Wales Attractions

Conwy

13th-century fortress built for Edward I, part of the "Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd" UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Caernarfon

13th-century castle built by Edward I, site of Prince of Wales investiture ceremonies.

Beaumaris, Anglesey

Concentric, moated castle begun in 1295, the last and largest of Edward I's Welsh castles.

Llanberis

A rack-and-pinion railway opened in 1896 running 4.7 miles to the summit of Yr Wyddfa/Snowdon.

Bethesda

A zip-line attraction in a disused slate quarry lake, among the fastest and longest zip lines in Europe.

Near Porthmadog

An Italianate village on a private wooded peninsula, designed and built 1925–1976 by architect Clough Williams-Ellis.

Tal-y-Cafn, Conwy Valley

80-acre garden founded in 1874, National Trust-run since 1949, noted for its laburnum arch and rhododendron collection.

Colwyn Bay

37-acre hillside zoo opened in 1963, participating in conservation breeding programmes.

Machynlleth

An eco-visitor centre and educational charity in a former slate quarry demonstrating renewable energy and sustainable living.

Aberystwyth

Wales's national legal deposit library, holding over 6.5 million items and the country's largest archive and photographic collections.

Aberystwyth

A narrow-gauge steam railway opened in 1902, running 12 miles between Aberystwyth and Devil's Bridge.

Rhayader

Visitor centre for the Elan Valley reservoirs and Victorian dams, which have supplied Birmingham with water since the 1890s.

Welshpool

Medieval castle begun c.1200, National Trust-run since 1952, with a Grade I listed 17th-century Baroque terraced garden.

Cardiff

A Roman fort site later rebuilt as a Norman motte-and-bailey castle and 19th-century Gothic Revival mansion.

St Fagans, Cardiff

Open-air museum with over 40 re-erected historic Welsh buildings, set around St Fagans Castle.

Cardiff Bay

A hands-on science discovery centre with a planetarium and science theatre, founded in 1986.

Blaenavon

Former working coal mine (1880–1980) offering underground tours led by ex-miners.

Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire

568-acre botanic garden opened in 2000, home to the world's largest single-span glasshouse.

Begelly, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire

A combined zoo, farm and funfair attraction.

Libanus, near Brecon

National park visitor and mountain centre below Pen y Fan, run by the national park authority.