Browsing attractions within 10 miles of The Retreat Holiday Apartment

Managed by the National Trust, the Sugarloaf is one of the highest peaks in Monmouthshire and offers fantastic walks & views overlooking Abergavenny.

Their traditional Carthenni (throws) are deeply rooted in the culture of Welsh textile techniques but always in the modern idiom.

Caroline Downey is an award-winning artist who works at her hillside home in the Black Mountains of Wales.

Blaenavon changed the world. These hills on the edge of the Brecon Beacons were rich with coal, limestone and iron ore – the fuel of the Industrial Revolution. From here Wales heaved and belched and blasted itself onto the global stage.

Flavours of Borneo; artisan, unique, ethnic and fusion spicy sauces suitable as a dip, dressing, marinade and for cooking.

Award winning pub & restaurant, just outside of Abergavenny. Set in its own large grounds, The Clytha Arms is family run, warm & welcoming. There's also lots of local walks, cycling & fishing,

Although now a 900-year-old ruin, it’s easy to see from these extensive remains that Llanthony was one of Wales’s great medieval buildings.

I design and make textile based jewellery, working from my studio in rural Monmouthshire.

The Court Cupboard is situated on the western slopes of the Skirrid Mountain in an old granary and has been managed by The Black Mountain Circle, a co-operative of local craft makers, since 1995.