Wales
is a relatively small country but with a big choice of holidays. From
the traditional seaside holidays with mum, dad, the children and buckets
and spades on glorious sandy beaches, to climbing sheer rock faces in
the Snowdonia range of mountains. Mountain biking, angling, horse riding,
canoeing, walking, or rambling, golfing, sailing, either on the lakes
or from the many marinas the choice is vast. Click on the buttons above
to find a wide range of holidays and places to visit. The choice gets
better year by year..you are now able to jump from cliffs into the sea
(coasteering) and call it a sport. In the not too distant past they called
it attempted suicide !
For the more traditional beach holiday choose from these top seaside
resorts ....In the north of
Wales:
Llandudno, Colwyn
Bay, Beaumaris, Prestatyn,
Cemaes Bay. Anglesey offers
a wide variety of holidays with its 125 miles of beaches, beautiful harbour
villages and historic sites. For north west Wales and the Lleyn
peninsula choose
from this list: Criccieth,
Pwllheli, Porthmadog,
Harlech, Aberdaron, Barmouth.
For the west coast and Cardigan Bay: Aberystwyth,
New Quay,
Aberdyfi, Gwbert
on Sea, and Aberporth. The south west
and Pembrokeshire choose :Tenby,
Saundersfoot, And for Carmarthenshire
and the Gower choose : Gower
Peninsula, Pendine, Swansea,
Port Eynon, and Oxwich,
For the Vale of Glamorgan and South Wales choose : Barry
Mountain Biking holidays are getting ever
more popular and Wales has some of the best Mountain
Bike trails to chose from.
Betws
y Coed in Snowdonia north Wales is renowned for its Mountain
Bike
trails.....home of the famous Marin Route, a challenging 25km (15 mile)
ride through the beautiful Gwydir Forest just 1km (1/2 mile) north of
the village. More trails are being opened and there are two further routes
totalling 50km (30 miles) soon to open nearby in Penmachno. Mountain Bikes
are available for
hire in the centre of Betws y Coed...or bring your own as many visitors
do. There is an abundance of accommodation in Betws
y Coed from luxury hotels to small friendly bed and breakfast accommodation.
Click here to book accommodation online in Betws
y Coed.
Choose a golfing holiday in Wales,
try a links sea level course or try a course on top of a mountain. Here
in Wales we have them all. If you prefer sailing or have not yet started
messing about in boats, but would love the opportunity to learn how to
sail, then we can point you to several approved sailing clubs with qualified
instructors. Horse riding
holidays are an ever popular pastime and we have an abundance of riding
schools and trekking centres, again you have the choice, from the beaches
of south Wales to the forest tracks and mountains of Snowdonia and the
Brecon Beacons.
Walking holidays in Wales are ever popular. Choose from our ever expanding
list of tried and tested walks in Wales,
with walks in the beautiful Lledr Valley, the Lleyn peninsula and walks
on the Gower coast. Take for example the Pembrokeshire
coastal path. You may start in the beautiful seaside resort of Tenby,
through the Pembrokeshire National Park, skirting the magnificent cliffs
overlooking Westdale Bay, and St Bride's Bay en route to St David's,
the historic cathedral town. Continue past Ramsey Island, St David's
Head, Strumble Head, and Fishguard Bay to finish near the town of Cardigan
on Cardigan Bay. On sections of the route you will see wonder after wonder
defying superlatives, the Green Bridge, Elegug Stacks, Freshwater West,
..... sit on the end of a headland eat your sandwiches whilst staring
out to sea, and you might catch sight of the Dolphins or Porpoises that
frequent these waters. Indeed in August of 2005 there were pods of Dolphins
over two thousand strong spotted in Cardigan Bay.
Other walks include Offa's
Dyke Path, the North Wales Path, the Lleyn
Peninsula Coastal Path, the Cambrian Way - A challenging 275 mile high
level walk from Cardiff in the south to Conwy in the north.
Camping holidays have always
been popular in Wales and there is a great choice of campsites from a
pitch in a farmer's field for a few pounds to "luxury" sites
with all the facilities.
We have recently improved our choice of maps to include
Golf Holidays in Wales, Mountain
Bike holidays in Gwynedd
and Conwy.
and Camping sites in Anglesey.
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