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Mid Wales is the quiet heart of the country, a vast and largely unspoilt region encompassing the counties of Ceredigion and Powys in a landscape of high moorland, deep river valleys, ancient market towns and a long Atlantic coastline that together make it one of the most genuinely remote and rewarding destinations in the British Isles. Sparsely populated and largely undiscovered by the mainstream tourist trail, it is a region that offers a depth of natural beauty, Welsh cultural authenticity and a sense of space and freedom that is increasingly rare in the modern world.
The Cambrian Mountains form the spine of the region, a vast upland plateau of moorland, blanket bog and ancient drovers roads that stretches from north to south through the heart of Mid Wales in a landscape of elemental simplicity and wide open skies. The rivers that rise in these hills — the Wye, the Severn, the Teifi and the Rheidol among them — flow outwards in every direction through valleys of increasing beauty and fertility, each with its own distinct character and its own sequence of villages, market towns and places to stay.
The Cardigan Bay coastline of Ceredigion is one of the most beautiful and ecologically important stretches of shoreline in Wales, its sandy beaches, rocky headlands and sheltered harbours forming part of a marine environment that supports one of the largest resident populations of bottlenose dolphins in Europe. Aberystwyth, the principal town of the coast, combines Victorian seaside elegance with a university, a national library and a lively independent cultural scene that makes it the most significant urban centre in the region.
Powys, the largest county in Wales, stretches from the Brecon Beacons in the south to the Berwyn Mountains in the north in a succession of landscapes that encompass the dramatic scenery of the Elan Valley reservoirs, the gentle border country around Hay-on-Wye — famous throughout the world for its bookshops and literary festival — and the historic towns of Brecon, Welshpool and Llandrindod Wells, each with their own distinct character and history.
Whether you are looking for a coastal retreat on Cardigan Bay, a walking holiday in the Cambrian Mountains, a literary weekend in Hay-on-Wye, a journey through the Elan Valley or simply the profound pleasure of a landscape and a pace of life that the modern world has largely left undisturbed, Mid Wales is a region of rare and enduring beauty that offers one of the most genuinely restorative experiences in the British Isles.
