https://www.visitwales.com/things-do/attractions/castles-heritage/great-castles-across-wales OUTDOOR Great castles across Wales Wales is one of the world's greatest countries for castles - prepare to be dazzled! Wales is unbeatable when it comes to castles, and we...

Camelot, Court of King Arthur by Ben Johnson Although most scholars regard it as being entirely fictional, there are many locations that have been linked with King Arthur’s Camelot. Camelot was the name of the place where King Arthur held court and was the location of...

The Bard by John Martin, c. 1817. Image courtesy of Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne It is a poem which can be recited off by heart by Hungarians telling of the slaughter of 500 Welsh poets at Montgomery Castle. But in Wales little is known of the verses or the...

Thanks to an intrepid group of Welsh explorers setting sail from their homeland in 1865, a small slice of Argentinean Patagonia will forever be Wales. John Malathronas investigates. A sign in Spanish hangs on a Monterrey pine: “Malacara, let your memory live with my...

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/wales/articles/the-ten-most-beautiful-towns-in-wales/ Wales © Pixabay MATTHEW KEYTEUPDATED: 21 JULY 2017 Save to WishlistWales has a history of invasions, subjugation and rebellion that has left the landscape dotted...

The Battle of Cadfan, at which the forces of Henry III of England were roundly defeated, is widely believed to have taken place in the Tywi Valley, Carmarthenshire on 29th May 1257. Henry's army arrived near Carmarthen before marching up the Tywi Valley towards...

‘Waltzing Matilda’ is Australia’s best known and much loved folk song, and the first verse is as follows: Once a jolly swagman* camped by a billabong,Under the shade of a coolibah tree,And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,“You’ll come a-waltzing...

Donetsk has become a city of one million people CREDIT: GETTY    Chris Leadbeater, travel writer 15 JUNE 2017 • 3:35PMFollow  For all the many differences between the cities of the world, the foundation tale of any great metropolis generally...

Illustration by Angus McBride. POSTED BY: DATTATREYA MANDAL OCTOBER 18, 2016 Circa 5th century BC, the Greeks considered Celts (Keltoi) as one of the four great ‘barbarian’ people; with their independent realms extending all the way from the Iberian...

Brittany - France's Celtic fringe     Everyone in France has heard of Asterix - and millions of people beyond France are familiar with Asterix the Gaul, his band of merry men, and their exploits against the Roman invader, as detailed in the classic...

From arctic birds to nicknames, the influence of Wales on the English language has been underestimated, says a Celtic Studies expert. Compilers of the new online version of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) say penguin, Taffy and cariad are examples of Welsh words...

1. Portmeirion (Image: Creative commons/ Flickr/ ARG_Flickr) Go to Gwynedd and find the Mediterranean when you visit the Italianate village that is Portmeirion. Village (Image: © nagelestock.com / Alamy Stock Photo) With colourful facades, stunning views and a...

The people of Wales are fiercely proud of who they are, where they come from, and above all, their ability to remain a distinct people in the face of conquest. One such tribe in the south of Wales embodied this determination for the preservation of their people. The...

BY LEWIS NUNN APR 21, 2019 CARMARTHENSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL This May, Wales Coast Path and Ramblers Cymru will come together to launch a new Wales Coast Path Walking Festival, which will cover the entire iconic coastline of South Wales over 16...