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West Wales is one of the most unspoilt and authentically Welsh parts of the country, a region of dramatic Atlantic coastline, wide river estuaries, ancient market towns and a living Welsh language culture that gives it a depth and distinctiveness found nowhere else in the British Isles. Encompassing the counties of Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, it is a region of extraordinary natural beauty and a quiet, unhurried character that draws visitors back year after year.
The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is the jewel of the region and one of the finest coastal landscapes in Europe, its dramatic cliffs, hidden coves, offshore islands and long sandy beaches forming a succession of scenes of breathtaking beauty that the Pembrokeshire Coast Path reveals over nearly two hundred miles of walking. The beaches of Barafundle, Whitesands and Marloes Sands are among the finest in the British Isles, while the offshore islands of Skomer and Skokholm are among the most important seabird breeding sites in the country, their vast colonies of puffins and Manx shearwaters offering one of the most memorable wildlife spectacles in Wales.
Carmarthenshire, the Garden of Wales, brings a different and equally rewarding character to the region. The Tywi Valley, one of the most beautiful river valleys in Wales, winds through a landscape of orchards, castles and country houses from the Brecon Beacons to the sea at Carmarthen Bay, its pastoral beauty matched by a depth of history that includes Carreg Cennen, one of the most romantically situated castles in the country. Laugharne, on the Taf estuary, draws literary visitors from around the world to the home and resting place of Dylan Thomas, whose presence in the town and its surrounding landscape remains vivid and deeply felt.
St Davids, the smallest city in Britain, sits at the tip of the Pembrokeshire peninsula in a landscape of ancient sanctity and windswept beauty, its magnificent cathedral a place of pilgrimage for fifteen hundred years. Tenby, Cardigan and Llandeilo are among the most characterful and rewarding of the region’s smaller towns, each with an excellent range of places to stay and a strong sense of local identity.
Whether you are looking for a coastal walking holiday on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, a wildlife break on Skomer, a literary pilgrimage to Laugharne, a riverside retreat in the Tywi Valley or simply the pleasure of one of the most beautiful and genuinely Welsh corners of the British Isles, West Wales is a region of rare quality and enduring appeal.
