Keep reading to learn about 16 beautiful castles in Wales to inspire your next trip, some of which have even made it onto television and into movies. Thought to have been constructed by the ...

Ogmore Castle in the Vale of Glamorgan by Steve 2309. Ogmore Castle once defended a major fording place into South Wales via the shallow point in the River Ewenny at this point.

How much do you know about Wales? Wales is a small country that borders the west of England with a population of just 3.13 million people. Along with England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, it ...

Imagine living in a city with a fairytale castle at its center where royalty, politics, and pop culture mingle. That’s what ...

Margam Castle is part of Margam Country Park, a gorgeous 1,000-acre South Wales estate in the Neath Port Talbot region, also known as the 'Dramatic heart of Wales'. The castle, built between 1830 ...

The castle's beginnings can be traced to 1093 when Arnulf de Montgomery, an Anglo-Norman noble, erected a modest motte-and-bailey during the Norman conquest of Wales. Fast forward about a century ...

Though it's almost 2,000 years old, Cardiff Castle is a vibrant pop-culture hub in the city center. Jamie Carter is an experienced science, technology, and travel journalist and the editor of ...

A mermaid’s laugh and monks rule over Conwy Castle in Wales At this World Heritage site, built late in the 13th Century by English monarch Edward I to suppress Welsh uprisings, it is said two ...

These Welsh castles were built for royalty, and now you can visit them for a fairy-tale vacation. Sometimes called the "Land of Castles" and "Castle Capital of the World," Wales once had about 600 ...

There are roughly 427 castles in Wales, 100 of which are still standing. Here's a taster of some of them, taken by members of the BBC Wales Nature Flickr group. You can find out more about castles ...