Attractions

Southern Snowdonia, UK, Tel: 01341 422888, Email, www.discoverdolgellau.com

Discover the ideal base to explore Snowdonia National Park. An historic mountain town built on the wool trade and steeped in folklore. Visit Dolgellau to explore dramatic scenery, adrenalin-fuelled activities and world heritage attractions

Ceredigion, UK, Tel: 01545 570602, Email, www.tourism.ceredigion.gov.uk/saesneg/aberaeron.htm

Aberaeron is a pretty seaside town on the Ceredigion coast. It was planned and built on a grand design by the Rev. Alban Thomas Jones.

Gwynedd, UK, Tel: 01654 767321, Email, www.visitsnowdonia.info

One of Britain's prettiest little seaside resorts and sailing ports. Pastel-coloured terraces front a large sandy beach and quaint old harbour. A popular centre for sailing, watersports and golf.

Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, www.visitmidwales.co.uk

Abergavenny is the traditional gateway to South Wales and, to the Brecon Beacons National Park. The old market town is surrounded by beautiful border countryside and home to best food festival in Britain.

Ceredigion, UK, Tel: 01239 613230, Email, www.tourism.ceredigion.gov.uk/saesneg/aberporth.htm

Set picturesquely overlooking two sandy beaches, the resort village of Aberporth is one of West Wales' most favoured family holiday locations.

Ceredigion, UK, www.visitmidwales.co.uk

One of the culture capitals of Wales, it is home to the National Library, the University and a more recently developed Arts Centre.

Gwynedd, UK, Tel: 01676 521021, Email, www.VisitBala.org

Bala - home to the largest natural lake in Wales, surrounded by the peaks of Aran Benllyn, Arenig Fawr and the Berwyn Mountains

Gwynedd, UK, Tel: 01341 280787, Email, www.visitmidwales.co.uk/area/Barmouth.aspx

Barmouth is one of the most picturesque resorts on the Welsh coast and is surrounded by the unrivalled splendour of the Snowdonia National Park.

Borth, Ceredigion, SY24 5HY, Tel: 01970 612125, Email, www.tourism.ceredigion.gov.uk/saesneg/bcy.htm

Borth is a coastal village just 7 miles north of Aberystywth. During summer its many campsites and holiday parks are home to hundreds of visitors to the area - many of whom have been returning here for years.

Powys, LD3 7AD, www.visitmidwales.co.uk

This is a town where you'll enjoy losing yourself...not only in the narrow streets and passageways lined with Georgian and Jacobean shopfronts, but in the sense of timelessness about the place.

Powys, LD2, www.visitmidwales.co.uk

Builth Wells is home to the Royal Welsh Show, red kites and the final resting place of Wales' last prince, Llewelyn the Last.

Ceredigion, UK, Tel: 01239 613230, Email

The town of Cardigan sits on the border between Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire and provides a perfect base from which to explore what each county has to offer.

Powys, NP8 1AA, Tel: 01873 853254, www.visitcrickhowell.co.uk

The historic town of Crickhowell lies on the River Usk on the southern edge of the Black Mountains in the Eastern part of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Gwynedd, LL46 2YA, Tel: 01341 280787, www.secretsnowdonia.co.uk

This historic town located on the Cambrian Coast, is best known for Harlech Castle, which today is recognised as a World Heritage site. Harlech also boasts fantastic blue flag beaches and one of Wales' finest golf courses.

Powys, HR3 5DG, Tel: 01982 553307, www.hay-on-wye.co.uk/

Hay-on-Wye - in Welsh 'Y Gelli Gandryll' or just 'Y Gelli' is well known as 'the town of books' and is home to the Hay Literature Festival.

Ceredigion, SA48 7AA, Tel: 01239 613230

Lampeter is the home of the oldest University College in Wales.

Ty Mawr, Llanbedr, LL45 2NH, www.llanbedrbeerfestival.co.uk

Gwyl Gwrw Llanbedr Beer Festival is in its 8th year. Llanbedr is an attractive village situated in Gwynedd, North West Wales. It's an ideal location for walking and Shell Island is famous for it's abundance of sea shells.

Carmarthenshire, SA18 3EP, Tel: 01550 720693, Email

Llandeilo is named after one of the better known Celtic saints of the 6th century, Saint Teilo. The Welsh word 'llan' signified a religious enclosure, normally one dedicated to a particular saint (thus corresponds, today, to 'church of').

Carmarthenshire, SA20 0UU, Tel: 01550 720693, Email

Llanymddyffri, or Llandovery means ‘church among the waters. Surrounded by three rivers, the Towy, the Bran, and the Gwydderig, Llandovery is a market town with a population of just under 3000.

Powys, LD1 6BL, Tel: 01982 553307

Llandrindod Wells, or 'Landod' as it is known to locals, is the administrative centre of Powys and one of its largest towns. As the name suggests Llandrindod Wells owes its origins to the spring waters that were long recognised to have heal

Ceredigion, UK, Tel: 01239 613230, Email, www.llandysul-ponttyweli.co.uk

Nestling on the banks of the river Teifi, Llandysul is a traditional unspoilt small market town.

Powys, SY22 5BZ, Tel: 01938 551296

Llanfyllin is thriving market town on the upper reaches of the Cain valley and is an ideal centre to explore the area including nearby Lake Vyrnwy and Welshpool.

Ceredigion, UK, Tel: 01239 613230, www.tourism.ceredigion.gov.uk

Llangranog is a small, coastal village and seaside resort in Ceredigion, seven miles south of New Quay. It lies in the narrow valley of the little River Hawen, which falls as a waterfall near the middle of the village.

Powys, UK, Email, www.llanidloes.com

Llanidloes is a small historic town in Central Powys. It's central position within Wales makes it the first town along the River Severn.

Ceredigion, UK, Tel: 01970 612125, Email, www.llanrhystud.co.uk

Llanrhystud is a small seaside village on the A487 road in the county of Ceredigion, nine miles south of Aberystwyth. It is named after the early Christian Welsh saint Rhystud.

Powys, UK, Tel: 01874 622485, Email, www.llanwrtyd.com

Llanwrtyd Wells is the smallest town in Britain. It is also one of the friendliest, having a long history of catering for the many visitors who, today, come to enjoy the unspoilt beauty of the surrounding Cambrian Mountains.