Bristol Airport 1 hr 27
Blaenavon Ironworks/ Gwaith Haearn Blaenafon (27 min)
Remains of an 18th-century industrial complex, with a blast furnace & furnished workers’ cottages. Pen y Fan (1 hr 9)
Picturesque mountain providing a hiking trail to the summit with a Bronze Age burial chamber. Llancaiach Fawr Manor (17 min)
Restored 16th-century manor house with replica furniture and staff in period costume and character. Welsh Mining Experience (23 min)
Tourist stop where visitors experience the life of coal miners on a guided tour of a mine shaft. Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery (7 min)
Imposing 1824 castle housing a museum with a collection of fine art and social history items. Corn Du (1 hr 9)
Tall peak in the Brecon Beacons featuring a plateau shape and Bronze Age cairn at its summit. Blaenavon World Heritage Centre (27 min)
Interactive exhibits on Blaenavon's iron & coal industries plus a recreated Victorian-era classroom. Cyfarthfa Park (5 min)
Art museum and art Big Pit National Coal Museum (29 min)
Former colliery with interactive displays on mining life and trips underground guided by ex-miners. Rhondda (27 min)
Mining and history BikePark Wales (8 min)
Downhill biking trails built into forested hillsides, with various courses for different abilities. Waterfall Country (22 min)
Hiking area famous for its many publicly accessible waterfalls, some of which can be stood behind. Brecon Mountain Railway (10 min)
Traditional steam engine journey with observation carriages, plus workshop visits and lake views. Brecon Beacons National Park (24 min)
Market towns and heritage sites amid large protected area of gentle hills and wild moorland scenery. | 
