Bristol Airport 1 hr 28
BikePark Wales (9 min) Downhill biking trails built into forested hillsides, with various courses for different abilities. Welsh Mining Experience (24 min) Tourist stop where visitors experience the life of coal miners on a guided tour of a mine shaft. Dare Valley Country Park (20 min) Parkland with lush countryside, marked trails and family quests, plus guided walks and fun days. Afan Forest Park (1 hr 5) Forest park with marked circular walks, mountain bike trails, mining museum and visitor centre. Brecon Mountain Railway (9 min) Traditional steam engine journey with observation carriages, plus workshop visits and lake views. Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery (6 min) Imposing 1824 castle housing a museum with a collection of fine art and social history items. Cyfarthfa Park (4 min) Art museum and art Pen y Fan (1 hr 7) Picturesque mountain providing a hiking trail to the summit with a Bronze Age burial chamber. Henrhyd Falls (25 min) National Trust 90-foot-high waterfalls in a scenic valley accessed via a bridge & footpath. Corn Du (1 hr 7) Tall peak in the Brecon Beacons featuring a plateau shape and Bronze Age cairn at its summit. Waterfall Country (19 min) Hiking area famous for its many publicly accessible waterfalls, some of which can be stood behind. Rhondda (28 min) Mining and history Brecon Beacons National Park (21 min) Market towns and heritage sites amid large protected area of gentle hills and wild moorland scenery. Llancaiach Fawr Manor (18 min) Restored 16th-century manor house with replica furniture and staff in period costume and character. |