Things to do in Powys
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Museum of Modern Art for Wales
On Penrallt St is the town's only neoclassical building, the Tabernacle, a former Methodist chapel (1880) that's been restored and now forms part of the Museum of Modern Art for Wales . There are shows by Welsh artists and a small permanent collection within the white-walled galleries. The chapel itself has the feel of a courtroom, but has good acoustics, and is a venue for concerts, theatre and talks.
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Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Housed in a rare example of a late-medieval Welsh town house, the Owain Glyndŵr Centre has somewhat dry displays but nevertheless tells a rip-roaring story of the Welsh hero's fight for independence. Although it's called the Old Parliament Building, it was probably built around 1460, some 50 years after Glyndŵr instituted his parliament on this site, but it's believed to closely resemble the former venue.
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Quarry Wholefood Café
Run by the same people that manage the CAT, this woody, gentle-paced place has delicious, wholesome vegetarian lunch specials, using mostly organic ingredients. It's also fantastically baby friendly with organic baby food on the menu, and changing facilities. The only downside to its popularity? Queuing for a table.
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Delicatessen Blasau
A superb little deli selling takeaway sandwiches, organic produce and fair-trade supplies. Specialising in local produce, it has a good selection of fruit wines, mead, liqueurs and chocolate – all of which would make excellent gifts for the cat-sitter back home.
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Spectrum Gallery
The Spectrum Gallery is a particularly interesting little place with a range of arty crafts and design-led gifts. Keep a lookout for the all-seeing eye that keeps guard over the high street from the shop's façade.
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Holey Trail Cycle Hire
This place hires out mountain bikes from half/full-day around £12/around £18; the staff is a mine of information on the local cycle trails. The owners also offer bike repairs and run the Reditreks bunkhouse.
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Skinners Arms
Popular with locals, this has some of the best bar food in town, great Sunday roasts and local ales. It's a warm and cosy spot with a fireplace to ward off the winter chill.
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Maengwyn Café
Straightforward dishes and décor are the staples of this locals' café. It's simple fare at budget prices, but accordingly very low on frills.
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White Lion
This big old inn offers good bar meals, served all day in big portions, plus lots of fish and vegetarian options.
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Farmers Market
The town's Wednesday farmers market has been going on for over seven centuries and remains a lively affair.
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Quarry Cafe
Run by the same people as the CAT, this popular place dishes up delicious, wholesome, vegetarian lunch specials, using mostly organic ingredients. It's also very baby friendly with organic baby food on the menu, and changing facilities.
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MOMA Wales
Housed partly in a neoclassical chapel (1880), the Museum of Modern Art exhibits work by contemporary Welsh artists as well as an annual international competition (mid-July to early September).
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Holey Trail
Hires mountain bikes (per day £25), performs repairs, offers bunkhouse accommodation and is a mine of information on the local trails.
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Farmers Market
Has been held for over seven centuries and remains a lively affair.
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Dyfi Mountain Biking
Dyfi maintains three waymarked mountain-bike routes from Machynlleth, the Mach 1 (10 miles), 2 (14 miles) and 3 (19 miles), each more challenging than the last. The Mach 3's not for beginners. In the Dyfi Forest, near Corris, is the custom-built, 9-mile, Cli-machx loop trail. In May the same crew run the Dyfi Enduro, a noncompetitive, long-distance, mountain-bike challenge, limited to 650 riders.
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CAT
Founded in 1974, CAT is a virtually self-sufficient workers' cooperative which acts as an ecologically driven laboratory and information source for alternative technologies. There are more than 3 hectares of displays dealing with topics such as composting, organic gardening, environmentally friendly construction, renewable energy sources, sewage treatment and recycling. It has about 130 on-site workers and 15 full-time residents. To explore the whole site takes about two hours – take rainwear as it's primarily outdoors. Kids love the interactive displays and adventure playground.
There are workshops and games for children during the main school holidays and an extensive …
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