Planning a Trip to Wales! Castles, castles, castles and other beautiful places to visit.

I am planning a trip to Wales tentatively scheduled for May 2019,   I better make at least part of it happen because I didn't manage it when I did my last trip to the UK in 2016 (London and Edinburgh).   I find that I start with lots of plans and eventually realize I can't do it all.   I scale back things based on what commitments I can make.  That means if friends actually want to meet.   I mean really meet.  Not just say it would be nice.   Because at some point I am always working against a hard schedule of trains/boats/planes, etc.  Also, London is calling!!   I am looking at the Chelsea Flower Show which I have wanted to attend since I first heard about it, oh, 30+ years ago, AFTER my very first trip to London (which featured side trips to Cardiff for 1 day, Aberdeen/Edinburgh and Paris).  See, too much. But there was a method to my madness  back then as I visited work colleagues in Aberdeen and Paris ( oil services company with operations in the North Sea.   I couldn't manage to get to Stavanger, Norway but was totally intrigued by the location.   Yes, yes, Norway is still on my list of places to visit.

But back to Wales . . . .  CASTLES!!!  More castles per square mile than anywhere else in the world.   Three castles in/near Cardiff so that is where I will start.  Not to mention 2 friends that live around there plus one moving to Bristol (not far from Cardiff).

Useful Links

South Wales:

Cardiff Castle  Cardiff Castle
Caerphilly  Caerphilly Castle
Castell Coch   Castell Coch

The Mumbles/LightHouse Mumbles

SwanseaGuide

StFagans/castle-and-gardens/


North Wales:
Caernarfon Castle


Trains/Bus/Etc:
Arriva

Tour companies:
TakeMeToWales
Hertfordshire
Rural Concierge