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DID YOU KNOW
Explore Cardiff Castle, Bay and the
Anglesey is home to Holyhead – the busiest
UK-Ireland ferry port – and the Menai Strait, which has two impressive bridges: Thomas Telford’s Menai
Suspension Bridge and Robert Stephenson’s Britannia
Bridge (pictured). The Menai Suspension Bridge opened in 1826 and was the world’s first
iron suspension bridge.
visitanglesey.co.uk
NEWS IN BRIEF
w Mid-Wales gin named best in the UK
The Dyfi Distillery, based at the Corris Craft Centre between Machynlleth and Dolgellau, had its Pollination Gin named as the best gin produced in the UK at the 2017 Great British Food Awards. The Dyfi Distillery is one of nine studios at the Corris Craft Centre and re-opens on Good
Friday (March 30).
dyfidistillery.com
w Man Engine steams into south Wales
The largest mechanical puppet ever constructed in Britain – the moving, steaming, mechanical Man Engine – will visit Wales for the first time in 2018. The Man Engine, which resembles a giant miner, will visit eight of south Wales’ most important industrial heritage locations for a week
of celebrations (April 8-12).
themanengine.co.uk
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River Taff with new group package Cardiff Castle has a new all- inclusive bookable group product which aims to showcase the best elements of the Welsh capital. The group package combines a visit to Cardiff Castle, a river cruise along the River Taff and a cream tea at the Norwegian Church with views over Cardiff Bay. With a history stretching back
to the Roman invasion, the castle site includes a reconstructed Roman fort, a Norman castle and a Victorian Gothic fantasy palace, created for one of the world’s richest men. Visitors can explore at their own pace or upgrade to a guided tour. The river tour is onboard the
Princess Katherine, which has a recorded commentary about the historic buildings, wildlife and transformation of Cardiff Bay. Visitors can explore Cardiff Bay,
from the Wales Millennium Centre to the Pier Head and the Senedd – home to the Welsh Assembly.
The Norwegian Church was
formerly a church for Norwegian sailors, with close connections to the author Roald Dahl. The package is for groups of 20
or more and costs £30 per person.
cardiffcastle.com
Norwegian travel writer wins ‘Best job in Wales’
A Norwegian travel writer will spend May 2018 visiting 30 hotels in the Welsh Rarebits Collection to write about the ‘Welsh welcome’. Lisa Stentvedt, who runs travel
blog Fjords and Beaches, was the successful candidate for the ‘Best job in Wales’, advertised last year by the luxury hotel collection. She will test the hotels’
restaurants and facilities, sharing her experiences online. Stentvedt won the role thanks to her travel writing and experience in the tourism sector – and her enthusiasm for Wales after living in Pembrokeshire as a foreign exchange student. She works at the visitor
centre in Flåm, which has just 400 inhabitants but welcomes more than one million visitors every year who come to see the Norwegian fjords.
“As somebody who never
wants to stop exploring, I’m dedicated to finding the perfect places to stay and sharing my own experiences and advice with other travellers,” she said. Mike Morgan, co-owner and
director of The Welsh Rarebits Collection, added: “Visitors to Wales often say that the warm welcome they receive here is a key reason that they visit our country.”
rarebits.co.uk
NEWS IN BRIEF
w Volvo Ocean Race heads for Cardiff Bay
The Volvo Ocean Race will stop in Cardiff for the first time in its history (May 27-June 10). The Volvo Ocean Race festival site, called the Race Village, will host a two-week free event showcasing Welsh culture
and entertainment.
volvooceanracecardiff.com
w New welcome for visitors at St Fagans
St Fagans National Museum of History has opened an expanded entrance building and a new ‘gweithdy’ – a sustainable building for craft- making. The main building and the gweithdy are the latest developments of the St Fagans £30 million Making History project which will finish in October 2018. St Fagans is Wales’ most popular heritage attraction and features more than 40 buildings from
different historical periods.
museum.wales
WHERE TO STAY w Llangoed Hall in the Wye
Valley has been listed in Harden’s Best UK Restaurants 2018, which rates the top 100 British restaurants. Head chef Nick Brodie aims
to get vegetables, herbs and fruit from the hotel garden to the plate within two minutes to preserve flavour and freshness. The hotel has its own chickens, quails and ducks, and produces its own honey from beehives in its flower meadows. Llangoed Hall also has a five-star grading from Visit
Wales with a score of 95%.
llangoedhall.co.uk
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