2021 has seen Gower figure in so many ‘best of’ features and recently it starred yet again in Conde Nast Traveller. The article published on 20 09 2021 stated that they’d been ‘searching high and low to bring readers the pick of the best beaches in the UK.’

We’re always amazed at Bayview, Oxwich when we read articles that express surprise at how wonderful Swansea is as a long – or short – break holiday destination. We’re even more surprised when it is endlessly framed with comparisons to the Mediterranean or Italy’s Bay of Naples. Swansea is a unique Welsh city by the sea with a distinctive vibe and we’re proud to celebrate that and point out its delights to our guests here in nearby Gower.

Môr means sea in Welsh. And it’s the name of one of Bayview’s favourite restaurants, situated right on the sea front at Mumbles and less than a half hour’s drive from us here in Oxwich, Gower.

At Bayview, Oxwich we’re delighted to see the superlatives just keep coming for a firm favourite of ours, Gower Sea Food Hut in nearby Mumbles. In June it featured in The Guardian’s round-up of the best 22 places to eat fish around the UK (one of only 4 in Wales), and in July was flagged up in The Sunday Times.

Blackpill Lido, Swansea, has recently been named among the UK’s Top 5 Lidos in research carried out by Fulton Umbrellas. It was the only one in Wales to be singled out, and held its head high along with four others from Brighton, London, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

At Bayview, Oxwich we’re delighted to see that Rhossili Bay and Three Cliffs Bay in Gower have both figured in the Top 10 beaches in Wales in the recent and much-coveted best British beach guide published by The Sunday Times.

At Bayview, Oxwich we’re forever telling our guests about the wonderful range of food, beverages and artisan products being produced here in Gower. And now our guests will be able to see all these businesses we’re so proud of in one place for the first time.

We’ve always know that Swansea, Wales’ city by the sea, is a very special place. That’s why we were delighted to come home to Gower to set up our holiday rental accommodation at Bayview, Oxwich. We knew that we’d have the best of both worlds on our doorstep: the tranquillity here at Bayview and the buzz of the city only a twenty-minute drive away.

We are delighted here at Bayview, that fabulous chef, Hywel Griffith, of the acclaimed Michelin Star Beach House Restaurant right here on the beach front at Oxwich, made it through to the final of #GreatBritishMenu 2021. We were cheering him on every step of the way through this iconic BBC television show.

Our visitors to Bayview often ask us what we can recommend to enhance their holiday experience in Gower. They are especially interested in the authentic experiences Gower can offer: whether it’s a steer to some of the best restaurants for a true taste of Gower’s food and drink, or walks that introduce them to Gower’s less trodden and hidden paths.

Our guests here at Bayview, Oxwich are often asking us to point them in the direction of Gower’s hidden face – the wealth of history and culture that exists in the peninsula alongside the miles of sandy beaches and dramatic limestone cliffs that it is famed for. They tell us this makes for a more enriching holiday and that it is so satisfying to be privy to special information and Gower’s secrets.

Television viewers in Wales will be familiar with Derek Brockway – Derek the Weather – for his daily appearances on BBC Wales outlining what’s in store for us with the weather. Television viewers outside Wales might know him for his popular BBC television series Weatherman Walking, in which he introduces his audience to perhaps lesser known, and most definitely, hidden gems of walks across the length and breadth of Wales.