69 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Wales - Atlas Obscura

Unusual
Attractions
in Wales

Llechwedd Caverns Trampoline Park

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

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Abandoned Denbigh Insane Asylum

The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.

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Llangennith, Wales

Worm's Head Tidal Island

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

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Pool Park Asylum

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

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Hawarden, Wales

Gladstone's Library

At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.

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Portmeirion Village

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

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Ceredigion, Wales

Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

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Tintern Abbey

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

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Food & Drink
in Wales

Caws Pobi

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Caws Pobi

The fire-roasted cheese is the medieval precursor to Welsh rarebit.

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Bara Lawr

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Bara Lawr

The seaweed tops toasts and enriches oatcakes in traditional Welsh breakfasts.

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Mari Lwyd

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Ritual & Medicinal

Mari Lwyd

In Wales, midwinter is the right time to look a gift horse in its gaping skull-mouth.

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Lovespoons

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Lovespoons

This ancient token of betrothal lives on as a Valentine's Day gift in Wales.

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Stories
About Wales

One of the Welsh quarry excavation sites, Carn Goedog.

Found: Two of the Quarries Responsible for the Megaliths of Stonehenge

And evidence for how the massive stones were removed.

by Evan Nicole Brown

February 19, 2019

Pembroke Castle.

Found: The Likely Birthplace of King Henry VII

Think of it as the first Tudor mansion.

by Matthew Taub

September 17, 2018

These marks reveal the location of a large prehistoric enclosure in the Vale of Glamorgan.

The Hidden Cropmarks of Wales, Revealed by a Drought

These unmistakable squares and circles are the remnants of settlements from as far back as the Bronze Age.

by Sarah Laskow

Mirabilia Brittonum, or the Wonders of Britain, a guide to the history hidden in the British landscape.

On the Hunt for the Lost Wonders of Medieval Britain

Does a millennium-old manuscript hold the key to hidden, awe-inspiring places?

by Sarah Laskow

One of the kilns.

Found: A Remarkable Trove of Medieval Pottery

Thousands of pieces of pottery were hiding under one town's Memorial Hall.

by Sarah Laskow