We just returned from a long weekend in Wales and we enjoyed our trip so much, we wanted to share a few suggestions of what to do when in Wales for a limited time.
Wales is part of the UK, so traveling there from London is a piece of cake—it's just like crossing a state border. This makes it a great weekend trip if you're living or staying in England.
We left London on Friday afternoon amidst a heavy snow shower and headed for our Airbnb in the tiny village of Rhydlewis in Ceredigion on Wales' southwest coast.
The drive was longer than usual due to the snowy road conditions and the fact that England's low annual snow means the country is not equipped with large amounts of snow-removal equipment, but it still only took us about five hours. For roadtrippers like ourselves, this seemed like a reasonable distance for one day but over here it's actually seen as a long road trip.
Once we got off of the main highways, Welsh countryside dominated the majority of our drive and, thankfully, the snow subsided just after Bristol. I've never seen anything quite like these winding country roads.
Most of them are narrower than the average one-lane road in the States, yet they are two-way. All it takes is a full-size van or "lorry" zooming unexpectedly around a bend to remind you that you're not in Kansas anymore.
But the Welsh countryside is also extremely picturesque and beautiful. The hills are shockingly green, even in February, and dotted with black and white sheep, blanket-laden horses, and foxes. The intermittent houses are ancient-looking and almost always made of brown and grey fieldstone.
Wales is far from a homogenous country, though. Over the course of our three days in southwest Wales, we saw five castles, one seaside chapel, countless idyllic villages and several larger towns, a lighthouse, and a few pebbled beaches.
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