Anglesey (south-west)
Bryn Celli Ddu Burial Chamber · Photo: Mike Wilson
Crawl into a 5,000-year-old passage tomb in a quiet field, then spend the rest of the day in the pine forest and dunes at Newborough. The beach looks across to Eryri and, at low tide, out to Llanddwyn island and its lighthouse.
Landmark · 10:00–10:45 (45m)
Free Cadw site; step inside the stone passage.
A Neolithic passage tomb set in fields, built on the site of an earlier henge and stone circle. Children can walk into the low stone chamber, and at the summer solstice sunlight reaches inside. A short field footpath leads from the layby.
Photo: Mike Wilson
Nature & gardens · 11:10–15:30 (4h20m)
Bring a picnic for the forest, dunes and beach walk towards Llanddwyn.
An outdoor beach in Anglesey.
WalesWest Cardiff
Spend the morning wandering between farmhouses, a school and a row of miners' cottages rebuilt at the open-air museum of Welsh life. Then head to a Victorian mansion in Llandaff for a café lunch and a run around its free gardens.
St Fagans National Museum of History → The Potting Shed Café, Insole Court → Insole Court
WalesStable Cottage, Llanfendigaid Estate, Rhoslefain (near Tywyn)
A weekend based at a cottage on the Llanfendigaid Estate, between Tywyn and Fairbourne, with a heated indoor pool to come back to. Break the drive with a boat ride into King Arthur's Labyrinth and a beach stop at Aberdyfi, then spend Sunday on the Talyllyn steam railway and Tywyn's beach.
King Arthur's Labyrinth → Corris Café, Corris Craft Centre → Stable Cottage, Llanfendigaid Estate → Talyllyn Railway + 1 more
WalesCardiff city centre
Start under cover at the national museum, where natural history and Welsh art sit side by side and entry costs nothing. After lunch, cross the city centre to Cardiff Castle to explore its wartime tunnels, Victorian rooms and the Norman keep on its mound.
National Museum Cardiff → Cardiff Castle
