Wales Tips & articles

Tips & articles

  1. A dream trip for outdoor (and comfort) lovers

    01 December 2011

    A dream trip in the great outdoors! Sounds fantastic but perhaps slightly intimidating, especially if you don’t have three months...

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  2. Food wars: UK vs USA

    15 November 2011

    “It looks like we have food travel on the calendar this month, so I was planning to write a blog...

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  3. Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel: top 10 regions for 2012

    27 October 2011

    When people talk about the best places to travel, it’s often all about a city or a country. But if...

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  4. Top 10 walks in the UK

    14 April 2011

    Rugged coastline, verdant fells or snowcapped mountains – grab a map, pull on your boots and discover the UK’s most...

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  5. Walk on the mild side: trails for mere mortals

    03 March 2011

    Walking – just simply walking – can be one of the best ways to experience a place. The pace and...

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  6. Child-friendly UK: keeping your family united across the kingdom

    20 February 2011

    Having children with you on your travels doesn’t mean that you, or they, have to miss out on the fun....

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  7. 9 weekend courses in Europe

    04 February 2011

    Improve yourself in 2011, whether it’s by learning to dance, playing polo or tucking into chocolate. In an extract from...

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  8. The 10 best things to do in 2011

    10 December 2010

    Punctuate this year with meaningful experiences. Choose from options that girdle the globe – from cricket bats and birthday parties...

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  9. Get packing: 10 easy trips this December

    01 December 2010

    Getting itchy feet but don’t have a trip planned? Lonely Planet magazine looks at 10 easy trips for December from...

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  10. 10 reasons why Britain is best in winter

    01 December 2010

    Forget summer. Winter’s here and, as our panel of celebrities, experts and readers show in this extract from Lonely Planet...

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  11. Destination at a glance: Wales

    23 November 2010

    Wales at its best is tramping in splendid isolation across magnificent green hills and purple-heather moors, valleys ringing with the...

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  12. Great Britain: travel books to read before you go

    01 October 2010

    This is an excerpt from Lonely Planet’s guide to Great Britain.There’s nothing like a good book to set the mood...

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  13. Wales: travel books to read before you go

    01 October 2010

    This excerpt from Lonely Planet’s Wales guide provides a selection of travel literature to get you in the mood for...

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  14. The great British country show – a cultural eye-opener

    25 August 2010

    Leeks as big as legs, best-dressed potatoes, wrestlers in white leggings and lovingly preened cows: the country show is an...

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  15. Walking Great Britain’s great coast

    22 July 2010

    Mainland Great Britain has around 17,820km of coastline. That’s just over 11,000 miles of beach, bay, cove and cliff forming...

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  16. Favorite US & UK fairs

    20 July 2010

    Right up there with parades as one of the great simple timeless joys are fairs, state and county, little and...

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  17. What are the world's best streets?

    10 March 2010

    The Street View function of Google Maps has famously caught everything on camera from houses on fire to medieval-style sword...

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  18. 10 places that don’t exist (but should)

    05 January 2010

    We’ve all read a book or watched a movie and wished the places it transported us to were real. ...

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  19. Dogs of the world

    09 December 2009

    ‘When you point out something to a dog, he looks at your finger.’ - J Bryan, IIIDogs are like children,...

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  20. Famous - and infamous - hotels

    04 December 2009

    Looking for a brush with fame instead of mints on the pillow? We’ve got our favourite celebrity hotels - owned...

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  21. Best of Britain: traditional dishes

    30 November 2009

    <!–[endif]–>There’s so much more to traditional British food than fry-ups and white bread sarnies. Try these regional delights for starters:Spotted...

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  22. Britain in summer - five of our favourites

    03 July 2009

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