Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Craft in the Bay
Wales' finest artisans showcase their work in this Cardiff Bay store. (
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Narberth
If pottering around independent shops in a village-like atmosphere is your thing, Narberth is your place.
Ruthin Craft Centre
Buy directly from the craftspeople, at the Centre for the Applied Arts. (
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IF YOU LIKE... STATELY HOMES
Set within a large estate and beautiful gardens, Erddig has fascinating displays highlighting the relationships
between the grand house's former masters and their servants. (
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Castles
Caerphilly
The most fairy-tale-like of Wales' castles, with a pretty lake serving as its moat. (
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Caernarfon
Part of an imposing set (including nearby Conwy, Beaumaris and Harlech), which share a World Heritage
listing. (
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Conwy
This one still has its town walls intact, built to protect an exclusive English enclave in the heart of Gwynedd.
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Carreg Cennen
The most dramatically positioned fortress in Wales, standing guard over a lonely stretch of Brecon
Beacons National Park. (
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Cardiff
A decadent layer cake comprising a Roman fort, a Norman keep, a Plantagenet manor house and a Victorian
fantasy. (
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Chepstow
You couldn't design a more threatening 'Keep Out' sign than these battlements on the English-Welsh border.
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Pembroke
Walk all along the watchtowers at the birthplace of the Tudor dynasty. (
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Mountains & Moors
Snowdon
Wales' loftiest mountain has one of the most visited peaks of any in the world. (
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Cader Idris
Another of Snowdonia's giants but a much more peaceful one. (
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Black Mountains
The eastern reaches of Brecon Beacons National Park have a desolateness that's utterly appealing.
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Great Orme
A real wild child, looming above the most genteel of seaside resorts. (
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Cefn Bryn
The windblown spine of the Gower Peninsula is made even more mysterious by the ancient dolmen at its
crest. (
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Preseli Hills
Ponder the improbable in these ancient hills where the blue stones of Stonehenge were sourced. (
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Cambrian Mountains
Wander the empty expanses that form the Desert of Wales. (
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