the stylish, traditional rooms all include en suite bathrooms, and have flat-screen tvs and free wifi, as well as tea and coffeemaking facilities. 8 miles from caerphilly castle. there's a restaurant and bar, as well as landscaped gardens. check-in time: 3:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. set in 9 acres of lawns and woods, this imposing, 19th-century, country manor hotel is 1 mile from the black wood golf club and 10. meeting and function facilities are also available Bristol Airport 1 hr 15
Abergavenny Museum (34 min) Local history museum in former hunting lodge in grounds of ruined Norman fortress and gatehouse. Castell Coch (30 min) Audio tours of a grand 19th-century castle built in the gothic-revival style & surrounded by woods. BikePark Wales (28 min) Downhill biking trails built into forested hillsides, with various courses for different abilities. Tredegar House (27 min) House museum set in a 17th-century mansion with period furnishings & art, walled gardens & tea room. Brecon Mountain Railway (26 min) Traditional steam engine journey with observation carriages, plus workshop visits and lake views. Caerleon Roman Fortress Baths/ Caer a Baddonau Rhufeinig Caerllion (32 min) Remains of a luxury Roman baths close to an ancient amphitheatre where gladiators once wrestled. Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery (29 min) Imposing 1824 castle housing a museum with a collection of fine art and social history items. Welsh Mining Experience (32 min) Tourist stop where visitors experience the life of coal miners on a guided tour of a mine shaft. Big Pit National Coal Museum (32 min) Former colliery with interactive displays on mining life and trips underground guided by ex-miners. Blaenavon World Heritage Centre (29 min) Interactive exhibits on Blaenavon's iron & coal industries plus a recreated Victorian-era classroom. Llancaiach Fawr Manor (14 min) Restored 16th-century manor house with replica furniture and staff in period costume and character. Blaenavon Ironworks/ Gwaith Haearn Blaenafon (29 min) Remains of an 18th-century industrial complex, with a blast furnace & furnished workers’ cottages. Caerphilly Castle (22 min) Moated, 13th-century fortress with imposing gatehouse, fortified dam and a tower bombed by Cromwell. National Roman Legion Museum (32 min) Museum with kids' activities in 50-acre Roman fort with barracks and renowned amphitheatre remains. |