Gwrych Castle in North Wales was left abandoned decades ago. Built in the early 1800s, the castle was a private residence and then a site for reenactments. The castle, now used as the set of a TV show ...
Conwy Castle, with Snowdonia National Park in the background. English King Edward I built the fortress in the 13th century. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Crown Copyright ...
Estimates suggest that there are at least 1 million castles on the planet today, with many of them being reduced to ruins. Wales is home to about 600 of those castles, with about 100 of them standing ...
This country may be small, but it has more castles per square mile than any other in Europe, making it known as the Castle ...
Wales has no shortage of magnificent castles—from the impenetrable stronghold of Harlech Castle, to the fierce fortifications of Carnarvon. Wales boasts a series of castles known as the Iron Ring, ...
Our horses trot on a grassy path behind a tall green hedgerow that obscures our view of what is to come. Then we turn a corner to a wide beach along the Menai Strait, and are surprised by a close-up ...
Wales is famed for its dramatic and imposing medieval castles – the Edwardian giants of Caernarfon, Conwy, Harlech, and Beaumaris dominate the tourism brochures. But tucked into woodlands, perched on ...