The Best Wales Attractions & Activities

Caernarfon Castle in North Wales is a mighty medieval fortress built by Edward I. With polygonal towers and commanding views, it symbolises royal power and stands as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Beaumaris Castle on Anglesey, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is Edward I’s unfinished masterpiece. Its perfect symmetry, moat, and massive walls showcase medieval military design at its most impressive.

With year-round colour, this garden is a hive of activity or a haven of tranquility and relaxation; this is truly a special place

Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales features dramatic peaks, waterfalls and caves. Ideal for hiking, cycling and stargazing, it offers stunning scenery, wildlife and charming towns across its vast, unspoilt landscape.

Chirk Castle, near Wrexham, is a 13th-century fortress turned stately home. Its towers, lavish rooms, and award-winning gardens overlook the Ceiriog Valley, showcasing 700 years of power, defence, and elegant living.

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, near Llangollen, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the longest, highest aqueduct in Britain. Designed by Thomas Telford, it carries the Llangollen Canal 38 metres above the Dee Valley, offering breathtaking views and walks.

Snowdon Mountain Railway carries visitors to the summit of Wales’s highest peak. With dramatic views over Snowdonia, it offers an unforgettable journey through stunning mountain scenery.

The Great Orme, in Llandudno, Wales, is a striking limestone headland offering sweeping sea views, ancient mines, wild goats, and scenic trails. Reach its summit by tram or cable car for panoramic vistas of the coast and Snowdonia.

go 300ft underground and see the hidden world of the miner on a real underground tour

with some of the most comfortable carriages on any preserved railway – standard or narrow gauge – step back in time to a more civilised age

the best preserved blast furnace complex of its period and type in the world and is one of the most important monuments to have survived from the early part of the industrial revolution

spanning over 2,000 years of history, but largely refurbished in the 19th Century with exhibits from the Roman times to Second World War

with displays showing the development from a Norman fortification to an Elizabethan country house, a working tidal mill and family picnic areas

build dens in the woods, cook your own food at one of our campfires, play on the rope swings or use our free pond dipping kits and games for the meadow

with a wide selection of wild animals, indoor and outdoor children's play areas and family picnic spots. There is something for everyone

this superb museum covering a multitude of perspectives from fine art to engineering and archeology to history

designed by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, who was also responsible for Portmeirion Village, and made up of a series of 'rooms' with a mixture of yew and box privet forming the architecture of the garden, with a centuries old Holme Oak taking centre stage

built upon the site of St David's 6th century monastery St Davids Cathedral has been a site of pilgrimage and worship for many hundreds of years

the stunning Welsh Wildlife Centre stands within the Teifi Marshes Nature Reserve on the banks of the River Teifi

with a number of steam and diesel vintage locomotives and passing through the imposing Blaenavon Industrial Landscape