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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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The Welsh dockyard that built a spaceship

The last ship to leave Pembroke Dock was almost certainly its most famous…

Topics:

  • Self led itineraries
  • Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
  • Arts
  • Indoor
Pembrokeshire
Couple looking out at a waterfall

Two days in cosy Ceredigion

Expect the unexpected and let your imagination flow in North Ceredigion.

Topics:

  • Self led itineraries
  • Historic places
  • Couples
  • Food
  • Autumn
Ceredigion / Cardigan Bay
(L-R): Graydon (Tony Revolori), Boorman (Amar Chadha-Patel), Dove (Ellie Bamber), Kit (Ruby Cruz), Willow Ufgood (Warwick Davis) and Jade (Erin Kellyman) stood among tall trees in a green woodland in Lucasfilm's Willow

Searching for Willow in Wales

Discover the epic Welsh filming locations behind Lucasfilm's series Willow.

Topics:

  • Self led itineraries
  • Mountains
  • Rural
  • Arts
Three hikers on a ridge overlooking fields, and hills below.

Exploring GeoMôn and Fforest Fawr Geoparks

Uncover more than 860 million years of Welsh history at GeoMôn and Fforest Fawr Geoparks.

Topics:

  • Self led itineraries
  • Eco-friendly
  • UNESCO Heritage
  • Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park
  • Outdoor
A wedding photograph of a couple kissing on top of a rock on a beach. There is a white lighthouse in the background.

Love island - a romantic getaway to Ynys Môn (Anglesey)

Enjoy the unspoiled coastline and pretty towns and villages of Anglesey, home of Wales’ patron saint of lovers, Santes Dwynwen.

Topics:

  • Self led itineraries
  • Spa
  • St Dwynwen's Day
  • Couples
  • AONB
The Isle of Anglesey
Two women wrapped up warm on a sandy beach.

Take an audible journey with the Pod of Wales

Join comedians Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Esyllt Sears on a light-hearted tour of Wales.

Topics:

  • Self led itineraries
  • Insider guide
  • Historic places
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.

Topics:

  • Self led itineraries
  • Urban
  • Arts
  • Outdoor
Cardiff
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
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.

Topics:

  • Self led itineraries
  • Trains and railways
  • Historic places
  • Urban
  • Food
  • Accommodation
South Wales Valleys
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
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.

Topics:

  • Self led itineraries
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Outdoor
Ruins of a Cistercian abbey in the sunlight.

Ancient pilgrimage trails rediscovered

Discover some of the ancient historic and rediscovered pilgrimage routes.

Topics:

  • Self led itineraries
  • Faith and spirituality
  • Traditions
  • Myths and legends
  • Outdoor

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