| In many ways, Wales is just what you picture it to be: rolling
moorlands, glaciated mountain areas, mellifluous male-voice
choirs, tongue-twisting place names, Rugby Union, 'Bread of
Heaven', romantic castles, people with querying lilts, cheese on
toast and old mining towns. But Wales is more than this. Apart
from the fantastic walking and cycling that's available in the
country, there's also a wealth of water and adventure sports,
horse riding and fishing. Add to this some fine festivals and
Cardiff's nightlife, and you have a great destination awaiting
you.
Snowdonia, known in Welsh as Eryri (land of the eagles),
is a land of high peaks, steep, plunging valleys and open moorland
bounded on the west by the Lleyn Peninsula and the Cardigan Coast.
Rocky mountains, glacial lakes, waterfalls and wilderness compete
for attention
Bangor, an historic university and cathedral city, lies
at the eastern entrance of the Menai Strait. This ancient town
began in 525AD with the building of a monastery. There's an ornate
Victorian pier-considered one of Wale's finest-that provides a
delightful countryside view. The Museum of Welsh Antiquities
contains collections of prehistoric, Roman and other northern
Wales finds. Nearby Penrhyn Castle is a country house pretending
to be a castle. It was built for the slate magnate Lord Penrhyn
and completed about 1834.
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