Many people have their favourite city. I also have my favourite one. It\'s called Aberystwyth. It\'s on the west coast of Wales. It isn\'t big. I was there two years ago. The city is small but very nice.
Most part of the town is very old and has got many historical buildings, for example the ruins of the castle or the Local Folk Museum. The most interesting and attractive place in the whole town is definitely \"The Pier\". It is a massive, wooden construction going out towards the sea. That construction is a basement to a large building. Everyone can find something interesting for themselves there. There are an Indian Restaurant, a pub called \"The Pier\", a video-lending shop, a night-club, an ice-cream shop and the most important \"The Amusement\". \"The Amusement\" attracts both children and adults. You can do really everything there, for example: take part in a car race, play on different gambling machines or play computer games etc.
Aberystwyth has also an old harbour. There are always many boats and, of course, a small light house.
The town is situated on the hilly area. There are many fields around Aberystwyth and they are white with sheep. There aren\'t many forests around. There are many shops in the town. Customers can buy good-quality things. For example I bought a dress in one shop. I have been wearing it very often and washing it and it still looks like new.
It isn\'t an industrial city, so the air is very clean and if you want to keep fit you can go jogging on the promenade every day. But the best time for that is in the evening because then you can also admire the sunset and meet a lot of interesting people.
If you want to go somewhere for your holidays, go to Aberystwyth.
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It is also home to the University of Wales Aberystwyth and the National Library.
The town is nestled between three hills and two beaches, and hosts some castle ruins, a pier and a harbour. The surrounding hills hold the visible remains of a iron age fort and also a monument to Wellington and once climbed offer stunning views of Cardigan Bay.
Aberystwyth is a University town with some seven thousand students, ensuring it a vibrant throughout the year and not just during summertime. Incidentally, there are now 'only' fifty pubs left in Aberystwyth!
The seafront hosts Victorian / Edwardian buildings mostly 4/5 stories high. The wide promenade protect the buildings from the revenges of the Irish Sea and offers space to sit, soak up the sun and view the surrounding hills and mountains which in winter are often covered in snow. On a clear day you may see the tallest mountain in Wales, Snowdon.
The harbour was once one of the busiest in Wales and is fed by the rivers Ystwyth and Rheidol (which incidentally, is the steepest river in Britain). Geographically, Aberystwyth may be considered isolated from the rest of Wales. However, this isolation made it necessary for the local people to look after themselves and over the years it has acquired more resources than a town of this size would normally have. It is now the centre of local rural life and is visited by many to sample the numerous cafés, bars, and restaurants including, Chinese, Indian, Italian and Mediterranean cuisine.
The local weather is dominated by the sea and the Gulf Stream which warms the whole region and makes for pleasurable visiting.
Reference http://www.aberystwyth.com/
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