Carmarthenshire on the doorstep

National Trust village pub, a proper local gem

smart inn and restaurant with valley views

tranquil 12th-century abbey ruins beside twin lakes

beautiful market town — galleries, restaurants, the Gin and Jazz festivals

National Trust, medieval castle, rare white park cattle in the grounds

deli, wine bar and wood-fired pizzas in town

acclaimed restaurant in the village of Salem

renowned gardens and the restored Elizabethan cloister

hilltop native Welsh castle ruin above the Tywi

lake, bog boardwalk and easy family walks

perched on a sheer limestone crag, breathtaking

the county town — shops, market and castle

mountain biking, trail running, ancient woodland

walking, cycling, wild swimming, proper Welsh wilderness

forest-fringed reservoir for walks and fishing

the Great Glasshouse, butterfly house, plant collections

wide sandy beach below a clifftop castle

8-mile Cefn Sidan beach, dunes and cycling

the highest Beacons peak, worth every step

the UK's first AONB — Rhossili and surf beaches

Tenby, and Skomer Island puffins in spring and summer

the world-famous town of books on the Beacons' edge

Wales' capital — castle, museums and the waterfront bay

seaside university town with a Victorian cliff railway

romantic riverside abbey ruins in the Wye Valley

Britain's smallest city — cathedral and wild coast

harbourside city — street art and the SS Great Britain

Georgian city and the Roman Baths (UNESCO)

dramatic limestone gorge and show caves

honey-stone villages and rolling English countryside

Wales' great mountain national park

the whimsical Italianate village by the sea