Places of Interest- South Wales

Pembroke Castle Pembroke 01646 681510	One of the best preserved castles in Wales, birthplace of the first Tudor King, later King Henry V11. Explore the towers and passages, visit the superb exhibition rooms.

	St. David's Cathedral dominates the tiny village, a place of pilgrimage, beauty and peace. Relics of the Welsh patron saint are kept here.	St Davids Cathedral St Davids Pembrokeshire 01437 720271

Carew Castle & Tidal Mill Pembrokeshire 01646 651782	Magnificent Norman castle situated on the banks of the Carew river.The only restored tidal mill in Wales is linked to it by a round walk. Close by is Carew Cross, one of the finest in Wales

	Caldey Island - a 20 minute boat trip from Tenby, home to 20 cistercian monks, seals and sea birds. Visit the Monastery, ancient churches, old priory, lighthouse, post office/museum, perfume shop and gift shop.	Caldey Island Boats fromTenby harbour 01646 651782

Parc Dinefwr Llandeilo 01558 823902	A magnificent medieval deer park set in the beautiful Towy Valley. A boardwalk, meandering through the ancient bog wood leading to the mill pond and pump house allows access to all, with panoraamic views over the ox bow lakes.The medieval Dinefwr Castle can also be reached through the park.

Caerphilly castle Town centre Caerphilly	The fortress covers 30 acres in all, making it the biggest Castle in Wales and along with Dover and Windsor, the largest in Britain. The castle's lakes, and the three artificial islands, making Caerphilly Castle almost impregnable to siege warfare, often threatened, it was never taken.

	This building is chiefly known as a romantic folly supposedly reproducing a small medieval Welsh chieftain's stronghold, built in the 1870s, for the 3rd Marquess of Bute to a design by William Burges, and possessing the most remarkable interior decoration.	Castle Coch near Cardiff south Wales

Millenium Stadium Cardiff 02920 822 228	Stadium Tours available

The Brecon Beacons is a National Park with a dramatic, colourful landscape of mountains, lakes, rivers, valleys and waterfalls. There are ancient monuments, iron hillforts, churches, museums and castles to explore, showcaves and mountian railways.	The beautiful coastline of Pembrokeshire is part of the only coastal National Park in Britain.Visitors can enjoy the 299km Pembrokeshire Coast Path and some of the best beaches in the world.	Off the Pembrokeshire coast are the islands of Ramsey, home to grey seals, porpoises and dolphins, Skomer and Skokholm with 150,000 pairs of Manx Shearwaters, and Grassholm with gannets, puffins, cormorants, peregrine falcons and much more

Famous for its waterfalls and Narrow Gauge Steam Railway, Devil's Bridge Aberystwyth is situated at the head of the Rheidol Valley.	Nestling on the Pembroke coast is Tenby, an old walled town with a historic Tudor Merchant's House and two beautiful beaches.	Tiny, isolated St Govan's Chapel is tucked beneath the cliffs of St Govan's Head, near Bosherton.

The historic town of Builth Wells is positioned on the banks of the River Wye.It is the aannual host to the biggest Welsh agricultural show - the Royal Welsh Show.	Aberystwyth, with its award-winning beach, is one of Wales' favourite traditional seaside resorts. The Vale of Rheidol Narrow Gauge Railway links Aberystwyth to Devil's Bridge.	Llanidloes is a pleasant town where rolling countryside meets high mountains, its famous 16th century half-timbered hall the only one in Wales.

Llanthony Priory, hidden in the mountains south of Hay-on-Wye, still possesses that same sense of sanctity and remoteness sought by the medieval monks who founded it.	Montgomery sits beneath the ancient ruins of its castle. An architectural gem, the whole town is a conservation area with well-preserved Georgian buildings and cobbled paving.	Paxton Tower, west of Llandeilo, overlooks the National Botanic Garden of Wales. Set in 568 acres, it is the first new botanic garden in the UK for over a century.


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