Bristol Airport 1 hr 28
Welsh Mining Experience (24 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 (14 min)
Imposing 1824 castle housing a museum with a collection of fine art and social history items. BikePark Wales (9 min)
Downhill biking trails built into forested hillsides, with various courses for different abilities. Big Pit National Coal Museum (33 min)
Former colliery with interactive displays on mining life and trips underground guided by ex-miners. Blaenavon Ironworks/ Gwaith Haearn Blaenafon (31 min)
Remains of an 18th-century industrial complex, with a blast furnace & furnished workers’ cottages. Waterfall Country (28 min)
Hiking area famous for its many publicly accessible waterfalls, some of which can be stood behind. Cyfarthfa Park (12 min)
Art museum and art Llancaiach Fawr Manor (17 min)
Restored 16th-century manor house with replica furniture and staff in period costume and character. Blaenavon World Heritage Centre (31 min)
Interactive exhibits on Blaenavon's iron & coal industries plus a recreated Victorian-era classroom. Pen y Fan (1 hr 15)
Picturesque mountain providing a hiking trail to the summit with a Bronze Age burial chamber. Caerphilly Castle (30 min)
Moated, 13th-century fortress with imposing gatehouse, fortified dam and a tower bombed by Cromwell. Brecon Mountain Railway (15 min)
Traditional steam engine journey with observation carriages, plus workshop visits and lake views. Lido Ponty - National Lido of Wales (20 min) Rhondda (29 min)
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