Last update:
21 October 2004

Wales use the mouse pointer on the map to identify the areas

Local towns and areas: Cardiff Newport Swansea

Wales is a truly romantic and magical place to visit, with its rugged cliffs and beautiful coastline and countryside rich in wildlife. Here the landscape is carved into a backdrop of rolling hills, vales, mountains and moorland. This beautiful countryside allows you to relax and enjoy nature, or to discover the quiet towns and villages.

If you are feeling more active there are many sports and leisure activities to suit everyone's needs and pace, from rock climbing to water skiing, sailing to walking. There are also arts and crafts centres dotted over the area were you can see a range of skills been undertaken. Alternatively you could visit the more lively towns of Cardiff, and Swansea, were you can almost guarantee a wild night out, or an amazing shopping spree.

When you visit Wales you will discover the beauty and magic. Welsh is the oldest tongue in Europe and Wales holds Europe's oldest national flag. A visit to Wales may help you discover why over half a million people count Welsh as their first language. Or how they have managed to keep their own language whilst being only two hours away from London.