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The beautiful Welsh countryside is well worth a visit and if you want to stay in a hotel or bed and breakfast accommodation then there are plenty to choose from. You will find a variety of country house hotels and small family run bed and breakfast's.
Staying in Wales is made easy with Overnight UK. You can enter a town or post code, choose the arrival date of your stay and the amount of nights and rooms needed. The search will instantly find a list of relevant available hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation. You will be able to choose the type of hotel, whether it’s a budget hotel or a luxurious one and then place an instant secure online booking.
If you choose Wales for a weekend break you will find plenty of history to explore. The Romans mined for gold here, the Tudor dynasty was founded here, and the Normans built castles here. Each of the major periods of history has left its mark on Wales, some more attractive than others. The scars of the industrial revolution are now being healed by a forward-looking people with their own National Assembly. But the sense of past can still be felt all around Wales: from a windy hilltop with a half-ruined castle, to the quiet darkness of a mine miles underground.
Celts - Wales’s distinctive culture springs from its Celtic roots. Celtic tribes settled in Britain before the Roman Conquest. After the Romans came the Saxons, who pushed the Britons further west into their Celtic stronghold of Wales - which explains why the name of the country comes from the Anglo-Saxon term 'Wales' meaning foreigner.
What did the Romans ever do for us? The evidence of the latin invaders presence and influence is richly evidenced in Wales. The roads, forts, luxurious bath houses, military and domestic artefacts to be found on field sites and museums around Wales offer an insight into life on the western fringe of the ancient world's greatest empire. You will have plenty of places to go and see if you choose to stay in Wales. Castles - Wales, the 'Land of Castles' is a stirring reminder of the warlike medieval period. Conquering Normans were the first castle builders, followed by battling English kings and Welsh princes who built formidable strongholds in strategic locations along the coast and deep in the mountains.
Revolution - The Industrial Revolution had a huge impact in some parts of Wales. In the south-east, ironmaking and ‘King Coal’ took hold, completely transforming the landscape. In the north, giant slate quarries provided roofing material for the booming new towns of Britain and the world.
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