North Wales: Feisty and Poetic

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  • Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide © 2006 | We get to know North Wales, as we visit the castle-within-a-castle in Conwy, peek into 16th-century domestic life at Plas Mawr, go down deep in the Llechwedd slate mine, and up high in Snowdonia National Park, then stroll through a "Beatle pilgrimage" in Liverpool. #ricksteves #ricksteveseurope #wales
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    00:00 Intro
    01:42 Llandudno
    02:21 Conwy
    08:31 Caernarfon
    12:15 Welsh countryside
    14:07 Blaenau Ffestiniog
    14:30 Llechwedd slate mine
    16:03 Men's Choir of Denbigh
    17:31 Bodnant Garden
    18:08 Snowdonia National Park
    18:27 Betws-y-Coed
    18:56 Beddgelert
    20:16 Liverpool

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  • @RaginYak
    @RaginYak Před 4 lety +487

    Proud of Welsh people for keeping their language and culture intact.

    • @GethinElwyn
      @GethinElwyn Před 3 lety +17

      Diolch

    • @detectiveeli2597
      @detectiveeli2597 Před 2 lety +12

      @@GethinElwyn Mae'n hyfryd iawn. Rydw i eisiau symud yno gyda fy nghariad un diwrnod.
      (Sorry I’m still learning Welsh)

    • @har5814
      @har5814 Před 2 lety +3

      What's the language?

    • @bgggsht
      @bgggsht Před 2 lety +12

      @@har5814 Seriously ?

    • @har5814
      @har5814 Před 2 lety +3

      @@bgggsht Sorry. Just knew Welsh is a different language.

  • @jaytaylor629
    @jaytaylor629 Před 4 lety +760

    Wales is underrated, you don't hear about it as much as Scotland, Ireland and England which is sad because Wales is truly magnificent and wonderful!

    • @qmqmqmqmqmmq1829
      @qmqmqmqmqmmq1829 Před 3 lety +48

      im english and i go to Snowdonia a few times a year, its definetly one of the most beautiful locations in the united kingdom

    • @tameriajones593
      @tameriajones593 Před 3 lety +34

      Wales is underrated. I don't understand why it's not talked about as much.

    • @peterlewis3540
      @peterlewis3540 Před 3 lety +23

      @@tameriajones593 Probably because the tourist boards in both England & Scotland really push their identity and country.
      Also, the Scottish and English governments are working with a much larger budget, resulting in a more international recognition of their countries.
      Just ask any foreign tourist, which major cities they visited on their travels.
      London and Edinburgh come top of the list, Cardiff comes a distant destination.
      Both England & Scotland are recognised around the world as having their own unique identity, but even though Wales is a separate nation of the United Kingdom, the majority of foreign visitors mistakenly assume Wales is part of England.
      This is why Wales is a not as popular as England or Scotland

    • @user-ei3dq2dw6i
      @user-ei3dq2dw6i Před 3 lety +16

      Welsh tourist board dont push to advertise Wales its a gem thats why

    • @utahdan231
      @utahdan231 Před 3 lety +15

      I loved hiking in Snowdonia. The hospitality in Wales is wonderful. I forgot to mention how beautiful are men choirs. It was incredible.

  • @ernestolombardo5811
    @ernestolombardo5811 Před 4 lety +447

    When an English couple of friends got married in Wales, a group from my town in Mexico drove 4 hours to Los Angeles, flew for 16 hours to London, then a couple of hours by train to Newport, then about an hour by car, to be there in the small town for the occasion. It was quite the long odyssey.
    Welsh hospitality blew us away, their open warmth was immediate and such an unforgettable experience.

    • @kungpao-wp2sq
      @kungpao-wp2sq Před 4 lety +9

      you could have just facetimed with them

    • @trashcantacos
      @trashcantacos Před 4 lety +26

      I'm Mexican but I think my ancestors were Welsh

    • @ernestolombardo5811
      @ernestolombardo5811 Před 4 lety +4

      @@trashcantacos Hasta le cantamos Las Mañanitas a un local en el pub.

    • @trashcantacos
      @trashcantacos Před 4 lety +3

      @@ernestolombardo5811 Como debe de ser :)

    • @novastorm7841
      @novastorm7841 Před 4 lety +5

      Wow, talk about passion

  • @nycgingercat
    @nycgingercat Před 3 lety +254

    The tour guide sounds like he's recalling all of these details of the castle from his personal experiences. Love him!

    • @frankrobert4897
      @frankrobert4897 Před 3 lety +2

      Hey, how are you and the weather there?

    • @cgdmgl302
      @cgdmgl302 Před 2 lety +8

      Exactly! If I were there I would hug him. Sweet man.

    • @sianwarwick633
      @sianwarwick633 Před 3 měsíci +1

      He made a valiant attempt at most of the place names

  • @KG-fw5wk
    @KG-fw5wk Před 2 lety +52

    I am a native Hawaiian speaker whose language was endangered, but like the Welsh, we fought hard to bring it back.
    My family and I first visited Wales in 2006, and we fell in love with everything there.
    Fast forward to 2021, and our family has learned that my father's grandmother was actually Welsh and descended from Elystan Glodrydd!
    Even though I was not born there and only been there a few times, I am super excited and proud to know that Welsh blood runs through these veins. I have since started my great journey to acquiring the native language from the "Land of my Fathers."
    Yma o Hyd!

    • @phonk_muffin
      @phonk_muffin Před 10 měsíci +5

      That's so cool! I'm also Hawaiian and Welsh🤙🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

    • @KG-fw5wk
      @KG-fw5wk Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@phonk_muffin Wow!!!!! We’re awesome! 😂

    • @phonk_muffin
      @phonk_muffin Před 10 měsíci +5

      ​@@KG-fw5wk Man how crazy is that😅, hopefully one day I'll visit Wales. I remember learning a little hawaiian and welsh and I found them to be similar because of how few people speak them. It would be sad to see such beautiful languages go extinct so I'm learning them to keep it alive ❤

    • @jonahwillis2781
      @jonahwillis2781 Před 9 měsíci +4

      I’m a Hawaiian too, and I just went to Wales last week! Like Hawaii, one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen.

    • @phonk_muffin
      @phonk_muffin Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@jonahwillis2781 That's so cool!

  • @IronButterfly1023
    @IronButterfly1023 Před 4 lety +91

    When the Welsh speak their native tongue they sound like they're singing when they talk. Lovely.

    • @garethwynnvernon6329
      @garethwynnvernon6329 Před 3 lety +14

      If you listen to the way the Elvish people speak in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, you will hear the influence of Welsh. J.R.R. Tolkien described the Welsh Language as the loveliest of all the Languages.

    • @mm.7053
      @mm.7053 Před 2 lety

      they seen so proud and happy

    • @briancox3050
      @briancox3050 Před 2 lety

      @@mm.7053 Yes and they proudly fly the welch flag, and not that union jack
      poor excuse for a flag that only the elite tend to be happy with...

    • @har5814
      @har5814 Před 2 lety +1

      People also say that to our local language when we speak.

    • @frankogo8547
      @frankogo8547 Před 2 lety +1

      @@garethwynnvernon6329 Was he deaf ???

  • @toledomarcos9053
    @toledomarcos9053 Před 7 lety +281

    Wales is so beautiful

    • @beholdgh7877
      @beholdgh7877 Před 6 lety +1

      toledo marcos please I want to go to Wales. But I don't have any body the

    • @RahimRahim-ic9iw
      @RahimRahim-ic9iw Před 4 lety +8

      It is. It is full of green open lands, valleys, hills. A lot of natural beauty.

    • @Behyelzebub
      @Behyelzebub Před 4 lety +6

      @@Fibsh6963 My Wifes family are from Swansea. They say if you look across the Severn estuary and you can see the Somerset coast, it's going to rain. If you can't,
      it already is.

    • @tsarnicholasii274
      @tsarnicholasii274 Před 4 lety +1

      @Griffith Williams Exactly

    • @leob4403
      @leob4403 Před 4 lety

      @@Fibsh6963 You're calling a drought nice?

  • @eddiegwilliam7944
    @eddiegwilliam7944 Před 3 lety +88

    Being Welsh myself and growing up in this beautiful country I throughly recommend that anyone who ever visits the UK should come to wales for a few days, from the Brecon Beacons and Cardiff in the south to Snowdonia I’m the north and Pembrokeshire in the west, wales really has something for everyone

    • @angelabarker6390
      @angelabarker6390 Před 3 lety +5

      and there are special and beautiful areas all over Wales!!

    • @tameriajones593
      @tameriajones593 Před 2 lety +1

      I hope the Welsh have something that I am looking for and when I tried to find something in the United States I could not find anything. Wales is the best.

    • @nainamishra3155
      @nainamishra3155 Před rokem +2

      Hi! I truly wanna know about Welse. I was searching on internet. Wanna know that or Rishi Sunak also your PM? Or Walse is a seperate country ? How you people see London? As a city of another country ??? I know about the England, great Britain n UK thing but still its lil confusing... also, I love your language. If I'll come to UK, I'm sure gonna visit Wales.
      But For now, much love from India. 🇮🇳

    • @francinesicard464
      @francinesicard464 Před rokem

      Many spend their honeymoon in the Caribbean, Bora Bora, Seychelles, etc. my husband and I chose the wonderful North Wales🌞

    • @waqasaslam4920
      @waqasaslam4920 Před 7 měsíci

      I would like to come Wales with family

  • @zachhaywood1564
    @zachhaywood1564 Před 11 měsíci +8

    I'm an American with strong Welsh ancestral roots, and I could not be more proud.

  • @russellbishop5995
    @russellbishop5995 Před rokem +36

    This video has flicked a memory switch. I went on a family holiday to North Wales in the summer of 1967. I was seven. We stayed in a cottage up a secluded lane in a village called Cwm-y-Glo, situated at the western end of The Llanberis Pass. I remember it well and have many pleasant memories of those two weeks. My enduring memory was the amount of water; not just in the abundant copious rainfall, but the numerous reservoirs, yet the water was cut off for much of the day. Why? Because there were big black pipes heading towards Manchester and Liverpool. A child's mind is more logical than an adult's and I remember saying to my parents, 'that's not fair.' It still resonates and I can truly understand why the English are not popular in this part of the world. Just a thought.

    • @loganstroganoff1284
      @loganstroganoff1284 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Thats a problem in parts of the u.s. as well. Here in the southeast Atlanta siphons off huge amounts of water from various rivers and reservoirs. In drought summers lots of small communities have to make drastic conservation efforts to keep the ever expanding atlanta metro monsters taps flowing. It's also severely affected the oyster and other aquaculture industries in the Florida panhandle estuaries bc they depend on a proper mix of fresh water from the rivers mixing with salt water to sustain life. Atlanta uses so much river water from the Chattahoochee and other rivers that it's all but wiped out oyster farming and fishing in these estuaries.

    • @sianwarwick633
      @sianwarwick633 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Exactly right friend. Wales has only to cut off the water to the English to hear them squeak

  • @joesr.shannavanausdall855
    @joesr.shannavanausdall855 Před 7 lety +321

    My great grandmother left Wales from Liverpool in 1863 to immigrate to the United States. Thanks for this video. I still have her ticket. She was two years old. Mary Lewis age two. :)

    • @lolaispure4296
      @lolaispure4296 Před 7 lety +10

      awww... great place!😃

    • @mizofan
      @mizofan Před 6 lety +22

      I hope you get to visit Wales if not already. That ticket must feel very precious

    • @HeatherDeweyPettet
      @HeatherDeweyPettet Před 5 lety +6

      That's awesome!

    • @spark_6710
      @spark_6710 Před 5 lety +14

      That's amazing! Crazy that you still have the ticket!!! Such a PRECIOUS SENTIMENT,SENTIMENTAL TREASURE!

    • @trashcantacos
      @trashcantacos Před 4 lety +15

      1863? The Wild West was still.....Wild

  • @AdeHida
    @AdeHida Před 4 lety +63

    My childhood dream, inspired by English children books, is visiting the beautiful and peaceful places in England, Wales, and Scotland. Now I am almost 50 and my dream is still a dream. I wish I could visit these places before I die.

    • @123Coffs
      @123Coffs Před 3 lety +9

      Do it! Flights are not too expensive and accommodation is very cheap in Wales

    • @AdeHida
      @AdeHida Před 3 lety +3

      @@123Coffs Thank you Richard, but I live half a globe away, different world, but I keep my dream..

    • @AdeHida
      @AdeHida Před 3 lety +1

      @Spiritual Nature somewhere in South East Asia

    • @AdeHida
      @AdeHida Před 3 lety

      @Spiritual Nature neither

    • @AdeHida
      @AdeHida Před 3 lety

      @Spiritual Nature South East Asia

  • @brothersamati
    @brothersamati Před 6 lety +219

    As a Briton I appreciate these well-informed and respectful videos.

    • @MrCymru
      @MrCymru Před 3 lety +10

      We're not British we are Cymru. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

    • @teresitavarilla4863
      @teresitavarilla4863 Před 3 lety +7

      I appreciate all your efforts rick in your showcase of europe. Now i can travel virtually in europe thru your videos. Thank you i get a glimpse of europe.

    • @joemama5606
      @joemama5606 Před 3 lety +3

      @@MrCymru thats apart of Britain

    • @joemama5606
      @joemama5606 Před 3 lety +3

      @@MrCymru wales is apart of the uk

    • @JJaqn05
      @JJaqn05 Před 3 lety +3

      @@MrCymru We are British

  • @nielsen9691
    @nielsen9691 Před 3 lety +57

    I would love to visit Wales. Hope it gets easier to travel around soon. Much respect from Denmark to Wales

    • @vahodgins
      @vahodgins Před 2 lety +2

      Oh, you should go! My daughter and I visited Wales a few years ago and it was marvelous. She kept saying, "I can't get my head around how old everything is!" We visited a school that was founded by Henry VIII. It had been a monastery and when he closed them down, he had this particular one changed to a school for the area. We want to go back, we didn't see nearly enough!

    • @benjones7341
      @benjones7341 Před 2 lety +1

      @@vahodgins Ysgol Friars?

  • @prarieborn6458
    @prarieborn6458 Před 2 lety +13

    King Edward I was a brute, relentless and cruel,My Welsh ancestors fought valiantly to preserve their independence from England. The original rinces of Wales are Llewellyn the Great and Llewellyn the Last.They are not forgotten.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

    • @tameriajones593
      @tameriajones593 Před rokem

      Welsh will always be in.

    • @SD78
      @SD78 Před 4 měsíci +1

      He left behind some cool castles!

  • @ollylewin
    @ollylewin Před 6 lety +240

    As an Englishman living in the midlands, Wales has always held a special place in my heart. I spend a few days there every year. Beautiful country. Absolutely adore North Wales.

    • @billb4089
      @billb4089 Před 6 lety +14

      Oliver Lewin I'm with you on that one. As a child in the 60s and 70s I had many a happy time in North Wales. Think that's why I still love it.

    • @monkeymox2544
      @monkeymox2544 Před 4 lety +6

      @peace leader I'm not sure if you're joking or not, but just to be safe... no. Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and England all form the UK, none of them are provinces (well, except perhaps NI... that's complicated, and I'm not going in to it). There is no such thing as 'England' in terms of political power (i.e. there's no English parliament, only a British parliament containing representatives from the whole UK), so by definition the other three can't be provinces, since a province is a place managed or owned to some degree by an external political power. There is no English political body which is capable of claiming or exerting ownership. However, it is true that England has a much higher population than the other three constituent countries of the UK, so it has more representatives in parliament. This is what people mean when they say things like "England controls the UK" - its not a case of England exerting unfair or undue political power over the other parts of the UK (since, again, there is no political English body capable of exerting that power), its simply that its higher population elects so many MPs that England, taken as a whole, has the most influence over British law. If Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland had a higher population, there'd be more MPs in parliament from those places.
      In any case, that's why many non-English people feel particularly oppressed or ignored by Westminster (perhaps they even feel like an English province), because their separate national interest doesn't have equal representation in parliament. Obviously, whether you accept that depends on your point of view. Personally, I don''t feel that being English gives me any particular advantage, since I'm more concerned with how many MPs agree with my views, not where they're from. And at the moment, my views are particularly underrepresented in parliament. But that's just my perspective, I'm not saying that separatists and nationalists don't also have a valid point of view.

    • @monkeymox2544
      @monkeymox2544 Před 4 lety +1

      @peace leader Yeah I think it should. I'm very much in favour of federalism. We should replace FPPT with PR, keep the commons as based on constituency population, but also have a second chamber where each home nation has equal representation.

    • @MrDaiseymay
      @MrDaiseymay Před 4 lety +2

      @peace leader try again

    • @CymruEmergencyResponder
      @CymruEmergencyResponder Před 11 měsíci

      @@monkeymox2544Westminster is very much English Parliament. It is entirely pointless for us to even be represented in it. Independence is the only way forward for us, because England and its Parliament does not care about us and should have zero say in our affairs.

  • @arifurrahman1789
    @arifurrahman1789 Před 4 lety +73

    I live in Bangladesh, Wales has always held a special place in my heart. I want to spend a few days there. Beautiful country. Absolutely adore North Wales.

    • @haesklar3635
      @haesklar3635 Před 4 lety +9

      Oliver Lewin
      2 years ago
      As an Englishman living in the midlands, Wales has always held a special place in my heart. I spend a few days there every year. Beautiful country. Absolutely adore North Wales.

    • @vikramadoddamani
      @vikramadoddamani Před 4 lety

      werlafe The point being ??

    • @thomasodoyo6207
      @thomasodoyo6207 Před 3 měsíci

      ভাই,চলে আসেন,আমি north wales থাকি

    • @ciarandevaney385
      @ciarandevaney385 Před 2 měsíci

      The castle's look amazing

    • @moostafitarannum8433
      @moostafitarannum8433 Před měsícem

      ⁠@@thomasodoyo6207 ভাইয়া আমি wales আসতেছি, আমাকে থাকতে দিবেন কয়দিন?
      ওখানে পরীক্ষা দিতে যাব কিছুদিন পর, MRCPsych ….

  • @ellenhaller135
    @ellenhaller135 Před 2 lety +16

    I'm armenian living in Malta I am always interested in this country when I read the history of Wales and about the Celts.
    i just love this country so Celtic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💚 big love from Armenia 🇦🇲
    I hope I can go to Wales this year 🙏🏻

  • @carlhughes9584
    @carlhughes9584 Před rokem +11

    People need to remember that the Welsh are the true natives of Britain. We once lived all over Britain apart from the far North ( where the mysterious Picts lived ). We were only pushed West into what is now Wales, because of the invading Germanic tribes ( ancestors of the English ). Wales is a beautiful, romantic place full of great charm and history. It's way too underated

  • @wiszak9370
    @wiszak9370 Před 6 lety +66

    I visited North Wales for one day only, I saw most of these sightseeings, and it was among the best days in my entire life.

  • @davefrance3721
    @davefrance3721 Před 5 lety +26

    I'm a Yorkshire man who moved here when I was 11. I prefer living here these last 46 years. There is still so much left to see and do.

  • @joshuamacleod2729
    @joshuamacleod2729 Před 5 lety +128

    Such beautiful landscapes in Wales and Britain! I come from the Arizona desert, its amazing to notice the contrast from what I'm used to. Keep up the Welsh language. all the best from the usa.

    • @tonyowen8349
      @tonyowen8349 Před 4 lety +14

      Helo o sir fôn gogledd cymru. Hello from anglesey north wales

    • @jamesmason8436
      @jamesmason8436 Před 4 lety +4

      I imagine Arizona is quite beautiful as well, if a little hotter and drier lol.

    • @antonycamilleri1197
      @antonycamilleri1197 Před 3 lety +3

      Thankyou joshua ,diolch yn fawr

  • @Jamestele1
    @Jamestele1 Před rokem +10

    God bless Rick Steves. He shines a light on all areas, not just Paris and London. I've been a fan of his since I was in college - I'm 50 now.

  • @LanaBK8530
    @LanaBK8530 Před 4 lety +49

    I’m from India and I’m from a particular region where we are so connected with Wales. Our alphabets were given to us by a Welsh Missionary, the late Reverend Thomas Jones. We have schools, colleges, hospitals, orphanages, etc named after many Welsh Missionaries. Most of all, we have an Anthem written by John Roberts in our language but with the same tune as the Welsh National Anthem. We owed a lot to the people from this lovely land, Wales.

    • @suyamchaturvedi
      @suyamchaturvedi Před 4 lety +6

      Glad To Hear That! I Am From India Too, Could You Please Tell Which Region Are You Talking About?

    • @safeesayvon7793
      @safeesayvon7793 Před 4 lety +1

      The introduction of Presbyterian Church to us the Khasi people of Meghalaya comes from Wales😊

    • @safeesayvon7793
      @safeesayvon7793 Před 4 lety +2

      @@suyamchaturvedi Meghalaya I guess😊

    • @antonycarter4786
      @antonycarter4786 Před 3 lety +1

      Helo o Gymru

  • @japsley6172
    @japsley6172 Před 6 lety +9

    I left Wales 40 years ago., but here in the Denbigh choir I see Dai Bryn singing his heart out! Dai was a leading charge Nurse or Mental Health worker. A larger than life guy. Great to see him still doing it large!

  • @tulsatombob2769
    @tulsatombob2769 Před 7 lety +121

    I moved to Argentina 4 years ago and an Expat American with Welsh and German Blood.
    There are 5 Welsh Communities is Southern Argentina and they have Welsh Language Schools and have maintained many customs they brought over here 150 years ago.
    Cheers to my Welsh Cousins!

    • @mizofan
      @mizofan Před 6 lety +11

      Yes, Welsh settlers arrived in Patagonia in the 19th century and descendants speak Welsh, with people from Wales and Patagonia visiting each other.

    • @BasicBeachCommunity1
      @BasicBeachCommunity1 Před 5 lety +4

      Wales!

    • @lesleyhumphreys-jones146
      @lesleyhumphreys-jones146 Před 3 lety +6

      The chapel in Caernarfon has a plaque on it's wall to memorialise the first Welsh settlers in Patagonia who were members of the chapel.

  • @2curiousbirds
    @2curiousbirds Před 3 lety +18

    Two days a go just came back from holiday in North Wales. I'm in love with Llandudno, Conwy and Snowdonia. Beautiful places!

  • @theluojiperson4280
    @theluojiperson4280 Před 9 lety +72

    Wales is such a beautiful country. I live in the U.S., where everything seems to be busy, rushed, and complicated (Common Core). Wales seems like a very calm country, where animals are everywhere and hills are beautiful. Not dull brown with the sound of cars.

    • @Braap78
      @Braap78 Před 8 lety +3

      The Luoji Person I lived in wales for 2 years

    • @Braap78
      @Braap78 Před 8 lety +1

      I lived there until I was 2. I don't remember much, jus there where a lot of sheep and mountains

    • @davidevans9906
      @davidevans9906 Před 8 lety +9

      +Coolhand Luke I've lived in Wales all my life. It quite calm, if you go to a English city it's quite frightening, especially if you live in a small town like me you don't get to see a building any taller than 3 storey.

    • @GwionB9
      @GwionB9 Před 8 lety +4

      +David Evans Too true, spent most my life in Caernarfon and now i'm studying at the university of Essex. Took me a long time to adjust to the big city.

    • @davidevans9906
      @davidevans9906 Před 8 lety +3

      GwionB9 Exactly, its so fast pace. The city is not for me but my brother loves it.

  • @montanisemperliberi5424
    @montanisemperliberi5424 Před 7 lety +245

    I live in the Appalachian mountains of West Virginia. Both sides of my family settled here in the 1750's from Wales. They even named there town Pembroke. One side was William Williams and the other Jeremiah Solesbury but later became Shrewsbury for reasons no one knows. I'm very proud of my Cymru ancestry. I'll go there and maybe visit some distant family one day!!!

    • @walkerbelle
      @walkerbelle Před 7 lety +2

      That's interesting, as I went to college in West Virginia at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon and I was told the actual Appalachian Mountains were just east of the border of West Virginia and the actual mountain chain in eastern West Virginia are actually the Blue Ridge Mountains?

    • @montanisemperliberi5424
      @montanisemperliberi5424 Před 7 lety +10

      Texas Hi-Railer The Blue Ridge Mountains are just a region of the Appalachian Mountain Chain. They had it opposite though. Most of the Blue Ridge Mountains are in "western" Virginia with only a very small amount in West Virginia.

    • @fuckantifa2162
      @fuckantifa2162 Před 6 lety +17

      Travis Williams there is a town in England about ten miles from Wales called Shrewsbury.

    • @Danman917
      @Danman917 Před 6 lety +8

      You have to keep in mind West Virginia was part of Virginia untill the American Civil War when it split off. The blue ridge mountain (which is just a section of the Appalachian) is the western side of Virginia, farther west its elevated into the alleghany applachain plateau (mountain country) of west virginia. It is in these two mountain and valley lands where the Scots, Irish, and Welsh settled.

    • @WVstang1981
      @WVstang1981 Před 6 lety +4

      Dan L. My family settled in what is the "New River Valley" where I currently reside as well. I don't know this for sure but I suspect they were coal miners in wales and thus became coal miners in the new country.

  • @aditis8669
    @aditis8669 Před rokem +3

    I watch your videos before going to bed as a talisman against nightmares. Have always like your videos even before I see them. I just know that I am going to be in for a little treat. Keep them coming please.

  • @inspiteofshame
    @inspiteofshame Před rokem +2

    Duolingo has Welsh now! If you enjoy the language, go and learn it for free :) I'm constantly blown away by the gorgeous rhythm and the charming vocabulary. Example: ironing is smwddio (pronounced smoothio), carrots are moron, blue is glas, school is ysgol. Just the best language ever IMHO. Dw i'n mwynhau dysgu Cymraeg!

  • @jennelynjimenez7807
    @jennelynjimenez7807 Před 3 lety +18

    The tour guide has so much energy when speaking, so adorable..

  • @thorstenbuechner9227
    @thorstenbuechner9227 Před rokem +4

    Dear Rick, we followed your recommendation and made Conwy the homebase for our week in Wales next summer. Six months to go and already thrilled.

  • @Meyaleleth
    @Meyaleleth Před 3 lety +12

    I love Welsh!!! I hope the language will keep being taught to all youngsters.

    • @tameriajones593
      @tameriajones593 Před 2 lety +2

      I love Welsh too and would try to learn the language.

  • @truckerfromreno
    @truckerfromreno Před 6 lety +26

    The UK is amazing - so beautiful and history on every corner.

  • @lamyyusifli6782
    @lamyyusifli6782 Před 7 lety +60

    just wow! the beauty of this country took my breath away

    • @larryfroot
      @larryfroot Před 6 lety +7

      Lamiye Maahmudova Thank you for your kind appreciation of my country.

    • @Jsarson1976
      @Jsarson1976 Před 3 lety +2

      Yes thanks for the amazing comment on where I live, wouldn’t change it for the world. It is a lovely place living in Wales.

  • @VictorHugo-jv5co
    @VictorHugo-jv5co Před 6 lety +58

    No doubt this way the best video ever. Though I'm Brazilian Wales is the country of my heart. Congratulations for picturing this wonderful country!

    • @mizofan
      @mizofan Před 6 lety +6

      Thank you- that is unusual for a Brazilian to have Wales in his heart

    • @Kaibigan39
      @Kaibigan39 Před 3 lety +1

      Bom dia, Victor, good to see you again!

    • @VictorHugo-jv5co
      @VictorHugo-jv5co Před 3 lety +1

      @@Kaibigan39 olá. Desculpe, mas não estou lembrando de vc. Vc é do Brasil?

  • @okiejammer2736
    @okiejammer2736 Před 2 lety +12

    The Welsh Men's Choir has drawn me back to this episode again and again. Always brings a tear or two. Wales ... Lovely people, stunning scenery.

  • @willward952
    @willward952 Před 8 lety +68

    I live in Wales, despite this, I thought this was educational and interesting, Just goes to show you how little (in detail), you know really about the place that you live in. Enjoyed watching, thanks for posting.

    • @mistycat3069
      @mistycat3069 Před 6 lety

      Will Ward too busy with your sheep

    • @Jugnu840
      @Jugnu840 Před 5 lety

      Hello... can you send pictures of secenry of your country.

  • @marianjeffrey8684
    @marianjeffrey8684 Před 3 lety +10

    Cymru am Byth. Wales forever. The land of my fathers.

  • @davidjones535
    @davidjones535 Před 4 lety +17

    My great grandfather in the 1880's walked out of a slate mine in North Wales and moved to the United States with his wife and three children stayed in Northeast Ohio where he walked right back into a coil mine had four more children one of whom was my grandfather born 1889 and looking at those men singing was like looking at my own father and his three brothers , they had the look of being Welch all over them

    • @JohnPanto
      @JohnPanto Před 3 lety +5

      Welsh, not Welch ! Actually I call myself a Cymro & we are Cymry

  • @Dom-td4vn
    @Dom-td4vn Před 4 lety +3

    It’s nice to see an American so passionate and knowledgable about Britain. Great documentary

  • @stevecallachor
    @stevecallachor Před 3 lety +9

    In 2013 I travelled from Australia to Ireland for a wedding in Cork. It lasted for 3 days. I then went to Wales to recover. It was a gentle place!!
    Stavros O'Callacher

  • @deninevh
    @deninevh Před 4 lety +10

    I loved all of this, like I love all this shows, but the best part for me was watching RS giving Neville his full and complete attention. He let Neville take center stage on his program and I haven't seen many talk show hosts/movie/tv celebs doing anything nearly so respectful. What a truly nice guy.

  • @CAnon-mg1xm
    @CAnon-mg1xm Před 9 lety +83

    The tour guide is very engaging. He brings it to life.

  • @StacieStreams
    @StacieStreams Před 3 lety +7

    I live in Wales and I love it here ❤

  • @medusa1340
    @medusa1340 Před 3 lety +3

    My mom was from North Wales,llanfair and my mom could only speak Welsh at first when she came to Brum, I may need to go back visit apart of roots, feeling
    Proud.❤️

  • @priestpeace219
    @priestpeace219 Před 3 lety +5

    As someone who was educated in Wales and grew up a big admirer of both The Beatles and Liverpool Football Club, I can say that I'm in love with this episode!

  • @squishycatandkitten5523
    @squishycatandkitten5523 Před 8 lety +144

    I am Welsh! I live near Llandudno

    • @Jugnu840
      @Jugnu840 Před 5 lety +5

      Hello lady... greetings from Pakistan

    • @lesleyhumphreys-jones146
      @lesleyhumphreys-jones146 Před 5 lety +2

      I'm from Bangor.😊

    • @thetaffia.
      @thetaffia. Před 5 lety +10

      @IM KHAN they looted us too you crank no your history rich elites looted you the same rich elites that where building torture devices to rip out our innards in front of our eyes way before they looted you incase you didn't notice they just upped and left us too but unlucky you we rebuilt ourselves we didn't sit about crying about it being the victims

    • @kopuz.co.uk.
      @kopuz.co.uk. Před 5 lety +4

      @Davos exactly.

    • @betawants
      @betawants Před 4 lety

      me too

  • @sahorigo4487
    @sahorigo4487 Před rokem +2

    I bought Rick Steve's Europe 365 days calendar 2023 when bumping into a bookstore in the morning walk and found Conwy is introduced on a day of my birthday. Then I found the documentary. It is so delightful to make a travel itinerary watching his travel visible journal.

  • @lesleyhumphreys-jones146
    @lesleyhumphreys-jones146 Před 5 lety +18

    I'm from Snowdonia and I have a brother in Beddgelert, it's a magical place.

    • @iriscollins7583
      @iriscollins7583 Před 3 lety +1

      My Great great grandfather Owen Jones used to run a public house in Beddgelert.😊😊

  • @user-pd7uf1en9e
    @user-pd7uf1en9e Před 4 lety +9

    We visited North Wales a few times, their countryside is beautiful and clean,and those castles are very interesting,we all enjoyed holidays in Wales 👍😘!

  • @beryllangsworthy738
    @beryllangsworthy738 Před 7 lety +55

    Cornwall is also a Celtic Nation, with its own language, similar to Welsh and Bretton and understood quite well by both nations!

    • @mmaarulav925
      @mmaarulav925 Před 7 lety

      Celtic no , Vales is caucasian people

    • @tw8245
      @tw8245 Před 7 lety +12

      I'm actually surprised at how much Cornish i can understand. I speak welsh so theyre very similar sure, but its really cool none the less.

    • @mizofan
      @mizofan Před 6 lety +12

      Wales is certainly Celtic- land of the ancient Brythonic people, linked to the Cornish and Bretons in Brittany. Historically with darker hair and complexions than the Anglo-Saxons/ English from Germany who invaded Welsh-speaking Britain and called the land they took England

    • @tsarnicholasii274
      @tsarnicholasii274 Před 4 lety +5

      @The505Guys Unfortunately, you guys have become just as anglo as the rest of them. Wiped out by the rich English holiday homes and migrants

    • @palepilgrim1174
      @palepilgrim1174 Před 4 lety +1

      @The505Guys That's the exact same for Scotland too, tbh. Cornwall is literally more Celtic than Scotland is.

  • @sallyannwheeler6327
    @sallyannwheeler6327 Před 3 lety +2

    I live in Llanfairfechan, a beautiful scenic village, between the sea and the mountains. I visit Llandudno every week, it is only a little further along the coast. Visitors from abroad always rush to England,London to visit. They don’ t seem to realise the beauty and history in Wales.

  • @handel781
    @handel781 Před 2 lety +2

    We Love Wales from Iran 🇮🇷❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @carlhughes9584
    @carlhughes9584 Před rokem +1

    When you think that Welsh is still spoken and Wales is a tiny country right next to England and one of it's first countries to rule, it's really something for the Welsh to be super proud of. And the English did their best to suppress it too. But a 1000 years later and with it's neighbour that went on to be one of the most powerful countries in the world with the biggest empire, yes it's impressive!!! Cymry Am Bryth!!!!

  • @zenwolf1046
    @zenwolf1046 Před 2 lety +4

    Thank you Rick, for showing me the underappreciated corners of the world. As a poor American I can only dream of visiting these places. It does my heart good to see people who know their heritage and be proud of it! I think most Americans secretly long to know their ancestors and where they come from, looking for a connection that was lost in the diasporas.

    • @tameriajones593
      @tameriajones593 Před 2 lety

      I think I'll go to Wales to live and then Greece.

  • @sarahdeason493
    @sarahdeason493 Před 3 lety +3

    A lovely tour ... Wales is very Beautiful ❣Loved seeing Penny Lane and other Beatles landmarks ...

    • @frankrobert4897
      @frankrobert4897 Před 3 lety

      Hey, how are you and the weather there?

    • @joshuavictor5731
      @joshuavictor5731 Před rokem

      Visit India. Beautiful in cultural and traditional and various things - Joshua

  • @Moni-xb7hl
    @Moni-xb7hl Před rokem +2

    We spend 2 holydays in Wales and we Love the landscape, the culture and the People. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Greetings from Germany.

  • @sequoiasemperviren3163
    @sequoiasemperviren3163 Před rokem +1

    'Taped in August of 2006' Wow. Timeless treasures. Thank you so much for bringing England to my local coffee house. Being of Swedish-Finish-Scottish descent I'm a proud cheap bastard. This trip cost me a cup of coffee!

    • @sianwarwick633
      @sianwarwick633 Před 3 měsíci

      Buy a ticket 🎟 and go visit then

    • @sequoiasemperviren3163
      @sequoiasemperviren3163 Před 3 měsíci

      @@sianwarwick633Um, did you catch the fact I'm a tightwad? Only I was just diagnosed with state 3 esophageal cancer so if I survive the treatment, I may be treating myself to some of the places Rick Steves has chronicled.

  • @mizofan
    @mizofan Před 7 lety +37

    Best places to visit in Wales: Beddgelert, Llyn Gwynant, Snowdon, Mawddach estuary, Caernarfon, Harlech and Conwy castles, Portmeirion, (Snowdonia generally), Tenby, Bosherston pools, St David's, Elan valley, Rhossili and Worms head, Three Cliffs bay, Castell Coch, Cardiff, Brecon Beacons, Brecon and Monmouth canal, Tintern and Wye valley, Southerndown...so many! And now I fancy a go at recent attractions Zipline and Bounce Below.

  • @denizindunyas5184
    @denizindunyas5184 Před 4 lety +4

    I never knew anything about Wales before. I met a friend and he taught me. How a nice place. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️

  • @donnafletcher5386
    @donnafletcher5386 Před rokem +2

    Absolutely, Picturesque!!! Such a beautiful area in the UK.

  • @francynemixon8229
    @francynemixon8229 Před rokem +1

    Very good actors are from Wales. I have always been fascinated, with the History.

  • @charlielowriexplore3743
    @charlielowriexplore3743 Před 5 lety +8

    Really interesting seeing our home region through foreign eyes. Good job!

  • @huell938
    @huell938 Před 8 lety +27

    Lovely to see a video like this about my home region, I live and have grown up my whole life very close to Castell Caernarfon. Very proud of my country and I just wished people would care more for our beautiful nation.

    • @huell938
      @huell938 Před 7 lety +1

      Not sure if I've ever been newquay

    • @MDBabu-ki4ph
      @MDBabu-ki4ph Před 6 lety +1

      hi English friend ,you all right ?

    • @Aron-ru5zk
      @Aron-ru5zk Před 2 lety

      @@MDBabu-ki4ph English???

  • @gandolfthorstefn1780
    @gandolfthorstefn1780 Před 6 měsíci +1

    11:10Composing poetry to your workmates on a Monday morning. How awesome is that. Love this unique part of Welsh culture. That singing and poetry are manly things is something we could all learn about as to what it means to be a man. Hwyl fawr dych chi.👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @gregjohnson720
    @gregjohnson720 Před 3 lety +2

    Rick is a wonderful leader in the world of travel but more than that he is a very giving person that is helping his employees out of his own pocket. There are probably not many entrepreneurs doing that today. Bless him. I really miss seeing some new videos and tours by him and his collaborators.

  • @juliawharton7836
    @juliawharton7836 Před 6 lety +2

    My great-great-grandfather was born in southern Wales, in Milford Haven. Then, when him, his wife, and their children came to America, they left from Liverpool!

  • @dotaradotcom3473
    @dotaradotcom3473 Před 5 lety +3

    Beautiful...scenic.. picturesque..eye-catching...eye-soothing...

  • @d.l.l.6578
    @d.l.l.6578 Před rokem +1

    I loved Wales. Would like to go back again.

  • @charlottehughes5141
    @charlottehughes5141 Před 3 lety +2

    Proud to say I live here 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @rachappaijeri9104
    @rachappaijeri9104 Před 4 lety +2

    Sir
    You are indeed great leader
    to show . I have seen all that you have shown in ENGLAND .
    It is an amazing land and the people are friendly and nice mannered . I love to visit again !

    • @rachappaijeri9104
      @rachappaijeri9104 Před 4 lety

      What a beautiful country !
      I love stradford up on Avon and Greenmere in the Lake district and
      Scotland for
      William Shakespeare' William Wordsworth and T S Elliot .
      So beautiful and implanting creation of divinity .

  • @jsdprods
    @jsdprods Před 7 lety +8

    Wales is a beautiful place This super video shows many of the places that I know and love Come and visit Wales and enjoy its beauty.

  • @billbergendahl2911
    @billbergendahl2911 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Back in April 2004 I was part of a tour group that visited Wales. One of the towns we went to is called Llangollen. The hotel we stayed in is called The Hand, so named because someone won a race by cutting off their hand and throwing it across the finish line. Two of the famous people who stayed at this hotel were Robert Browning and Charles Darwin.

  • @pulsatingsausageboy2076
    @pulsatingsausageboy2076 Před 3 lety +1

    My great great grandparents migrated to America from Wales. It’s cool to see where they came from.

  • @thepathfinder5137
    @thepathfinder5137 Před 3 lety +2

    What a peaceful place,,,, people living in a peace in every corner without fear,,,

  • @ArjunLoveableChannel
    @ArjunLoveableChannel Před 3 lety +3

    Watching this on 2020,
    What a beautiful world.

  • @stacysatterfield2154
    @stacysatterfield2154 Před 2 lety +1

    Beautiful and I love the men's choir

  • @thestekevshow3977
    @thestekevshow3977 Před 3 lety +2

    Im from Swansea South Wales i am a proud Swansea lad but also a very very proud welsh man hopefully we will get welsh independence one day

  • @terry_kathryn
    @terry_kathryn Před 4 lety +3

    I’m from Eccles Lancs/Bryn refail Wales 😁 I left at 11 moved to NZ & been in Australia 30 years, Wales is still & always will be my home ❤️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @lindajones8895
    @lindajones8895 Před 5 lety +15

    My ancestors came from Wales. I have got to visit one day

    • @fadilfadil8393
      @fadilfadil8393 Před 3 lety

      Hi can we be friends please

    • @frankrobert4897
      @frankrobert4897 Před 3 lety

      Hey, how are you and the weather there?

    • @lindajones8895
      @lindajones8895 Před 3 lety

      @@frankrobert4897 hi I'm well. Raining

    • @frankrobert4897
      @frankrobert4897 Před 3 lety

      @@lindajones8895 Wow, it’s also rainy and cold here

    • @frankrobert4897
      @frankrobert4897 Před 3 lety

      @@lindajones8895 I’m from Houston Texas but currently working here in Dublin, and you?

  • @rosemaryjonston8529
    @rosemaryjonston8529 Před 2 lety +1

    Been to Wales many times over the years.. beautiful and peaceful💕💕💕💕😊

  •  Před 8 lety +16

    In love with North Wales

  • @nOtJack1886
    @nOtJack1886 Před 7 lety +6

    Great, i live in Northwales. Snowdonia national park is a beautiful place and mountain range

  • @leonoratirazona9916
    @leonoratirazona9916 Před 3 lety +5

    Enjoyed the tour during this Covid 19 lockdown. Thank you very much.

  • @azmatalikhan1254
    @azmatalikhan1254 Před 2 lety

    Peaceful and beautiful . Waterfalls , greenfields, castles , rustic and city life attracts very much .

  • @oracleowen
    @oracleowen Před 3 lety +1

    Wales is magnificent, the Celtic people are a gem, and every Welshmen/women i've met have gold hearts

  • @justrandom8766
    @justrandom8766 Před 4 lety +4

    Wales is amazing. I love living here😃❤

  • @DAToft
    @DAToft Před 2 lety +2

    Rick, I went to Betws-y-Coed and Snowdon just yesterday and watching your video made me want to go back again already! What a great video.

  • @traceybeerling4776
    @traceybeerling4776 Před 3 lety +1

    I visited North Wales in 2015. I'm from England I loved it .We stayed near snowdonia beautiful part of the world. I'm definitely going to go back and explore more.

  • @newtonnath74
    @newtonnath74 Před rokem +2

    Your poetic videos are mesh of travel and scenic nature .Such a joy to watch.

  • @stevo728822
    @stevo728822 Před 6 lety +10

    I've been told that one of my medieval ancestors worked building Conwy Castle.

  • @rondarawson6236
    @rondarawson6236 Před 3 lety +3

    So interesting, wish I could explore and see all of the castles...WOW...love the history..thank you so much❤

  • @bluevoliet4559
    @bluevoliet4559 Před 5 lety

    Beautiful country. Beautiful ppl. Beautiful singing.

  • @Survivor-mf1nm
    @Survivor-mf1nm Před 2 lety +1

    The miners singing reminded me of the movie "How Green Was My Valley".

  • @divinerdetective44
    @divinerdetective44 Před 4 lety +5

    It's interesting that while being in Wales mostly what we hear about is the conquering of Wales by the English. What was the history of Wales before the conquerors showed up? Such a beautiful country!

  • @dawngw26
    @dawngw26 Před 3 lety +4

    thank you, I truly loved this! I have always wanted to visit Wales, and now I am even more inspired!

  • @jayaletchumirangan3109

    The best l ever seen. Thank you Mr.Rick Steves.

  • @dianerogers8805
    @dianerogers8805 Před 5 lety +1

    Over the last 40 years we have only had a holiday 4 times somewhere apart from North Wales. We love it. Our 3 children have grown up holidaying there. We now take our two grandchildren there. Barmouth, llanberis, Harlech, beddgelert. We love them all. My grandads family had a farm on the lleyn peninsula.