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Wales Holiday and Tourism Information
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WALES, a country with several distinct
regions, each with its own characteristic atmosphere.
Our North Wales area
covers Anglesey, as well as the counties of Wrexham, Flintshire, Denbighshire, Conwy, and Gwynedd which also
include the Snowdonia National Park.
The Mid-Wales area covers
Ceredigion and Powys which includes the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Pembrokeshire is known as the "little bit of
England beyond Wales" where Welsh is rarely spoken and is certainly not the native
language of the majority of residents.
Then there is South Wales, an
area with a rich industrial heritage, particularly in the valleys, but where
there are now only small remnants of the traditional industries of steel and
coal production for which the area became famous.
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Coking coal from here was so sought
after that it was shipped all over the world. One
destination was the small town of Jerome, high on a
hillside in Arizona, to which it was carried first by
sailing boat across the Atlantic, round Cape Horn, up
the west coast of the USA and finally on mule trains
over mountains to be used in this centre of copper
production.
Cardiff, capital city of Wales, is also home to the
Millennium Stadium which hosts major rugby and soccer tournaments plus some
fantastic music concerts.
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Pembrokeshire
is famous for magnificent sandy beaches, dramatic coastline, islands and birdlife. Here you can enjoy some of Britain's cleanest
beaches; learn diving, sailing or windsurfing in safe sheltered waters; walk the 168 miles
of the Pembrokeshire Coast Path along one of the nation's most beautiful
cliff tops. There
are quiet sandy havens and traditional sea-side resorts.
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Boats will take you to islands
inhabited by puffins, seals and even monks!
The island of Skomer is a nature
reserve managed by the Dyfed Wildlife Trust, which can
be visited on the Dale Princess from Martins
Haven.
The waters around the island were
designated as the UK's first Marine Nature Reserve and
island has the largest seabird colony in southern
Britain with large numbers of Puffins, Guillemots,
Razorbills and Kittiwakes in addition to 40% of the
world's population of Manx Shearwaters - about 160,000
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No one can fail to be impressed by the
cathedral at St. David's and the Milford Haven oil refineries, unobtrusive by day are an
impressive sight at night lit up like visiting spaceships.
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In Mid Wales,
the lush farmland in the valleys contrasts with the sheep-covered higher moorland and
wooded hillsides. There are small market towns and isolated villages and, in the west, the
coastal towns and villages which have remained comparatively unspoilt. This is not a
destination for those who want bright lights and amusement arcades!
North Wales area
includes not only Snowdonia National Park with its
rugged wild countryside and traditional slate-roofed
cottages, but also the coastal resorts on the north and
west coast.
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These vary from the relatively undeveloped places like Barmouth, Criccieth, the
sailing centre at Abersoch to the traditional seaside resorts of Llandudno, Colwyn Bay and
Rhyl.
Inland there are many attractive places to visit ... Llangollen with its river
views, canal trips, steam railway ... Ruthin with its castle and mediaeval banquets ...
Betws-y-Coed and the nearby Swallow Falls ... the slate caverns at Blaenau Ffestiniog
..... then over the Menai Bridge to Anglesey.
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Thomas Telford's Menai Bridge -
Photo:
Ian
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At present, our coverage of Wales is
incomplete with nothing on Carmarthenshire or Swansea
and the Gower ... but we are working on it!
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From this page you can follow the links to the various
holiday areas where you will find details of
accommodation, activities, attractions, historic sites,
travel information, and general tourism info for the
area.
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