Holiday in Wales next year

By Nick Lees


Wales is a country with many picturesque villages, larger towns as well as busy cities and there are three National Parks, with a variety of countryside from wide sandy beaches to rugged coasts and the mountain areas. There are plenty of places to stay with Holiday cottages in Wales , hotels and bed and breakfast establishments. Wales makes an ideal holiday destination with a range of sporting activities and cultural and historical attractions.

There are plenty of attractions to keep everyone busy whatever part of Wales you choose to visit. In the Brecon Beacons you have waterfalls, mountains like Pen y Fan or the Brecon Mountain Railway. There are plenty of castles ruined ones such as Skenfrith or Chirk one of the oldest inhabited castles in Wales. For children there are farm parks and country parks, for nature lovers the islands of Skomer or Ramsey. The Centre for Alternative Technology at Machynlleth makes an interesting and informative place to visit.

In the north of Wales you will find the Isle of Anglesey over the Menai Straights, Snowdonia and the seaside towns of Rhyll, Prestatyn and Llandudno. To get up Mount Snowdon you can either take the train, with the Snowdon Mountain Railway or you can try walking. There is the technical spectacle of the Conwy Suspension Bridge. The area has plenty to interest and a holiday Cottages in Wales makes a good choice for a place to stay.

Around the coastline you will find plenty of places to stay such as cottages in Wales whether you prefer building sandcastles on a sandy beach or coasteering around a rugged coast. The Gower Peninsula is home to Oxwich Bay which has been voted the most beautiful of UK beaches and is just one of the many Blue Flag beaches in Wales.

For those who want plenty of sport and leisure activities in their holidays they have a lot of choice. With water sports you can try surfing, diving or kayaking. On land there is walking, caving, horse riding or golf. Or why not explore that rugged coastline by coasteering, which involves climbing, diving and swimming around the coast.

There are plenty of historic sites to visit and there are 3 UNESCO world heritage sites. There is Gwynedd and thirteenth and fourteenth century towns and castles, Beaumaris, Conwy, Harlech and Caernarfon all built by King Edward I. The Bleanavon Industrial Landscape a nineteenth century complex with coal mines, furnaces and workers homes which gives you a full picture of Welsh coal production in the 1800's. There is also the Pontcystyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal built by Thomas Telford the aqueduct is 1000 feet long and you can enjoy a trip in a narrowboat or walk across it.

From the middle of a bustling city to a rural village, Wales offers a range of experiences. There are the bustling cities of Swansea and Cardiff but there are also smaller towns with plenty of history and individual character, with local shops, galleries and restaurants. There are also smaller rural villages as well as the city of St David's, its cathedral earns its status as a city but it is the smallest city in the UK.

With fifteen different food festivals across the country there is plenty to offer both the serious food lover and the interested visitor. There is a wealth of traditional produce like laverbread and Bara Brith as well as other local produce on offer and from farm shops to local cafes and bars to fine dining restaurants there are plenty of opportunities to enjoy the best of Welsh produce whatever your budget.




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