Natural features
Barafundle Bay and Stackpole
Hundleton, Pembrokeshire
A secluded bay of golden sand and clear water, backed by dunes and pine trees, reached only on foot.
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Bodnant Garden
Llansantffraid Glan Conwy, Conwy
One of the great gardens of Britain, above the Conwy valley with views to the mountains of Snowdonia (Eryri).
Historic sites
Powis Castle and Garden
Welshpool, Powys
A medieval castle of red stone built by Welsh princes, perched on a ridge above famous Italianate terraced gardens, laid out over 300 years ago and p…
Natural features
Rhossili Bay
Crofty, Swansea
A three-mile sweep of golden sand at the tip of the Gower peninsula, the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Britain, often voted one of the …
Walks and treks
Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)
Llanberis, Gwynedd
The highest mountain in Wales, 1,085 m, in Snowdonia (Eryri) National Park.
Historic sites
Chirk Castle
Chirk, Wrexham
A massive castle built in 1295 by Edward I to control the Welsh border, the last of his castles still lived in until 2004.
Historic sites
Conwy Castle
Conwy
One of the great medieval castles built by Edward I to conquer Wales, completed in 1287, with eight huge towers and almost complete town walls that y…
Historic sites
Dolaucothi Gold Mines
Llandovery, Carmarthenshire
The only known Roman gold mine in Britain, worked again in Victorian times and the 1930s.
Historic sites
Erddig
Wrexham
A country house that tells the story of the people who worked as well as lived in it: the Yorke family painted and wrote poems about their servants, …
Natural features
Mumbles Pier and seafront
Swansea
Mumbles is a seaside village on the edge of Swansea Bay, at the start of the Gower Peninsula, Britain's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Historic sites
Oystermouth Castle, Mumbles
Swansea
The ruins of a Norman castle on a hill above Mumbles, built by the de Breos family in the 12th century, with views over Swansea Bay.
Historic sites
Penrhyn Castle
Bangor, Gwynedd
A vast neo-Norman castle built in the early 1800s for the Pennant family, whose wealth came from Jamaican sugar plantations and Welsh slate quarries.
Historic sites
Plas Newydd House and Garden
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Isle of Anglesey
The home of the Marquesses of Anglesey, on the shore of the Menai Strait with views to the mountains of Snowdonia (Eryri).
Historic sites
Conwy Suspension Bridge
Llansantffraid Glan Conwy, Conwy
One of the first road suspension bridges in the world, built by Thomas Telford in 1826 with turrets to match Conwy Castle beside it.