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Wales is a vibrant country where history is alive no matter where you go. The cities are beautiful, the restaurants are some of the best in Europe and the countryside is mind blowing; this is a great place to spend a holiday!

Colwyn Bay Wales 

Colwyn Bay

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Colwyn Bay in North Wales is a relic of a bygone age when seaside towns were the fashionable place to go on your annual summer holidays. Modern Colwyn Bay isn’t quite as popular as it was a century ago, but it still has enough charm to attract many thousands of visitors during the summer holiday season, and thanks to its close proximity to the A55, it is only an hour’s drive from Manchester and Liverpool. Colwyn Bay is like many other traditional seaside resorts: it has a long promenade, a…

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Ebbw Vale Wales 

Ebbw Vale

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Rather romantically translated as ‘Valley of the Wild Horses’ Ebbw Vale offers some of the most spectacular scenery to be found anywhere in Wales. In Welsh the name of the place is Glyn Ebbwy and it is a place that was built around its heavy industrial heritage. Up until the end of the 18th Century there were fewer than one hundred and fifty people living in the valley, but thanks to the industrial revolution and the subsequent increase in demand from coal, the coal fields of South Wales were expanded…

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Prestatyn Wales 

Prestatyn

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Visit Prestatyn and you will find that you have the whole of the North Wales coast on your doorstep. Prestatyn is the most easterly of all of the coastal towns in this part of Wales and, according to many, is the most picturesque. You will discover that the heart of the town is nestled between rolling hills and beautiful beaches. Here you have the clear mountain air mixing with the salty sea air to give you an uplifting and refreshing experience unlike any other. The hills that edge the town…

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Wales Welshpool 

Welshpool

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Located in the upper part of the Severn Valley, the town of Welshpool is situated close to the border between England and Wales in what has to be one of the most picturesque parts of the country. Welshpool is a traditional market town set in the midst of Montgomeryshire’s rolling hills and beautiful unspoiled countryside. This is a town that owes its existence to the land and the agricultural businesses that were established here; in fact Welshpool is still home to the biggest sheep market held anywhere in Europe. However…

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Llyn Peninsula Wales 

Llyn Peninsula

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Hidden behind the rugged peaks of Snowdonia, and edged by the waves of the Irish Sea on one side and the calm waters of Cardigan Bay on the other, lies the Llyn Penninsula. This is an area of outstanding natural beauty. It remains unspoilt by the ravages of the modern era and is rich in charm and character. It is a coastline that is popular with sun seekers, walkers and those that get their thrills out on the water. Bardsley Island which was once the site of ancient pilgrimage is…

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Porthcawl Wales 

Porthcawl

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The pretty seaside resort of Porthcawl is located between the cities of Swansea and Cardiff. If ever you were looking for the perfect holiday destination to use as a base for exploring South Wales, you have found it in this seaside resort. Porthcawl is only a few miles from the M4 motorway and provides easy access to the rest of the south coast. Porthcawl has everything that you would expect from a seaside resort, from all the fun of the fair with the rides and associated excitement, to space to…

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Brecon Beacons Wales 

Brecon Beacons

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The Brecon Beacons are widely regarded as being one of the most beautiful areas in Wales. Filled with picturesque villages and traditional market towns, and surrounded by a stunning landscape which is crisscrossed with canal paths and filled with castles and lots of other family attractions, it is a wonderful place to take the family. The scenery here is not only breathtaking it also offers a diversity that you would be hard pressed to find anywhere else. Rolling fields and lush valleys contrast with wide open spaces and powerful waterfalls…

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Tonypandy Wales 

Tonypandy

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Tonypandy is a peaceful town that has benefited from regeneration to its original Victorian centre. It is a town with a long and difficult history. The name of the town relates to the pasture land and waterways that surrounded and fuelled the fulling mills. Yet this is the place that history remembers as a place where miners on the brink of starvation rioted in 1910, forcing the then Home Secretary Winston Churchill to deploy the army. Today the troubled past is just a shadow; now the wonderfully peaceful town which…

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Cardiff Wales 

Tiger Bay (Cardiff Bay)

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Although renamed Cardiff Bay, it will forever be known to the local population as Tiger Bay. The name came not from the belief that wild tigers once roamed the streets here, but from the simple fact that this was once a very dangerous place to be. The bay was once a major industrial docklands, once home to sailors from at least fifty different countries, making it the oldest multi ethnic community in the whole of Wales. These days the bay is the largest and most impressive waterfront development anywhere in…

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Caerleon Wales 

Caerleon

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Step back into the past with a trip to Caerleon and journey back to the time of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. This is the location of Isca an ancient fortress from the Roman occupation. The fortress is believed to have also been the location (one of the many disputed locations) of the court of King Arthur. The Isca fortress was constructed in around 74AD and was the base for the Second Augustan Legion. This location was picked for its strategic capabilities, it is alongside the…

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