American Reacts to the 10 BEST Places to Visit in Wales
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Like most Americans I do not know much about Wales. Today I am interested in learning about the top 10 best places to visit in Wales. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
I'm totally biased as a welsh person, but it is one of the most beautiful countries in the world
Aberystwyth is my home town
@@kathrynthomas9591 i remember sailing into the harbour at Aber really early one morning and there were dolphins bow-riding as we came in. magical.
@@shanerees516 sounds lovely
Soooooooo many places left out of this list that should have been included!
Love Wales, was there in 2022
English girl here just to say Wales is honestly the most beautiful place in the world. The beautiful sights, culture and the people are amazing. 🥰
“Sheep, in Wales? Is that a thing?”
Oh my sweet summer child…
Isn't it a fact that there are more sheep than people in Wales?
@@baylessnow Indeed & they've all got an aprehensive air about them.😁
There are 1 or 2 (million) knocking about
@@rossalexander5128 I think it's well over 10,000,000 in Cymru - certainly much more than the human population.
Sheep are just weird they are like real life Pokémon.
God said make it a cute fluffy ball that head butts.
I am Scottish but if I wasn't, I would want to be Welsh. The country of Wales is extremely beautiful but the people are what makes Wales such an incredible place. The people are warm and friendly, have a great sense of humour and have a way of making tourists and visitors never feel like an outsider. It is a must see place if visiting UK.
Yea from what i've seen Scotland is the one that beats Wales slightly on natural beauty, not seen enough of NI to know where that would rank, just almost certainly above England :(
I loved wales so much I moved here from the Midlands 5 years ago... Best decision ever.
My Welsh friends have now decided I'm no longer a Saesneg and declared me as Honorary Welsh 😁
@@Jamie_DI've been through Scotland a few times on the way to Fraserburgh. Never had a chance to stay there 😔
Looks stunning ☺
@@Rachel_M_ Yes you are so spot on with the friendship. From South Wales to Anglesey it is the same everywhere. Once you have visited Wales and spent time with local people, you always want to return.
@@artasium1 I got that Wales bug in childhood. Moving here was on my bucket list. Moving from a stressful big city like Birmingham to a laid back place in North Wales was a culture shock at first, but my stress levels have massively decreased. Taken years off me ☺
It always surprises me how few Welsh Americans a typical American knows was/is Welsh. People like John Adams, Jefferson Davis, Thomas Jefferson, Robert E Lee, JP Morgan, Jesse James, Daniel Boone, Frank Lloyd Wright, Elihu Yale, Bob Hope, Anthony Hopkins, Quincy Jones, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Sinclair Lewis, and Ogden Nash. Of the 56 signatories to the Declaration of Independence, 16 were Welsh Americans. Three were even born in Wales.
Richard Burton, Tom Jones.
born and raised in Pembrokeshire - Barafundle was a hidden gem before the invention of the internet
I'm English but absolutely love Wales. The countryside is amazingly beautiful and the people warm and welcoming.
Also English but moved to Wales 5 years ago. Best decision ever 😁
@@Rachel_M_ - I moved to Wales just over a year ago and Snowdonia is truly the physical 3d garden of Heaven on Earth.
@@cloudbasenirvana absolutely it is. Many countries claim to be God's Country, but we all know God has a secret holiday home in Wales 🏴 😂 .
@@Rachel_M_ - Many say say that Joseph had rich tin mining relatives in Cornwall and He came over with Jesus and Mary to evade the Roman Army and then Joseph's relatives had Joseph, Mary and Jesus takn to Wales to hide from the Roman Army and Jesus spent his childhood in Wales - If you were God where would chose for your child to be raised. Wales is Gods land.
Thank you for echoing my thoughts. Wales is one of the most beautiful places I know. I'm off back to North wales next week for a short break.
Wales is definitely worth a visit. The UK possesses a diverse set of landscapes...and, of course, castles.
Im English moved to mid Wales in 97 and have never wanted to leave , Its a beautiful country x
If you think Aberystwyth looks Italian then you need to check out Porthmerion, also in Wales and I'm surprised it wasn't on this list.
I also was a little shocked at its absence
"I am not a number, I am a free man" - crazy place, so well worth a visit.
My mother was blessed by growing up on the Gower Peninsular. She lived a good part of her youth outdoors on those glorious beaches....
When you have lived on the Gower peninsular coast there are very few places in the world that could beat it.
My dad (we’re Swedish 🇸🇪) was married to a Welsh woman and one time me and my sister visited our stepbrother in Wales. He showed us Swansea and Cardiff and we went on a long horseback ride in Brecon Beacons which was absolutely amazing (and sometimes a little terrifying riding downhill 😬). We made a stop at a pub where we had lunch and tied the horses outside before heading back to the stables. I have so many sweet memories from this trip 😊😊😊🙌🏻.
I live in Birmingham which is a big industrial city and Wales is not that far. I love to jump in my car with my partner and drive down to Wales just to explore and enjoy the beautiful scenery and little towns. It's beautiful.
The Menai bridge connecting Anglesey and Wales is the first modern suspension bridge in the world built from 1819 to 1826, designed by Thomas Telford its approximately 100 feet above the water and spans 579 feet also Wales has over 600 castles more per square mile than anywhere in the world.
Wales/Cymru is the beautiful country on Earth!
Im English and thoroughly love Wales - it's an awesome country. For me, Aberdovey is incredibly beautiful yet, so very often, never mentioned.
Keep it that way otherwise everyone will want to go there.
I adore Wales, and lived in Aberystwyth for decade in the 90's. Recently I have discovered the joys of the Irish coast especially around Sligo which is possibly even more beautiful. I'm English but am not so secretly jealous of our cousins in Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
One of the best things about Wales and living in its Capital City Cardiff, is that I can be clubbing, shopping in world class shops or eating a first all meal enjoying castles and the Bay and within 2 hours I can be climbing a mountain or sitting by a beautiful beach with tranquil waters.
Its small and compact but has everything you need from the world
I live in a Wales in a town called Llandrindod Wells and we are surrounded by amazing countryside....I have had many holidays in Tenby it's beautiful and my fave place in all the UK there is a little island just off Tenby called Coldy Island where there's a working monastery that sells the most amazing hand crafted chocolate
Hi Shaun, (I'm from just down the road from you at Builth). Tenby is a great place I've been a few times and have many happy memories of the place. If your interested many land speed records were set/attempted on the beach at Pendine sands just a few miles round the coast from Tenby, there's a little museum of speed there, that's well worth a look around if you are in the area.
Oh wow. This is the first time I've seen that town mentioned in a post on the internet. My grandfather was a clergyman in Llandrindod and my dad was born there. Thanks for the memory.
The great thing Tyler, is that I could produce a list of another 'top ten' easily. The nature is great, and is mostly gentle. The mountains are not that high (Snowden is just over 3000 feet), but can still kill you if you don't do things right. The team that first conquered Everest trained here. As for castles, I have five within a 30 minute drive, and there are many, many more. The Welsh did not give in gracefully to English domination, and it was not until 1283 that Edward I conquered them. To do so he built 17 castles, opposing the castles that the Welsh princes built. So there really are a lot of castles.
Wales was also a very early part of the industrial revolution. We had coal and slate and limestone and copper and lead readily available. Lead, silver and gold were one of the reasons that the Romans came here. In the bronze age they were mining copper on the Great Orme (a headland) - you can walk into the tunnels they dug, and see the scorch marks on the wall, where they built fires against the rock and then threw cold water on to shatter the rock so they could dig it out. Parys Mountain on Anglesey (Ynys Mon) was for a long time the biggest source of copper in the world. John 'Iron Mad' Wilkinson was an ironmaster in North Wales who perfected the accurate boring of cannons, and was the person James Watt and Matthew Boulton had to go to as the only person who could bore cylinders to a sufficient accuracy for their new efficient steam engine design. My local town of Holywell has a steep valley where water was dammed in a series of pools to drive waterwheels for copper and cotton manufacturing.
What else? If you want to learn geology, Wales and the West of Scotland have the archetypes of many of the main geological periods, with metals and fossils in abundance.
We have remnants of very ancient Atlantic rainforest, which is really creepy and eerie, but also beautiful and fascinating. The global population of one specific race of butterflies lives in a strip 100 yds long by 2 yds wide, by a public footpath. They have a symbiotic relationship with a particular species of ants, and so don't spread very easily.
Ancient history? every hill around here, and there are plenty, has an iron age fort on top of it. At Penmaenmawr, there is a stone axe factory from the neolithic (literally a production line). The local very hard and beautiful stone was crafted into high value axes (neolithic bling) that were traded all over Britain and Europe.
I could go on and on. The take home - Wales is a beautiful and fascinating place no matter what your interest is. I have lived here 38 years and am still exploring places within an hour's drive.
This is great info for others watching who are from other countries but who is it aimed at? Tyler doesn't read or respond to Comments unfortunately.
I have lived here all my life, firstly in the Rhondda and for many years now in Pontypridd ( think Tom Jones ) I have been fortunate enough to travel widely, (my son lives in the USA so have seen a lot of that) But I have seen a great deal of Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, Iceland and Norway,I could go on. Sadly my health has deteriorated to such an extent that I can only do local holidays now. I feel I have been very privileged to see as much of the world as I have but nowhere can hold a candle to Wales. It is indeed the Land of my Fathers. Cheers
I was lucky enough to move to North Wales with my wife just over a year ago. We are 100 yards from 'our' beach, and I cannot recommend this beautiful country enough. Great reaction, thank you.
My grandparents and mother moved to North Wales when I was 14months old. I'm 59 now and still here.
I live 10 miles from North Wales near Chester , Conway is a great place to visir, the food is amazing. Also Chester is well worth a visit with a Roman wall and Roman ruins inside normal shops. The Rows are lovely and very unusual, its a fantastic stop off on your way to or from North Wales.
I'm English and I love Wales. It's beautiful so I'm off back there for a holiday next month. Yes St David's cathedral and the monastery ruins are open to the public. Traditionally a town had to have a cathedral to be a city but that has changed now and i don't know how it's decided. We have much to be thankful for about Britain. Come and visit us Tyler, we'll make sure you have a good time. St David's is also the name of the city. A point of interest is that all of this is in the smallest country of Great Britain, just imagine what that means for the whole of the UK.
The bioluminescents at Penmon Point on Anglesey is something to see. With views of Puffin Island and the lighthouse 🤩
Welsh Maternal Grandparents, married a Welsh girl ,lived in South Glamorgan. Only returned back to England long after she passed away as retrained for other work.. a beautiful country.Welsh people are the best.
I love Wales, the people are friendly.
I lived in Aberystwyth for 4 years whilst studying at university (Countryside Management and Conservation. Absolutely beautiful part of the country and not too touristy in parts . Inland from the town is also spectacular with many nature reserves and mountain walks to enjoy I was only back visiting in February and will be back twice to Wales in May in different areas. Can't beat it!!
You said a lot of interesting stuff there and glad you liked what you saw.
I'm an Englishman now living in Wales. If it looks like a movie, that's because that's where you've seen it. The TV/film industry loves this place. e.g. the bat cave's external shot for Chris Nolan's Batman trilogy, that waterfall is just up the road.
Being connected to nature is also true, least for me. Spent many a moment in the grounds of a pretty place called Margam Park; large country house and estate + also another well used film/tv location. I experienced it with bells and whistles though as I was on site at weird times (v early or v late). It's a wonderful feeling on a crisp autumn morning, an icy mist all around, the sun still many hours away, yet there's a wild deer brave enough to stick their head through my open window for a nose rub and an inquisitive hello.
Also sheep in the road, that's a thing. No better way to keep grasses and bracken in check on hilly terrain. They're nature's lawnmower.
Beaches too. Miles and miles of golden sand that you can stand on and feel like you're the only person who knows it exists.
Honestly don't know of anywhere else where you can go from deer, sheep, mountains and waterfalls to sharks, whales, dolphins and seals within a 20 minute drive.
It's special. It's home.
I live on Anglesey near Cemaes bay, unfortunately the presenter didn't use any of the Welsh names Anglesey is officially called Ynys Môn, Snowdon is known as YR WYDDFA and has a railway up to the top as well, Snowdonia is called Eryri and the Brecon Beacons is called Bannau Brycheiniog, Wales (Cymru) has in the last 5 years has started reclaiming it's Welsh language (Cymraeg) names
And there's so much more. A slight problem is that the West Coast tends to be wet, with a high rainfall.
But as an Englishman I believe a 'sight' that is worth hearing is the Welsh language. Totally different from English - it is a Celtic rather than a Germanic language - it is still spoken as a mother tongue by at least half a million Welsh.
I am a native Welsh speaker, thank you for this comment 🥰 a recent passion of mine is exploring welsh history and folklore, it's awesome learning about my celtic language and its origins 🥰 truly a beautiful language
@@mariamerigold @jonathanholl2918 I'd also like to thank you for this comment as a Welsh speaker - and I really wish more English people had this attitude when they come here.
A city is a town that has a charter from the Monarch - St David's was recognised as a city quite recently. The cathedral was founded as a religious settlement before it became a cathedral and was founded around 450 AD
Barafundle bay is mind blowingly beautiful.
Beautiful, gorgeous beaches from our cousins in Wales, also check out some Cornish beaches etc, a Celtic county, Cornwall.
Map Men do a great video on what makes a city. All Map Men videos are awesome.
I went to university in Aberystwyth - great times. University halls are on the sea front,
Tenby is stunning.
There is so much beautiful scenery in Wales and we have more castles than anywhere. Snowdonia and Conwy in North Wales are beautiful and full of lots of lovely villages and beaches and hills. Portmerion is a must see too. The Prisoner was filmed there. The man that owned it built an Italian themed village in Wales and it’s so beautiful
Wales really is beautiful - coastline, countryside, castles!! Can't believe they showed you Rhosilli and didn't mention Worms Head. I live nearby overlooking Swansea Bay which is 7.8 miles. Nothing beats the Gower beaches though
I live in Swansea, I often spend my free time on the Gower, possibly the most beautiful place in the world, yes, I feel privileged to be here.
I went to the Gower recently. The weather was terrible for the three days I was there but it was still absurdly beautiful.
Personally, I'd recommend Beddgelert and Devil's Bridge in Pontarfynach. There good places with interesting folklore attached to them.
Yaaayyy Wales 🎉 I highly recommend taking the rib ride from Anglesey around puffin Island in May when the puffins are nesting there!
Another honoruable mention is Llandeilo, with it's beautiful houses, scenery and atmosphere and mindblowing ice cream from heavenly 🥰
Another mention is Mumbles, Swansea! Absolutely stunning ❤
You actually made my day acknowledging Wales is ignored.. Sick of telling people outside of the UK we exist and we are an actual country 🏴
Someone was insisting to me that we aren't a country the other day.
@@ChrisAndCats I've had that a few times too. The last time was last week on a meme with the English, Scottish, Ni flags and union Jack stating "I didn't know the Union was made up of the 3 countries in the UK".
I didn't know we got independence from those lot 🤔 😂
@Rachel_M_ everybody always gets Great Britain vs UK wrong 😖 I'm English but have lived in North Wales for a long time. I'm not fluent in Welsh to a speaking level but know some plus we learnt at school. I've tried to explain on hrre previously that Welsh is phonetic, that you say it as you see it, so once you know what the letters sound like - and I gave the example of th, ch in English having their own sound, and so do ll, ch, y, etc in Welsh - you can pronounce a written word, even Llanfair PG, even if you don't understand it. They didn't believe me I don't think.
@@ChrisAndCats I'm not a Welsh speaker either but i know how to sound out the words phonetically. It's not that hard once you learn the alphabet.
My favourite is when people, usually Americans, say Wales is a Principality because of the Prince of Wales. They genuinely think we're ruled over by him...
... Then again, they also think Europe stopped developing in 1776 and the US is the only modern country 😂
@@ChrisAndCats ps. I can pronounce Llanfair PG if i have it written in front of me 😂
I live in Snowdonia, it's 50 miles North to South and 30 miles East to West so a nice big chunk of mountains, I'm a fell runner which is a very niche form of mountain running popular in the UK, it was fist made popular in Cumbria in NW England which has a very similar landscape to Snowdonia, but they have loads of lakes so the area is called the lake District, fell running is just running straight up and down mountains, the race routes aren't marked and GPS navigation is banned so you have to go old school and use a paper map and compass, and there isn't actually a set route most of the time anyway, you just have to pass through several specific points, then in-between the points you can choose any route you like, which makes it fun, runners getting lost happens quite often! 🤣I love the mountains, they're in my blood, I run, wild camp and am a landscape painter and photographer so spend a lot of time in the mountains. The castle was Conwy castle in the town of Conwy neat where I live, Wales has more castles per square mile than any other country in Europe, over 600 in total.
dude you gotta get the headphones off and come over here!!!
You can also go surfing in Wales. There are several channels by surfers that show it and the coast.
A city is just a town with a royal charter (a listing, actually). Many cities are smaller than many towns.
I love these places. Living just over the border in Shropshire, Mid Wales (Ceredigion) is our go to place for holiday escapes and peace, quiet and lovely beaches.
Several entries from the south west county of Pembrokeshire here, but still a couple of omissions. Porthgain is a beautiful little village on the coastal path. If you're up early, you can buy freshly caught lobsters straight off the fishing boats. Also, the little islands off the very west end beyond St David's are great for birds, seals and dolphins.
Wales is an incredible place and I feel so blessed to live here in Carmarthenshire .
I grew up on Gower...no.1 went camping with my family in Pembrokeshire....thank you for remembering us. We have so many castles all over Wales , you should visit love & light 🏴💜
As a Scottish person I haven't been too wales as a adult it does look very pretty thanks Tyler
Over 40 years ago when I was a student I was lucky enough to spend a summer in Swansea. The Gower is fantastic.
I live in the Cambrian Mountains a little way inland from Aberystwyth. The west coast is special and not too touristy. We have a coastal path stretching 870 miles, it's the longest coastal path in the world. 95% of the coastline is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty by NRW.
Three million people live in Wales and nine million sheep.
Both National Parks mentioned are now known by their Welsh names. Brecon Beacons is now Bannau Brycheiniog and Snowdonia is now Eryri. The highest mountain in Wales is not called Mount Snowdon anymore but Yr Wyddfa.
Wales has 641 castles, the largest number per mile anywhere in the world.
Aberystwyth beach has very gritty sand and the water gets deep fairly quickly - so it's not quite the sandy white beaches of Gower and Pembroke, but on the plus side, you don't have to go very far for a full body swim, and if you lay down a towel to do some sunbathing, food drink and amenities is never far away because the promenade street is *right there*. Otherwise, it's a relatively isolated town smack bang half way between North and South Wales, so it has a little bit of everything going on.
There will be many areas in rural Wales where there will not be anything stopping sheep from coming onto the road. Usually those roads will have cattle grids or something when you enter and exit those areas so the sheep won't be able to escape that general area.
Pen-y-fan is pronounced "Pehnn-uh-vann", not "Penny-van" and the SAS use it for endurance training.
Many churches doubled as defensive structures in medieval times, so you're not wrong about the cathedral looking like a castle. Map men had a good video on what qualifies as a city in the UK, the tl;dr is traditionally it was about cathedrals (hence St Davids) but these days it's much looser. Yes, you can go inside the cathedral. If people want souvenirs there's a gift shop that doesn't come with the threat of being arrested. He doesn't mention the significance of St David's for some reason, which is that it was founded by St David, the patron saint of Wales, and it is also where he was buried. Maybe it's something too obvious to point out, but I think it should be spelled out a little more explicitly.
Snowdon (or Yr Wyddfa) is a *very* popular day out for a hike, so much so that there are regular queues when you get to the peak in the middle of most days. There are many other mountains around if you wanted to get away from the crowds, the only other option is to climb it at the crack of dawn, and even then you'd probably see a handful of folks. But there are dozens of mountains with absolutely fantastic hikes in that National Park and in North Wales in general. Snowdonia National Park notably has started using the Welsh name "Eryri" instead of Snowdonia recently.
Tenby is very popular in the summer, we often have to go to many of the other top class beaches in Pembroke on a day out because the parking is just all gone. There are a LOT of fantastic beaches and little coves in Wales, just like Barafundle Bay. Many of them are on the Gower Peninsula, but the Llyn Peninsula in the north (not far from Snowdonia) is no slouch either.
I could list at least another ten. Portmeirion, Betws y Coed, the many castles - Powys, Conway, Harlech, Cardigan and Caernafon. Canals with spectacular aqueducts...goes on forever.
Cardigan castle is less than a 100 yard walk from my house. As castles go it's a strange one given that it's mostly filled in with earth on the inside, but I still love it.
@@robheyes6470 The setting is just so gorgeous as I remember it. Despite all the jet-setting alternatives available, I have holidayed in Wales more than anywhere else (from London). Love the place.
Wales is a lovely place to visit. My mum has a cottage in North Wales. I love visiting Wales as I live 2 hours and a half away from there. ❤😊
It's got a lot of coast ??? We live on an island the whole thing has a lot of coast
Tyler, to explain the differences in regards to, cities, towns, villages and hamlets, it has changed in regards to cities now but before this was the criteria:
A City was a place with a Cathedral,
A town is a large settlement with a church,
A village is a small settlement with a church,
A hamlet is a small settlement without a church.
Since 1927 a place can petition the ruling monarch to be considered for city status, before that any place with an Anglican cathedral was considered a city.
There is also Castel Henlys which has a reconstructed Iron Age hillfort complete with dwellings where there is also a chevaux de fries that was discovered by onsight archaeologists as part of the original defence features. In south wales there is also the remains of a Roman ampitheatre near to Newport south wales. the country is literally creaking with historic sites.
Saint David is our patron saint, we celebrate his life on march 1st, he was a Welsh Christian prelate who served as a bishop of Mynyw during the 6th century., he was born in 500AD, he's buried at St David's cathedral in St David's. Yeah i live not far from the Gower, he's right it is stunningly beautiful and spent a lot of my childhood down there. There is one he missed out is called Portmeirion, check it out Tyler see what you think. Glad you enjoyed our beautiful country. 🏴
Ireland Scotland and Wales are all beautiful im English but appreciate the other three countries
Where I live in wales there's 3 castles all in walking distance to me. We are very proud of our heritage 🏴
Wales is relatively small - about the size of New jersey but with only 1/3 of the population. Most of the big cities are along the south coast and much of the interior is very scenic. And there are more castles by area in Wales than anywhere else on earth! The people are very friendly and welcoming, and very passionate about where they live (there's a Welsh word, "hwyl", which doesn't have an exact translation, but is sort of like a combination of pride, passion, and warmth). If you want to see Welsh passion at its strongest, you should hear the singing of the national anthem at an international rugby match. You were talking about places being "crazy in the best way possible"... and somehow the video didn't mention Portmeirion, which is truly crazy and astonishing - you should look up a video on it!
Thank you for taking a look out our country, it always cool to see an outside perspective
I always love your delight when you watch videos on the UK. You have just got to visit.
Like many English only just discovering the awesome beauty of Wales too
Pleased to say I've been to most of these places as a photographer and I'm surprised Parys Mountain (copper mine/ quarry) or Porth Wen (abandoned brickworks) wasn't shown talking about Anglesey or Aberdaron, Porth Iago or Mynydd Mawr (overlooking Bardsey Island) on the Llŷn Peninsula, there are so many hidden gems. Beaches where you can chill all day and not see another soul.
I,ve always wanted to see Portmeirion after watching 60's TV series The Prisoner as a child. It still is a cult spy series where you havent a clue whats going on and Portmeirion in the the background just adds to the atmosphere. Its a strange looking place and I dont want to spoil the surprise!
You should go, went there the year before last and I was completely stunned - didn't even think I was still in the UK
It used to be that a city was any town with a cathedral and a bishop's Palace. These days large towns can be designated cities without a bishopric. St David is the patron Saint of Wales, the only home grown one of the 4 nations. England's George being Turkish, Scotland's Andrew Jewish and Ireland's Patrick being Welsh.
Nice video. I could throw in a few more, notably Llandudno, Abergavenny, Bala Lake, Portmeirion, Ystradfellte, the Dan-Yr-Ogof caves etc, and some areas around Monmouth, perhaps the Vale of Glamorgan, and even some parts of Swansea and Cardiff. Castell Coch even. But that was nice to see. I know there are videos of Portmeirion that some other American reviewers have enjoyed.
I've only been to North Wales, around Snowdonia/Eryri. Magical place.
Great Vid, Dunnottar Castle in Scotland Drone and other videos of the castle are worth a look, incredible place built around 400 years ago, and what an amazing natural fortification. Greetings from Scotland :D
used to live near Conwy so I visited Conwy castle quite a few times which was ace, Conwy also has the smallest house in Wales which you can also visit :)
Love this vid as I live in Wales but definitely I would have added Portmeirion and Conwy to the list.❤
Take a look at the Landmark Trust ... you can rent castles and other historical places as holiday homes
It's a very personal choice by the video maker focused on South West Wales, he did rather bundle together most of North Wales under the Snowdonia heading. Some great places, but there are lots of other places too. Yes most places are on or near the coast, lots of the interior is mountains and hills, and there are castles in most towns.
The original creator regularly uploads top 10 videos of all places in the UK. There are other videos by him about Wales.
I really enjoyed this video 😊 and I am definitely biased, I’m from the Gower but often visit Tenby/ Pembrokeshire..I did think that maybe Tenby’s next door neighbour, saundersfoot deserved a small mention too, but I was so pleased to see rhosilli at number 1 😁👏👏, wales is a magical place with a real sense of history, myth and legend 😊
When I was young, here in the Rhondda, yes, sheep did wander around the streets. When my mother cooked, she used to ask my brother or me to take the 'peelings' and throw them over the back wall of the garden for the sheep. New rubbish (refuse) bins were designed with a metal clamp to stop the sheep knocking them over to get at the contents. Now though, they are all fenced in and only when some escape do we see them on the streets - but when I see them It brings back wonderful memories of my childhood.
I'm from Swansea, Wales second largest city, which boasts a castle in the centre and is situated right next to the beach and a stone's throw from Gower, which boasts a wealth of natural beauty, I no longer live in Wales, but I'm forever singing it's praises as it has some of the most beautiful scenery in the world and all within a stones throw of each other. You can be in the bustling modernity of Cardiff one minute and the serene mountains of Bannau Brycheiniog the next.
Blessed to live on the South Wales Coast surrounded by beach and mountains.
Check out the videos of the famous Mach Loop in Wales. The low flying mecca for the RAF and USAF jet fighters and heavy transporters. Amazing.
I love Rhossilli i was down there this afternoon 😁👍its a bit of a walk from one end to the other 😅
Totally agree with choice of Gower and Rhossili. Aberyswyth too, pronounced Aber (like the pop group Abba) yst - like 'rust' without the 'r', and wyth like 'with' in English but give a bit extra blow on the 'th'. I would add Port Meirion in the North for my personal choice. Won't describe it, it needs to be seen perhaps on a different video. Just think of Italy! Have really enjoyed this. Diolch (Welsh for 'thanks')
I live by Rhuddlan and Conwy Castles, pass Beaumaris castle on Anglesey every week for work (you drive over the Britannia bridge - Menai Bridge is the old bridge - across the menai straits to cross to the island) and Caernarfon Castle, where royal investitures happen isnt too far away. Harlech and Criccieth castles are further diwn the coast then you have Shell Island too although its more commercialised mowadays.
Living in south west Lancashire I'm only a short drive from north Wales and my family and I visit at every opportunity. We especially like Anglesey and have been going there since the early seventies...the beaches are stunning! 👍🏴
You should check out a video on the history of Wales/Cymru and also Portmeirion :)
Aberystrith is a beautiful place myself and the family used to vacation there every year but mount Snowden being the highest mountain in Wales you can get a ride on a little steam train all the way to the summit which is just amazing and takes about a hour to ride up. Hope you get to go see it one day my friend
That's Aberystwyth.
Astonished Portmeirion Village (the backdrop "the Village" to the cult TV series The Prisoner isnt on the list if not number one ;-)
I think the most picturesque beach on the Gower is Three Cliffs Bay (But check the tide times before you go!)
Being a Welsh woman myself, I'm very proud of my beautiful home country. I'm lucky to have the countryside right outside my window. X
Wales is just another corner of Britain - one that I spent a number of childhood summer hoildays in. Walking the beaches (and swimming, of course), climbing the hills, seeing the sights, visiting the little villages and listening to a foreign language 🙂, exploring castles (Harlech was my fave). We were mostly in the north of the country, the south (around the capital, Cardiff, is much more industrialised with old mining areas.
Tyler, you need to check out the Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde, Scotland.
Hi I'm from Mid Wales, thankyou for appreciating my country. we have 600 castles btw and yes we have 1000's of sheep wondering around with wild ponies x
3:19 16:44 thank U so much for acknowledging Wales ❤
There is a map men or Jay foreman video on what makes a UK city a city you could react to that would answer your question.
I am very blessed...my mother is scottish( edinburgh) and my father welsh( Llangollen) and i was born and brought up in England...so i see the whole island as home❤
Wales has to be one of the most magical place in the world. Tylor you need to come. It's amazing Americans haven't discovered it
Hi Tyler, we have the most castles per square mile, in the world. I think it's because we were a rebellious lot! Most are in ruins now but it is fun driving around and spotting 'yet another castle.'
Lived in Swansea for 10 years. Great place just wish our summers were longer.
Re: so many Light-houses..
before rail & main roads were developed everything was shipped around the uk-coal, timber, lime, alcohol, metals & people etc etc for hundreds of years the barges & ships delivered from coastal port to port.❤