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Experience<br />
Wales<br />
© Visit Britain & Joe Cornish<br />
Fast Facts<br />
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Wales<br />
3 Million<br />
Cardiff<br />
Pound Sterling<br />
11 hours behind New Zealand (except<br />
during daylight saving)<br />
Current is 220V<br />
Plug is a 3 point round-pin adaptor<br />
There are more than 400 castles in Wales and a history swirling with tales of<br />
wizards and dragons that can still be heard are told in one of the oldest living<br />
languages in Europe. Wales has mountains and coal mines, a fanatical love of rugby<br />
and a passion for singing. In other words: it is proudly unique.<br />
Conwy, Caernarfon and Harlech Castles will transport you back in time, and the<br />
landscape is dotted with places connected to one of Britain’s most enduring legends<br />
– King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. You’ll eat regally too – seafood<br />
is abundant, Welsh lamb and beef are famous, and there is a delicious array of<br />
awarding cheeses – nutty cheddar, tangy blue, creamy goats and crumbly caerphilly<br />
cheese.<br />
Festivals and Events <strong>2017</strong><br />
26 May-05 Jun Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye<br />
01-16 Jul The Gower Festival<br />
02 Jul Cardigan Bay Seafood Festival<br />
Aug<br />
World Bog Snorkelling<br />
Ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship, Llanwrtyd Wells<br />
04-12 Aug National Eisteddfod<br />
18-21 Aug Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons<br />
Sep<br />
Abergavenny Food Festival<br />
North Wales, including the Snowdonia National Park, is a walker’s paradise, but<br />
the market town of Llangollen with its famous canal is a place that can be savoured<br />
from the tranquil waterway as well. In central Wales you’ll find the wilderness of<br />
the Brecon Beacons to explore on foot or bike but there’s also the book-mad town<br />
of Hay-on-Wye. To the west lie Aberysthwyth and its steam train, the stunningly<br />
beautiful Pembrokeshire coast and the National Botanic Gardens of Wales which<br />
have the world’s largest single-span glasshouse.<br />
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