Start from 37 curated places around Anglesey, GB, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Sosban and The Old Butchers Restaurant
A Michelin-starred surprise-menu restaurant in a former butcher's shop on Menai Bridge, where the kitchen sends out a no-choice run of small, sharply seasonal dishes built on local catch and produce. There is no a la carte; you eat what they cook that night. This is the island's special-occasion dinner, booked well ahead.
Catch 22 Anglesey
A family-run brasserie in Valley near Holyhead that leans on local seafood but threads in international dishes and a genuinely strong vegetarian side. Portions are generous and the seasonal menu changes often, which is why it pulls regulars from across the west of the island. A reliable mid-range lunch or dinner away from the tourist towns.
Trails & outdoors
South Stack and Holyhead Mountain Circular
The island's signature hill walk, a roughly 5-mile loop from Breakwater Country Park up Holyhead Mountain past an Iron Age hillfort to the cliffs above South Stack lighthouse. It climbs to the highest point on Anglesey for a full sweep of the Irish Sea and, on a clear day, Ireland and the Isle of Man. The hardest of the island's regular walks but worth the legs.
Newborough Forest and Llanddwyn Island Loop
A flat, well-marked walk through Corsican pine forest out to the sand and across to the tidal island of Llanddwyn, running anywhere from a short stroll to a longer 8-mile circuit depending on the route you pick. It mixes shaded forest tracks with open beach and the island's lighthouses and ruins. Easy underfoot and family friendly, with the one catch being the tide.
Things to do
Seacoast Safaris
An hour-long wildlife boat trip from Beaumaris pier out around Puffin Island and under the Menai bridges, with skippers who narrate the shipwrecks, caves and history as you go. Seals are reliable, and puffins and other seabirds turn up in season. A genuine highlight for families and anyone who wants to see the coast from the water.
Anglesey Sea Zoo
An indoor aquarium near Brynsiencyn focused on the marine life of the waters around Wales, from octopus and seahorses to a walk-through shark tank, with a conservation and breeding role behind the scenes. There is a playground and cafe to round out a half day. The island's main wet-weather family standby.
Landmarks & sights
Beaumaris Castle
The last and most technically perfect of Edward I's Welsh castles, a UNESCO-listed concentric fortress with a working moat in the Georgian town of Beaumaris. It was never finished, so the outer walls stay low and you can read the whole defensive plan at a glance. Good for a flat, easy hour with kids who like ramparts and water.
South Stack Lighthouse
A white lighthouse on its own rock island off Holyhead Mountain, reached by a steep flight of around 400 steps and a small bridge across the surge below. The cliffs above are an RSPB seabird colony, so spring and early summer bring puffins, guillemots and razorbills. Best for anyone happy to trade their knees for one of the most dramatic coast views on the island.