Easter Holiday Inspiration

Easter Bank Holiday weekend is fast approaching this Friday 18th April and if you are stuck for ideas why not visit Abergavenny for a wonderful day out filled with distinctively independent shopping, beautiful scenery, delicious places for food and drink along with family friendly activities.

Abergavenny offers something for everyone whether your looking for a romantic day out, catch up with friends or a family day out. 

If you are interested in shopping take a look at the following link to see the beautiful shops that are in Abergavenny, take a look here

http://loveabergavenny.com/index.php?page=shop

If you would like to find out about the great food in Abergavenny take a look here

http://loveabergavenny.com/index.php?page=eat

We put together our top five things to do to give you some ideas and inspiration

1 Afternoon tea at The Angel Hotel -

The Angel Hotel is a member of the prestigious UK Tea Guild having previously held an ‘Award of Excellence’ since 2008. Only nine hotels outside of London have achieved this. In 2011 The Angel Hotel were proud recipients of The Tea Guild’s top national award, the Oscar of the tea world.

Each morning our specialist baker, Sally Lane freshly prepares the sandwiches, savouries, cakes and scones ready for the afternoon. We serve afternoon tea daily in our Wedgewood room from 3.00pm - 5.30pm during the week and 2.30pm - 5.30pm on weekends. 

For more information visit http://www.angelabergavenny.com/afternoon-tea

2 Visit the distinctively independent shops

Abergavenny is a beautiful place to visit if you are looking for a family day trip, relaxing day out or for a great shopping experience. Unlike your usual shopping locations Abergavenny is full of independent local businesses that offer quality unique items that can't be found anywhere else. Visit the following link to browse the shops available in Abergavenny, http://www.loveabergavenny.com/index.php?page=shop
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3 Take in the history of Abergavenny's Castle & Museum

Abergavenny Museum is set in the grounds of a 'ruined' Norman Castle, where you can enjoy a picnic during the summer and a brisk walk on colder days. The museum building was formerly a hunting lodge built by the Marquess of Abergavenny.

The displays tell the story of this historic market town from prehistory through to the present day. The displays are on several levels, with some help most areas are accessible to wheelchair users. Visit the following link for more information about the museum and castle, http://www.abergavennymuseum.co.uk/

4 See a show at the Borough Theatre

Presenting a year round programme of professional and community productions, the Borough Theatre is a lively 338 seat venue situated right in the centre of the historic market town of Abergavenny, the traditional Gateway to Wales. Visit the following link for more information about the theatre http://www.loveabergavenny.com/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=23&cntnt01returnid=64

5 Experience the Abergavenny markets

Situated in the middle of the town known as the Gateway to Wales, Abergavenny
Tuesday Market is well known as one of the major markets in Wales.
Visitors come from far and wide to enjoy a traditional indoor & outdoor market, with
over 200 stands selling a huge range of goods.

Less well known, but equally worth a visit are the Friday and Saturday Markets.

The Friday Market is an indoor only event but still offers over 60 stalls with
something to interest everyone.

The Saturday Market was established over 13 years ago and is now both indoors as
well as outdoors with approximately 100 stalls.

Other events held in the Market Hall include Farmers Markets, Craft Fairs, Antique

Fairs, Flea Markets, Arts & Crafts Fairs and the annual Abergavenny Food Festival.

The Market is open from 6am to 5pm on Market days. Please see following link for more information, http://www.abergavennymarket.co.uk/

To get some further inspiration on what you can do this weekend visit the following link:

www.loveabergavenny.com