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Self led itineraries

Explore Wales your own way. Find a self-guided trip to suit your schedule - from inspirational driving routes to heritage and walking holidays. 

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Discover The Wales Way routes

Explore a family of routes around Wales and get to know our heartlands, mountains and coast.

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A gravel biker riding through a muddy puddle on a hillside track.

Adventures by gravel bike in Wales

Discover why Wales is a gravel rider’s paradise with cycle journalist Katherine Moore’s top gravel routes.

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  • Self led itineraries
  • Guided tours
  • Insider guide
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Outdoor
A wide boardwalk in woodland leading to a viewing point, alongside a river.

Explore easy-access walks in every part of Wales

A selection of great easy-access walking trails across Wales suitable for wheelchair and buggy users.

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  • Self led itineraries
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Family
  • List
  • Outdoor
A footpath along a mountain ridge.

Tips for traversing the Nantlle Ridge

Join outdoor enthusiast Chris Knight as he explores Crib Nantlle (Nantlle Ridge) in the Eryri National Park.

Topics:

  • Self led itineraries
  • Insider guide
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Mountains
  • Eryri National Park
  • Outdoor
Eryri (Snowdonia) Mountains and Coast
Red cloudy skies above snow capped mountain peaks over a forest.

Return to my trees

Author Matthew Yeomans shares a snapshot of some of the National Forest sites that you can explore too.

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  • Self led itineraries
  • Eco-friendly
  • Insider guide
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Rural
man stood in front of castle.

Must visit locations in Flintshire

Travel guide writer and content creator Robbie Roams discovers Flintshire's must see locations.

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  • Self led itineraries
  • Insider guide
  • Historic places
  • List
North East Wales
Views from a mountain top looking over green moorland and lakes.

Hike the highest peak in the Cambrian Mountains

Join outdoor enthusiast Chris Knight as he walks up Pumlumon Fawr in Mid Wales.

Topics:

  • Insider guide
  • Self led itineraries
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Mountains
  • Outdoor
Mid Wales
Ruins of a Cistercian abbey in the sunlight.

Ancient pilgrimage trails rediscovered

Discover some of the ancient historic and rediscovered pilgrimage routes.

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  • Self led itineraries
  • Faith and spirituality
  • Traditions
  • Myths and legends
  • Outdoor
A person and a dog standing on rocks and looking out to sea.

Discover dog friendly days out on walkies in Wales

Lead the way and find the best dog-friendly walks and activities across Wales.

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  • Self led itineraries
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Outdoor
Aerial view of a limestone cliff edge over a pebbly beach.

The best walk on the Glamorgan Heritage Coast?

Outdoor enthusiast Chris Knight shares one of his favourite walks on the Glamorgan Heritage Coast.

Topics:

  • Self led itineraries
  • Insider guide
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Wales Coast Path
  • Outdoor
Glamorgan Heritage Coast
Cloudy blue sky reflections in a flat reservoir, surrounded by woodland and mountains.

Out and about in Merthyr Tydfil town and county

Merthyr is the perfect place for a short break with plenty of fresh air and action.

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  • Self led itineraries
  • Trains and railways
  • Historic places
  • Urban
  • Food
  • Accommodation
South Wales Valleys
View over a large reservoir from high up a hillside.

Big skies and big adventures in rural Mid Wales

Immerse yourself in the outdoors around Llanidloes and Clywedog in the Cambrian Mountains.

Topics:

  • Cadw
  • Dark Skies
  • Self led itineraries
  • Rural
  • Outdoor
Mid Wales
Mural painted on the gable end wall of a building, of a pregnant black woman wearing a colourful headscarf and blue football shirt cradling her baby bump.

Following Cardiff's street art trail

Yusuf Ismail and Shawqi Hasson, the artists behind UNIFY, share the locations and inspiration behind the murals.

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  • Self led itineraries
  • Urban
  • Arts
  • Outdoor
Cardiff

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