Wales in the Countries & Regions series from Lonely Planet, market-leading comprehensive guides aimed at independent travellers & serving a large range of international destinations. Frank & informal in style, the guides explore an extensive range of sights, activities, accommodation, restaurants & nightlife & are designed for practical use while travelling on the road. Written & researched by a team of experts, each book is independent in its recommendations & suggestions, often offering individual takes on individual destinations. Widely recognised for their reliability, each Lonely Planet country & region guide has the same layout. Introductory sections profile the destination with individual chapters on particular highlights, getting started, (including when to go) itineraries, history, culture, arts, food & drink & the environment. Each guide is organised geographically by region, with individual sections detailing an extensive range of sights, places of interest, attractions, restaurants, nightlife, accommodation & any local activities. The guides have detailed explanations of historical context where relevant. There is also practical guidance on ...

Wales in the Countries, Regions & Cities series from Rough Guides; comprehensively detailed guidebooks specifically designed for independent travellers & serving a range of worldwide destinations. Widely recognised for their free editorial style, Rough Guide authors are allowed to express their personal opinions on a range of subjects. Although sometimes controversial, this editorial stance allows readers to experience more detailed & personal takes on each destination, a feature often more limited in other guidebooks. Cultural & historical nuances are explored in significant depth throughout the text & descriptions on the ambience of individual settings alongside personal recommendations, particularly in cities, are notably prevalent. Each Rough Guide in the Countries, Regions & Cities series has a similar layout. A ...

Wales is the land of Owain Glendower & of Lloyd George, of Neil Kinnock & Laura Ashley, of unpronounceable names, of choirs, chapels & narrow gauge railways, of lonely beaches, castles & ancient mountains. It's also a nation, different from its neighbour over the last 2000 years & still defiant. Peter Sager explores the whole Principality in a journey that takes us up over the top of Snowdon & down under Milk Wood. Every traveller to Wales should find this guide a practical, informative, lyrical, penetrating, witty & altogether indispensible companion. ...

The question posed to the author once by a prospective visitor to Wales
- ` What is there to see?`
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Wales by Jan Morris is a sweeping celebration of the country, telling the nation’s story from prehistoric times & showing a people never overrun by any of the heathen successors to the Romans. It narrates how Wales came to see itself as the inheritor of Roman urbanity, early Christian devotees & the glories of a lost Celtic civilisation. The book has been substantially revised in light of the birth of the new Welsh Assembly which has re-ignited many of Owain’s ancient hopes. Passionate, witty, full of rich historical detail & vivid vignettes of life today, Jan Morris’s Wales has been described as a definitive evocation of every aspect of Welshness. Half-Welsh, half-English, veteran travel writer Jan Morris has journeyed to every corner of the globe, yet it is the damp, demanding & obsessively interesting country of Wales which remains her first true love. ...

Wales & The Marches in the AA 100 Walks Series, exploring the 100 best walks of between 2 & 10 miles in Wales, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire & Worcestershire. Information panels introduce each walk in summary detail prior to the more in depth route descriptions, & also include suggestions for nearby car parks & details of relevant Ordnance Survey maps & grid references. Walks are organised by county within the guide & are portrayed on basic route maps which cover rural & urban areas, as well as park & woodl&. Walks are graded according to difficulty & steepness, with easy to follow guidelines. ...

Wales with West Midlands at 1:250, 000 from the Ordnance Survey with excellent presentation of the landscape by altitude colouring with contours & hill shading, plus prominent highlighting of National & Forest Parks, ideal for planning interesting picturesque routes. Coverage extends north to Liverpool & the southern part of the Peak District National Park, east to Sheffield & Coventry, & south to Bristol. Maps in this OS series have bold altitude colouring enhanced by hill shading & contours at 200 feet (61 metres approx) intervals: spot heights are given in metres. Boundaries of National & Forest Parks are prominently marked & further colouring shows woodlands & sandy beaches. Road network, finely graded into 10 types, indicates dual carriageways & road width, primary route destinations, restricted junctions, services, tolls, narrow roads with passing places, steep gradients, level crossings, etc. Railways are shown with stations & ferry connections indicate crossing times. A range of symbols highlight various facilities & places of interest including campsites, youth hostels, information centres, historic sites & buildings, etc. The maps have the lines of the British National grid at 10km intervals, plus latitude & longitude margin ticks at 10’. The index lists main towns. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

The product contains 1:50, 000 (OS Landranger) digital map data, which can be zoomed & scrolled. Covers the content of Landrangers 114-116, 123-125, 135-137, 145-148, 157-161, 170-171.

Includes:: Snowdonia, Pembrokeshire Coast, Brecon Beacons & the Cambrian Mountains. It is seamless, continuous map data, loaded in the background, which can be worked with in feet, meters, miles or kilometers. OS Grid or Latitude/ Longitude can be used for co-ordinates. Waypoints, paths & personal routes can all be added & printed, with hill profiles to view height changes on paths. Supports Garmin & Magellan GPS for exchange of routes, waypoints etc.

Includes:: complete GB Overview Map & Road Atlas at 1:250, 000 scale, with route planning tools & a gazetteer of over 250, 000 locations.A new feature is the 3D mapping which can be flown over & viewed from any perspective. Also

Includes:: Pocket PC companion software. Minimum system requirement: Windows 98/ME, 32 Mb memory. Recommended: Windows 2000/EP, 500 M Hz processor, 64 Mb memory. 3D mapping requires Direct X 9 compatible video card.





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Wales
- A Photographer`s Journey is a collection of over 150 black & white images by noted Welsh landscape photographer David
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Using an historical perspective to enrich the journey, Wales: A Walk Through Time describes a unique walk through a remarkable country. Illustrated with a fascinating collection of old photographs & contemporary images, the route has been specially chosen to explore the beauty & history of Wales. The walk will eventually reach Anglesey, but in this second of three parts we are treated to the glorious landscapes & proud heritage of central Wales. The journey begins in the historic town of Brecon where Giraldus Cambrensis, who famously travelled through Wales in the twelfth century, was once the Archdeacon. The route joins the delightful Wye Valley Walk to pass through Builth Wells & Rhayader in the heart of Wales before leaving the Wye to follow a bridleway to Llanidloes. Here, Glyndwr`s Way National Trail is joined, passing through the Cambrian hills to reach Machynlleth, Owain Glyndwr`s ancient capital. We enter the Snowdonia National Park, visiting the beautiful lake of Tal-y-llyn & climbing Cadair Idris before descending into Dolgellau. The Mawddach Estuary Trail takes us to the seaside at Barmouth & finally we follow a section of the Ardudwy Way to reach Harlech with its great castle. Along the way, we enjoy wonderful scenery & recall momentous events & great figures of Welsh history including Prince Llywelyn, Owain Glyndwr & Henry Tudor. The reader is given a real sense of how the past is present at every step. Each chapter covers an attractive section of the walk, full-colour maps show the way, & a number of welcoming hostelries are discovered en route. But this is not only a guide for walkers; the rich history & images within will have the broadest appeal. ...