK-based holiday, as trips abroad are becoming increasingly unaffordable due to the US and Israel's war on Iran.Speaking about the mini break in his column for The Sunday Times, Jeremy reassured concerned holidaymakers: "Don’t worry though because I have a solution. Last week, I went to Wales for a couple of days and I’m talking about real Wales."The former Top Gear star went on to say that his trip to Wales "felt delightfully foreign", and he felt impressed enough to include it amongst his other favourite UK destinations – north Devon and Yorkshire.He explained: "We don’t have colourful hedgerows in England and we don’t have smooth, deserted roads that dip into pretty valleys before rearing onto the next moorland pass."I rarely say that anywhere in the UK is better than north Devon, but this is. It’s nearly as good as Yorkshire."Jeremy then spoke highly of a night he spent in Aberaeron, a harbour town located in Ceredigion, with pretty views of Cardigan Bay.Describing the town, the star said: "Every one of the terraced cottages around the harbour is a different colour. There was a trendy-looking shop selling honey ice cream and an old Citroën van where you could get Hackney-style hipster street food."It was achingly beautiful and it was full of Enid Blyton kids going fishing and eating chips out of newspaper."Jeremy even said his experience at the coastal town's luxurious Harbourmaster hotel trumped his recent stay at the Four Seasons in Miami, Florida, which admittedly was "very good, but this is better".The hotel also won Jeremy's approval by selling drinks from Hawkstone Brewery, which the Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? presenter owns a significant stake in.The Clarkson's Farm star declared: "This is the best hotel … in the world. The staff were fantastic, the view was pretty, they sold Hawkstone, and for dinner, I had deep fried cockles followed by sea trout."After dinner he enjoyed a walk along the sea wall and watched the sunset, sharing that although the weather was much cooler, the views were comparable to those of the Caribbean.Jeremy's favourite hotel is based in a prime location in Aberaeron, with its website stating guests can expect "a comfortable seaside stay with a modern maritime theme, original Melin Tregwynt fabrics throughout and lovely views of Cardigan Bay".
