Swansea

Swansea is 35 mi/55 km west of Cardiff. The main attractions are the Swansea Museum, Thomas at Ty Llen -the National Literature Centre and the Gower Peninsula which offers beautiful drives along bays, sea and hills. Dont miss the Carreg Cennen Castle remarkable for its dramatic location on an isolated outcropping of rock 15 mi/25 km north of Swansea and Margam Country Park a magnificent orangery and gothic manor house 10 mi/16 km to the southeast.