“Cosmo Fry’s no-frills hotel concept is the choice for budget travelers, where contemporary design meets cheap chic in Cardiff.”
Wales has some of the most spectacular scenery in the United Kingdom and many excellent new architectural features and museums for which you'll need an insider travel guide. We have already picked out and reviewed the best boutique hotels and are busy compiling the ultimate travel guide to the country's best restaurants, bars, pubs and attractions.
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“Cosmo Fry’s no-frills hotel concept is the choice for budget travelers, where contemporary design meets cheap chic in Cardiff.”
From GBP 50.00
per room per night
"Urban cool comes to Llandudno in the shape of this contemporary, low-key B&B with only nine rooms in a converted Victorian villa."
From GBP 85
per room per night
"The former harbourmaster's dwelling has been converted into a comfortably chic bolthole on the docks with only seven guestrooms."
From GBP 110
per room per night
“Set in Dylan Thomas country, the secluded boutique hotel has luxurious rooms and fine dining at an acclaimed restaurant.”
From GBP 212
per room per night
"Slick and businesslike, this luxury hotel in central Cardiff is one of the most polished places to stay in the city."
From GBP 99
per room per night
Penarth | Mark Hudson | United Kingdom, Wales, Cardiff
Set among limestone cliffs just around the headland from Cardiff’s docks and newly built marina - at once a peculiarly well-preserved Victorian seaside resort and a slightly snooty dormitory town
Build Your Own Coracle | Jasper Winn | United Kingdom, Wales, Powys
At Tim's house, a remote fishing lodge on the upper reaches of the river, the coracles were carried down to the water's edge. Trust in our new craft varied
It's All Very Wales | Amy Rosen | United Kingdom, Wales, Powys
The letter Y has two different pronunciations," he continues. For example, our word for mountain is mynydd [mun-ith]." I've never wanted to slap someone so badly in all my life
Going Underground | Alf Alderson | United Kingdom, Wales, Brecon
We were scrabbling, crawling, shuffling, scratching, creeping and butting our way along one of the labyrinth of passageways in Eglwys Faen cave
Black Mountains - Canoeing the River Wye | Rupert Isaacson | United Kingdom, Wales, Brecon
Kayaking - the art of using one’s bum to balance a plastic egg cup that has a mind of its own, in turbulent, dangerous water. 'Roll those wrists as you paddle and you’ll keep a straight line,' the instructor had said
Wales | Rupert Isaacson | United Kingdom, Wales, Brecon
The Black Mountains rise abruptly from the lush woods and fields of central Wales, a long spine of steep-sided heather moorland criss-crossed by ancient drover’s tracks
Look Who's Stalking Now | AA Gill | United Kingdom, Wales, Brecon
Like most British men, I am the first adult male in my family for 100 years never to have worn uniform
Eco-weekending in Wales | Andrew Eames | United Kingdom, Wales, Snowdonia
The Centre for Alternative Technology was looking very eco, with lots of eco-puddles on the pathways and eco drips on the tips of our noses. In fact, the eco was descending in a thick quilt from the heavens . . .
Pole Position | Alf Alderson | United Kingdom, Wales, Snowdonia
Nordic walking is the new cross-training technique from Scandinavia that puts a whole new slant on the gentle art of placing one foot in front of the other
Dylan Thomas | Marc Zakian | United Kingdom, Wales, Swansea
Some people’s lives are a movie script waiting to happen. None more than Dylan Thomas, whose boozy bohemia is brought to life in a new film The Edge of Love. Marc Zakian follows the Thomas trail in West Wales.