Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog

Carreg Cennen

Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog

Dramatically perched atop a steep limestone crag, high above the River Cennen, are the brooding ruins of Wales' ultimate romantic castle, visible for…

Pen-y-Fan

Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog

Ascending Pen-y-Fan (886m), the tallest peak in the Brecon Beacons, is one of the most popular hikes in the park (around 350,000 people make the climb…

Tretower Court & Castle

Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog

Originally the home of the Vaughan family, Tretower gives you two historic buildings for the price of one: the sturdy circular Norman keep, now roofless…

St Issui's Church

Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog

Halfway up a thickly forested hillside in the Vale of Eywas, this tiny 11th-century church is like a time capsule of Welsh faith and culture, buried too…

Garn Goch

Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog

You're likely to have the impressive remains of Garn Goch to yourself. One of the largest Iron Age sites in Wales, it comprises a smaller hill fort…

Llanthony Priory

Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog

Halfway along the impossibly beautiful Vale of Ewyas lie the atmospheric ruins of this Augustinian priory, set among pasture and wooded hills by the River…

Dan-yr-Ogof National Showcaves Centre for Wales

Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog

The limestone plateau of the southern Fforest Fawr is riddled with some of the largest and most complex cave systems in Britain. Most can only be visited…

Brecon Cathedral

Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog

Perched on a hill above the River Honddu, Brecon Cathedral was founded in 1093 as part of a Benedictine monastery, though little remains of the original…