Wales is a pop-up fairytale book. Wide green valleys spread across the pages. Sheep are scattered like popcorn. A curl of smoke rises from the chimney of a stone cottage, and on yon hill, castle ...

When the Wales Coast Path opened on May 5, 2012, a new distinction was bestowed upon Wales: The first country to have a dedicated footpath around its coastline. The footpath takes visitors and hikers ...

Dramatic coastlines, heather-strewn moorlands, steep ridges, plunging river valleys and dense pine forests: Wales has a superb selection of scenery for hiking around in. One of the best ways to ...

Looking at my scuffed walking boots, the tread worn by the last time they touched Welsh soil back when I was 17, as well as the swiftly thinning lining of my rucksack, I realised it was time for some ...

Waterfall selfies, river dips and dawn swimming in the sea. It seems like wild swimming is a favourite outdoor activity for lots of people right now. This fast-growing activity (also known as open ...

This story appears in the January 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. The simple words painted on a billboard-size wall overlooking a parking lot in Swansea, Wales, read: “More poetry is ...

Wales saw a spike in overseas tourists coming to the country last year. The nation had a 30% increase in international visitors when compared to 2022 according to the Office of National Statistics.