{"id":5239,"date":"2026-07-01T01:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T01:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/?p=5239"},"modified":"2026-07-01T01:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T01:58:00","slug":"wales-great-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wales-great-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales, Great Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"539\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wales-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wales-map.jpg 539w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wales-map-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelingboy.com\/3things\/wales2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2c9a1fc2051875913fdad195bc382f91\">1. What are some of the \u201cthings\u201d or activities that people do for fun in Wales?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ANSWER:<\/strong> Try \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.americas.visitwales.com\/itinerary-suggestions\/wales-outdoors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">coasteering<\/a>\u2019\u2013 it\u2019s great \u2013 dressed in wet suites you jump of a cliff (around 30 ft.) into the sea, swim a little, then climb up the cliff to do it all again.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelingboy.com\/3things\/wales3.jpg\" alt=\"walking along Wales' Coast\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Walking is also great in Wales \u2013 with the 870 mile <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walescoastpath.gov.uk\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wales Coast Park<\/a>, making Wales the only country in the world you can walk around its entire coast.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelingboy.com\/3things\/wales4.jpg\" alt=\"one of Wales' 641 castles\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3d0da06f5f4e66a25b3108bde6b673b0\">2. What&#8217;s one thing the public probably does NOT know about Wales?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ANSWER:<\/strong> Did you know that Wales has <a href=\"http:\/\/americas.visitwales.com\/usa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">641 castles<\/a> \u2013 some of which you can stay in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelingboy.com\/3things\/wales5.jpg\" width=\"547\" height=\"363\" alt=\"the National Slate Museum in Llanberis, Wales\"><br>\u00a9 Crown copyright (2013) Visit Wales<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7a9428f0f0610fa0c5365b160d189725\">3. What has Wales contributed to the world?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ANSWER:<\/strong> Slate \u2013 at the end of the 19th century almost all of the slate used for housing came from Wales. The history of slate mining is kept alive by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.museumwales.ac.uk\/en\/slate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Slate Museum<\/a> in Llanberis. Also, famous poets, entertainers and actors like Dylan Thomas, Dame Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Sir. Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Burton and more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For further information about Wales, click-on: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitwales.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.visitwales.com<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are some of the \u201cthings\u201d or activities that people do for fun in Wales? What&#8217;s one thing the public probably does NOT know about Wales?   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