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 ...

A mountainous peninsula on the west coast of Britain, Wales is a country of such staggering beauty that at times it seems straight out of a fairy tale. There are green hills and valleys, a pristine ...

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 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, ...

"Blimey, would you look at the turrets on that,” I heard myself say on a blustery Saturday morning, craning my neck at a hulking stone fortress. “Imagine the view from up there.” Somewhere along the ...

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 ...