Wales Top Things To Do
• Enjoy the natural surroundings in south Wales' biggest inland draw, Brecon Beacons National Park (website: www.breconbeacons.org), whose main touring bases are Brecon and Abergavenny. The narrow-gauge Brecon Mountain Railway runs through the hills from Merthyr Tydfil.
• Spend a day on the beach at one of the numerous resorts lining the coast between Cardiff and Swansea, including Aberavon, Barry and Porthcawl. Others, further west along the Gower Peninsula, include Oxwich and Port Eynon.
• Follow a city centre walking trail through Swansea - probably best known as the birthplace of Dylan Thomas (1914-1953). The trail begins at the Dylan Thomas Centre (website: www.dylanthomas.com), and leads visitors around sites associated with the poet and playwright.
• Experience nature and history in the former county of Pembrokeshire (website: www.visitpembrokeshire.com), in the southwest, which has many castles as well as the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The best-known religious building in the area is the cathedral of St Davids, Britain's smallest city.
• Ride on a narrow-gauge steam railway (website: www.greatlittletrainsofwales.co.uk). The Ffestiniog Railway passes through glorious scenery in the Snowdonia National Park, while the Welshpool and Llanfair Railway passes through gentler countryside close to the English border. Another, the Snowdon Mountain Railway (website: www.snowdonrailway.co.uk), climbs to the summit of Wales' highest peak.
• Play the Welsh national sport of Rugby Union (website: www.wru.co.uk) - there are hundreds of clubs around the country. The venue for the big matches is the Millennium Stadium (see Top Things To See).
• White-water raft, rock-climb or take part in other adventurous pursuits, available in many parts of the country, whose landscape is ideal for these.
• Bog snorkel in a unique event where participants race each other as they snorkel through swamps (website: www.bogsnorkelling.com).
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