South Wales is a region of outstanding natural beauty, with some
of country's most spectacular coastline in the south, the green
hills and gardens of Carmarthenshire in the north, and the wooded
valleys of the Wye and Usk further east.
South Wales
is also home to Wales' capital city, Cardiff, and nearby Swansea,
both of which are packed with a huge range of cultural attractions.
On Carmarthen Bay you will find pretty seaside resorts like Tenby,
while further east is the seaside village
of Laugharne, the birthplace of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. To
the west is the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Situated there,
on the northwestern tip of the beautiful St Bride's Bay, is St
David's peninsula, a craggy headland where the magical cathedral
of Wales' patron saint, St David, was founded.
The lovely
ruins of Tintern Abbey lie in the Wye Valley to the east, while
the dramatically sited ruins of Carreg Cennen Castle perch high
up on a crag in Carmarthenshire. There are lots of ruined castles
near the English border in the Wye Valley area, and a large Roman
settlement at Caerleon in the Vale of Usk. South Wales is also
famous for the mining history of its Valleys, a region of towns
packed between the ridges of the landscape north of Cardiff, which
provide a fascinating insight into the industrial heritage that
shaped the area.
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