Areas of West Wales

• Area A - Ceredigion Heritage Coast

  The spectacular Ceredigion Heritage Coast area offers award-winning wide sandy beaches and secluded coves hiding between rocky headlands. There are tiny coastal hamlets, pretty seaside villages such as Llangrannog and Tresaith, and small towns like New Quay, from where you can take a boat ride in Cardigan Bay and perhaps be lucky enough to see dolphins....read more

• Area B - The Teifi Estuary to Strumble Head

  This area of West Wales includes part of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park: the length of coast between Strumble Head to the west of Fishguard and the Teifi estuary near Cardigan, and inland, the craggy slopes of the Preseli Mountains....read more

• Area C - St. Davids, Solva and The Havens

  St Davids, named after the patron saint of Wales, is the smallest city in Britain with fewer than 2000 inhabitants. St David's Cathedral and The Bishop's Palace are among the most beautiful medieval monuments in Wales....read more

• Area D - Angle to Tenby and Saundersfoot

  This area of West Wales is a favourite for families with young children, since it includes spectacular sandy beaches, the popular seaside towns of Tenby and Saundersfoot and attractions such as the Oakwood Theme Park and Folly Farm, and is rich in castles, at Pembroke, Carew, Manorbier and Picton....read more

• Area E - The Southern coast

  This coastline faces Carmarthen Bay cut by deep river estuaries with dramatic castles at Laugharne, Llansteffan and Kidwelly. The villages of Laugharne and Llansteffan are pretty, and Laugharne is known for its association with Dylan Thomas, who wrote Under Milk Wood in the Boat House above the waters, kept as he left it....read more

• Area F - The Garden of Wales

  With its green rolling hills and quiet rural byways, it's no surprise that Carmarthenshire has become known as 'The Garden of Wales'. Gardens not to be missed are the National Botanic Garden with its spectacular modern glasshouse, and the restored ancient gardens at Aberglasney....read more

• Area G - The Heartland

  Some say that the 'real Wales' is found in the rugged scenery of the Cambrian Mountains, dotted with traditional hill farms and small rural communities. Tregaron, the smallest town in the county of Ceredigion, has an appealing frontier feeling with miles of empty hills beyond in one direction and the vast Cors Caron wetland in another....read more