Cardiff
The roar that went up from Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium when Wales clinched victory in the 2005 Six Nations rugby championship – their first grand slam since 1978 – seems to still echo around the city today.
The roar that went up from Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium when Wales clinched victory in the 2005 Six Nations rugby championship – their first grand slam since 1978 – seems to still echo around the city today.
The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Arfordir Sir Benfro), established in 1952, takes in almost the entire coast of Pembrokeshire and its offshore islands, as well as the moorland hills of Mynydd Preseli in the north.
Dylan Thomas called Swansea an ‘ugly, lovely town’, and that remains a fair description today.
Llandudno is a thriving seaside resort and Wales’ largest.
Up and down the coast of County Ceredigion, Wales' heart beats strong.
Thanks to its status as one of the liveliest university towns in Wales, and its excellent range of options for eating out, drinking and taking in some great Welsh culture, Aberystwyth is an essential stop along the Ceredigion coast.
With its pastel-painted Georgian houses, picturesque boat-crowded harbour and long sandy beaches, Tenby is a typical bucket-and-spade, ice-cream-and-candy-floss seaside resort.
Set in the scenic Vale of Llangollen and featuring the River Dee as its gurgling heart, Llangollen is a slightly odd blend of cultured cool and gritty realism, perfectly illustrated by its culinary options, which range from foodie-friendly places...
Featured in the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest city in the UK – population-wise it’s little more than an overgrown village – St David’s was awarded the title of ‘city’ courtesy of its magnificent cathedral.
The handsome stone market town of Brecon stands at the meeting of the River Usk and the River Honddu.
Conwy feels a bit like old Wales: it’s all lovespoons and teashops.
Caernarfon, situated 9 miles from Bangor between the gleaming swell of the Menai Strait and the deep-purple mountains of Snowdonia, is home to Wales’ most magnificent castle, a looming, fantastical World Heritage Site built by Edward I as a...
The handsome market town of Abergavenny is set amid shapely, tree-fringed hills on the eastern edge of Brecon Beacons National Park.
Given its abundance of transport options, Porthmadog (port-mad-uk) is a good base for exploring the Snowdonia National Park.
Dolgellau is a place steeped in history with lots of historic architecture and a genteel feel.
With its long, festive main street rising from the river, and a colourful huddle of Georgian and Victorian houses clustered around the ruins of the old castle, Cardigan makes for a pleasant and picturesque stopover.
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