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Brecon Beacons
If you are looking for a great holiday destination in Wales the Brecon Beacons area is an extremely attractive part of Wales. There is the complete mixture of bustling yet traditional market towns, wonderful landscape with stunning scenery, plenty of castles to explore and numerous family attractions including exciting underground caves and a myriad of absorbing museums suitable to occupy even the most fertile imagination.
There are also a series of renowned annual events in the region including the Brecon Jazz festival and the most famous literary festival in the world in Hay-on-Wye, home to the largest second-hand bookshop in the world. You'll also discover there are plenty of guided walks throughout the region, open days and organised activities for young and old self-catering enthusiasts alike who want to take their time and see everything at their own pace.
The Craig-y-nos Country Park is a park that sits inside a park, namely the Brecon Beacons National Park. You can walk, picnic, play by the two rivers and enjoy the tree-shaded walks, some of which have hard surfaces suitable for pushchairs. Even the four-legged member of the family is welcome on a lead.
If you want a really memorable family day out, a visit to the Dan-yr-Ogof national showcave centre near Swansea is a must. As well as the main attraction, there's the Bone and Cathedral Caves with their journey through deep history, the Iron Age Village where you can build your own hut, a fabulous Dinosaur Park that is one of the largest in the world and the wonderful Shire Horse centre where you can meet these fabulous animals. There are altogether 10 separate attractions at Dan-yr-Ogof, so be prepared to return again to see what you might have missed on your first visit!
If you'd like someone else to do the driving through the magnificent Welsh scenery, then a trip on the Brecon Mountain Railway could be the perfect antidote to otherwise busy days. This is a wonderful narrow gauge steam railway.
Located near Merthyr Tydfil, it offers all-weather observation coaches that are pulled at an altogether leisurely pace behind a vintage steam locomotive to Dol-y-Gaer. Passing along the Taf Fechan Reservoir and taking in much of the wonderful scenery of the Brecon Beacons National Park this is perhaps one of the most popular railways in the country. You can nip off the train at the old village of Pontsticill with its 15th Century buildings and remnants of an old lime kiln. The commanding views across the Brecon Beacons necessitate a camera, and a ramble along the reservoir is a must. You can visit the workshops for the railway located in the town and or pop in for afternoon tea in the traditional tearooms.
A visit to the ancient market town of Llandeilo, which is knee-deep in culture and castles, the most striking of which is Carreg Cennen Castle, with its incredible location on a sheer limestone crag cliff and rocky hilltop. It has been said that use of the site dates back all the way to the Dark Ages and there is also evidence of Roman occupation. Unusually for a castle, there is a comprehensive collection of agricultural artefacts, rare and unusual farm animals and Victorian plants on the site.
And so on to the town of , the commercial centre of southern Powys, situated where the Usk and Honddu rivers meet, with delightful narrow Georgian and Jacobean building-lined streets.
The Brecon Beacons is 519 square miles of diverse and spectacular landscape. Unspoilt wilderness bristling with old forests and lakes. Stunning waterfalls nestling amongst netherworld grottos and wild plains. Rent one of the characterful cottages among the most beautiful landscape in Europe and return to nature in this intriguing centre of Wales. Sympathetically converted cottages, idyllic hideways and remote farmhouses sit in the shadow of the country's highest red sandstone summit, Pen y Fan. This russet otherworldly peak looks down over prehistoric and roman remains and attracts visitors from around the world. As well as it's renowned scenery, the Brecon Beacons offers a multitude of activities. There are many beautiful holiday homes, some with easy access of lovely bike trails; peaceful tracks, towpaths, cycle routes and ancient bridleways - the area's cycling is second-to-none and you can enjoy them all from your doorstep. There are around 400 mountain climbs in the National Park, with inclines to test even the most experienced explorer. Walking, horse riding, and caving are also on offer, the list really is endless. Whether for an short activity break, or a relaxing longer stay, reserve a rustic retreat in timeless Brecon and bask in its wild beauty.
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