Places to explore in WalesGreat Britain

Counted among the old Seven Wonders of Wales and usually called the country's tallest single-drop fall — a spout threading a natural rock arch above the Tanat valley.

Powys

Large, low island of farmland ringed by a coast path, with Beaumaris Castle, sandy bays, seabird cliffs and prehistoric tombs

677 km² · Anglesey

Telford and Jessop's 19-arch cast-iron aqueduct carrying the Llangollen Canal 126 feet above the Dee, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Wrexham

Three-mile sweep of sand backed by Rhossili Down at the western tip of the Gower.

Swansea

Sandy bay framed by three limestone peaks, a salt marsh and a winding stream on south Gower.

Swansea

Rhaeadr Fawr in Welsh — a 120-foot curtain off the northern Carneddau, an easy two-mile valley walk from Abergwyngregyn.

Gwynedd

The Afon Mynach drops around 90 metres in five stages through a wooded ravine at Devil's Bridge, among the highest falls in Wales.

Ceredigion

Shattered rock plateau, Castell y Gwynt, Cantilever Stone.

1001 m · Gwynedd

Wales at its wildest — Yr Wyddfa and the highest ridges south of Scotland, above slate valleys and glacial lakes.

2,140 km² · Gwynedd

The 'fall of snow' on the Afon Hepste, star of Waterfall Country — the old sheep-drovers' ledge still leads dry-shod behind the curtain.

Powys

Limestone sea arch spanning around 24 metres above the waves on the Castlemartin coast.

Pembrokeshire

Tidal island off Newborough beach with the ruins of St Dwynwen's church, a lighthouse, pilots' cottages and views to Eryri

0.26 km² · Anglesey