The Valleys in South Wales have more tourist attractions than you have time to visit. It’s one of the many unexpected things about The Valleys. Did you know, for example, that we’re home to one of Europe’s biggest and best medieval castles (it’s smack in the middle of Caerphilly – you can’t miss it?).

The Valleys have many heros - people that have left a mark on the world. Richard Burton is one who being celebrated in Wales - with a new trail around Pontrhydyfen, the village where he grew up - and also in Hollywood where his acting skills and beautiful Welsh tones are remembered in a new, Hollywood Star!

We’d like to take you on a trip around the towns and villages of the Valleys. There’s a lot of ground to cover, from hamlets tucked away on hillsides to large urban settlements, major shopping centres to towns strung out along narrow valley floors that seem to have no beginning and no end.