South Wales Short & Weekend Breaks

Tucked in the hills of Monmouthshire in south Wales, Abergavenny sits six miles from the English-Welsh border and is known as the ‘Gateway to Wales’. Set beside the Usk River, the picturesque market town edges the beautiful Brecon Beacons National Park, making it ideal for enjoying the great outdoors.

With the Black Mountains providing a stunning backdrop, the town of Abergavenny has much to offer. It is a delightful, traditional centre brimming with shops, pubs and restaurants, historic sites and a wealth of other attractions, including bustling markets and tranquil riverside walks.

Carmarthen is said to be the oldest town in Wales, and has an incredibly rich history, dating back to pre-Roman times. The county town of Carmarthenshire, it sits on the River Towy, eight miles north of beautiful Carmarthen Bay and its famous beaches. With an abundance of historical sites, an extremely diverse shopping experience, and pubs and restaurants galore, Carmarthen is a place you will remember for a long time after your visit.

Dating back to the Bronze Age, the seaside town of Port Talbot Wales is an excellent base from which to explore the best of the Welsh countryside and coast.

The second largest city in Wales, Swansea is known for its vibrant energy and welcoming charm. With the university on its doorstep, the city has a large student population which means plenty of choice when it comes to shopping, dining and nightlife. And with the city currently enjoying something of a rebirth through an extensive bout of regeneration – now boasting both a national museum and a new marina, as well as five Green Flag Award-winning parks – Swansea is fast becoming known as “the Brighton of Wales”.

Located within the Welsh half of the Wye Valley, at the meeting point of the Wye and Irfon rivers, Builth Wells provides a quintessential glimpse at life in a mid-Wales market town with a rich vein of farming traditions running through its core.

Comfortably tucked on the headland between its modern ferry port and former fishing harbour, Fishguard is so much more than a gateway to Ireland.

Merthyr Tydfil was once a powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution and the iron capital of the world. Today it has reinvented itself as a welcoming place for tourists visiting South Wales.

Whetherfor a day trip or a relaxing summer break, you’re sure to have a memorablevisit to the market town of Monmouth in Wales.Nestled in the Wye Valley, between the Forestof Dean and the convergence of the rivers Monnow and Wye, Monmouthis a rural breath of fresh air close to a designated Area of Outstanding NaturalBeauty.

Don’t let the fact that Pembroke itself is little more than a single street put you off. This is no ordinary street, and this is no ordinary town.

Mumbles sits in a majestic position on the western tip of Swansea Bay and has been the favoured holiday resort of the area since early in the 19th Century, when passengers began arriving on what was then the brand new steam railway. As well as being a stunning destination in its own right, it marks the gateway to the Gower Peninsula, a part of Wales which, in 1956, became the United Kingdom’s first official Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Running the length of the beautiful coastline of south-west Wales, the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park takes in rugged cliffs, craggy offshore islands, fabulous beaches, pretty moorland hills and an amazingly diverse range of wildlife.