St Davids is ideally situated as an accommodation base for walkers. Try walking the coast path by bus, take the bus out from St Davids, and walk back.

Newgale to Solva (5 miles on coast path)  see bus timetable 411

Newgale is 2 miles of sand backed by a shingle bank formed in a storm in 1859.  There is a sunken forest under the sands which is exposed at very low tides and after storms.
From the north end of the beach join the road for about 300 yards to a sharp right hand bend (or get off bus by shop and walk back up the hill 150 yards) a stile leads onto the coast path which climbs steadily for about 1/4 mile.
Once on top of the cliffs you are rewarded by stunning views.  The second promontory that you pass is Dinas Fawr, copper was once mined on the neck, and there are the earthwork remains of an iron age fortress at the end.
The east side of Solva harbor is Gwaden, a sheltered shingle beach.  The path continues along the ridge of  the Gribin and into Solva.  The harbour was carved out by glacial melt water, and is full of colourful boats in the summer months.
If you wish to catch the bus back to St Davids it will stop outside the Ship Inn.

Solva to Caerfai Bay (5 miles on coast path) see bus timetable 411

From the lower car park (with the pub behind you) walk towards the harbour, continue along the quayside, and join the path to the right of the slipway.
The disused quarries at Nine Wells are a suntrap and harbour a wide variety of plants and butterflies in the summer.  The path leads you past a bay called Ogof (Cave) Tobacco, it is believed that a tunnel led from the cave to Llanunwas farmhouse for the smuggling of contraband ashore.  Steps cut  in the cliff near a coppermine were called Smugglers Steps.
At Aberllong can be seen the remains of three tugs wrecked by the rough seas on their journey from Liverpool in 1986.  The next promonitory is the site of an Iron Age fort, with four ramparts enclosing a steep bank (2,500-2,000 B.C.)
Caerbwdy Bay has the purple sandstone used to build the cathedral, the Quarry was reopened in 1972 and again in 1998 to provide stone for maintenance. West of Caerbwdy is Castell Penpleidiau, an Iron Age fort (500B.C. - 50A.D).

Caerfai Bay to Porthclais (1.5 miles on coast path)  

(Circular Walk leaflet available 25p)

From the car park walk westwards on to the coast path, this is one of the easiest stretches of the path, and with superb views around St Brides Bay.
The path takes you past St Non's Bay, named after the mother of St David (see Life of St David), and on to Porthclais, the old harbour with its limekilns.

Porthclais to Whitesands Bay (5.5 miles on coast path)

(2 Circular Walk leaflets available 25p each)

Walk along beside the west side of the harbour and onto the coast path around to Porth Lisky.  This attractive little bay is named after an Irish chieftain Lisgi, who according to legend slew Boia, a troublesome neighbour of St David (see Life of St David).
Overlooking the narrowest part of Ramsey Sound, the stand the ruins of the old Treginnins copper mine , dating mostly from 1820-36.  This was the biggest of seven mines in the area.  Look out for the rare chough along this stretch of coast (see wildlife watching).
The Lifeboat Station at St Justinian's was built in 1869 and has seen many heroic rescues.  St Justinian was a friend and confessor of St David, legend has it that while on Ramsey Island he was beheaded by his own disciples, but picked up his own head and walked across Ramsey Sound to the mainland.  Boats depart from here for Ramsey island from Easter to the end of October (weather permitting) see Island Visits.
Continue along the path past Point St John, this is a magnificent piece of the coast, look out for bottle nose dolphin and harbor porpoise in Ramsey Sound.
For the last section the path runs just above Whitesands Beach.  Dogs are allowed on the path, but there is a dog ban on the beach from April to September inclusive.

Whitesands to Abereiddi (7.6 miles on the coast path)

From Whitesands car park take the path through the Gate beside the telephone box, up to St Davids Head.  The path passes the site of St Patrick's Chapel, thought to be the spot where St Patrick set sail for Ireland.  In use from the 6th to 10th century, and excavated in 1921, it is now covered with a rather worn slab of concrete.
The Warriors Dyke is a massive defence system stretching 70 metres from cliff to cliff across the headland.  It was built in the Iron Age as a means of isolating the headland from attackers.  Inside the defences the foundations of six roundhouses can still be seen.  A few hundred metres further is the Neolithic cromlech or burial chamber called Coetan Arthur dating from between 4000-3000B.C.
Carn Llidi is the highest point of the St Davids Peninsula (594 feet or 181 metres).  On its slopes you can see the traces of enclosures dating from the Iron Age.  The last of the line of crags is Penberry, formed of hard igneous rock it has been smoothed by ice on at least two occasions during the Ice Ages.
The path continues past numerous small bays (good for seal watching in the autumn) to Abereiddi.

Abereiddi to Abermawr (9.8 miles on the coast path)

Heading north east out of Abereiddi you soon reach the magnificent sandy beach of Traethllyfn, and shortly after around the headland, Porthgain.
Porthgain harbour was used for exporting road stone, slate and bricks and the old brickworks and stone bins still remain. The thirteen brick shipments out of here in 1931 were the last. The large slate roofed, stone building in the centre of the harbour is called Ty Mawr and is owned by the National Park.
The Sloop Inn is a popular watering hole with Coast Path walkers and many people walk from Abereiddi to drink here before taking the stroll back through the National Trust owned land.
North of Porthgain the path passes close to the village of Trefin where there is a Youth Hostel.  From here you pass a beautiful wall of wild flowers towards Pen Castell Coch, a promontory fort, before getting out onto the headland where you pass within 200m of Carreg Samson, a Neolithic burial chamber. This cromlech is one of many examples in Pembrokeshire of Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement. In fact the entire coastline is dotted with the remains of fortified settlements and no headland is without its series of ditches and banks.
After this you pass down through the village and  harbour of Abercastell.
Just before you arrive at the twin beaches of  Aberbach and Abermawr you skirt the rugged bays of Pwllstrodur and Porthglastwr.