You won’t find a “top 10 things to do in Wales” list here. No sunset-over-Snowdon Instagram bait (okay, maybe just one). Instead, let’s talk about the bits of Wales that sneak into your memory and stay there.
Like the way the sea air hits you when you step out of the car in Aberdaron. Or the quiet hum of a kettle boiling in a stone cottage halfway up the Elan Valley. The sound of sheep arguing with the wind. The way time slows down in a pub where no one’s in a rush and your chips come with seaweed salt.
Wales isn’t just a place you visit. It’s a place that gets under your skin – especially when you step off the main road.
Don’t Follow the Signs. Follow the Sheep.
The best Welsh days don’t usually start with a rigid plan. They start with curiosity. That tiny lane you almost didn’t take might lead to a hidden cove, a waterfall with no name, or a bookshop that also sells soup and second-hand boots. You’ll end up drinking tea in someone’s garden café, built on a whim and open until the eggs run out.
Wales rewards wanderers. There’s something quietly defiant about it – a country that doesn’t shout for attention but stays with you long after you’ve left.
Weirdly Wonderful: What Guidebooks Won’t Tell You
1. You can sleep in a lighthouse, a vintage train carriage, a shepherd’s hut, or a cottage with a turf roof and zero WiFi.
2. One of the beaches on the Llŷn Peninsula disappears at high tide, and no one really minds.
3. There’s a library inside a phone box in Cardigan Bay.
4. And in one hillside pub, your pint might come with a ghost story and a dog who plays pool.
Wales is made of quirks, not polish. It’s real.
Less Polished, More Perfect
Let’s be honest: the weather is unpredictable. You might wake up to mist, sunshine, and sideways rain all before breakfast. But with it comes those unbeatable moments: a rainbow stretching over the Brecon Beacons, the sudden stillness of a lake in the Cambrian Mountains, the golden silence of a coastal path at dusk.
This isn’t a show home of a country. It’s lived-in, layered, wild in the best way – and all the better for it.
Eat, Stay, Explore – Like You Live Here
The best food isn’t always where you expect. It’s the bakery that runs out by lunchtime. The seafood shack by the harbour with a handwritten menu. A market where someone hands you a warm pastry and says, “Try this – it’s my mam’s recipe.”
Stay in places that feel like they have stories: converted chapels, farmhouses, campsites under oak trees. Whether you’re hiking, campervanning, beach-hopping or sitting still, Wales has space for it all.
Let’s Do Wales Differently
So if you’re ready to explore Wales in a way that’s honest, curious, and a bit unconventional – you’re in the right place.
This is your invitation to see Wales without the filter. Less hustle, more hiraeth. Take a deep breath, head for the hills, and let’s go get a bit lost.
