{"id":1302792,"date":"2026-09-26T19:36:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T19:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1302792"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:37:26","slug":"wales","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1301190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-country","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"Wales country guide","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Wales","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"More castles per square mile than anywhere on earth, a coast path that runs the entire country, and a language older than English that half the road signs are written in.","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"1302794","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"Pick a city | #cities\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_country_stats":"\u00a320 | Dorm bed, from\r\n600+ | Castles\r\n1,400km | The Wales Coast Path\r\n3 | National parks","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"Small, mountainous and very green","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"Wales is about the size of Wales, which is the joke, and you can drive across it in three hours. What fits inside is three national parks, 600-odd castles, and the only coast path in the world that runs the full length of a country's shoreline \u2014 1,400km from Chepstow to Chester.\r\n\r\nEryri, or Snowdonia, is the reason most visitors come: a compact range of real mountains with a railway to the top of the highest one, slate towns beneath, and the biggest zip line in Europe strung across an old quarry.\r\n\r\nCardiff is a small, sociable capital that fills entirely on rugby weekends, and the south has Bannau Brycheiniog, the Brecon Beacons, and a post-industrial coast reinventing itself. The north and west are where the language is strongest \u2014 Welsh is spoken daily by around a fifth of the population, and far more in Gwynedd.","hw_hub_country_facts":"Languages | Welsh and English, both official. All signs are bilingual\r\nCurrency | Pound sterling (\u00a3)\r\nEmergency | 999 or 112\r\nTap water | Safe and free in pubs if you ask\r\nTipping | 10% in restaurants, never in pubs\r\nWeather | Wet. Snowdonia is one of the rainiest places in Britain\r\nHow long to stay | Four days for Snowdonia, a week with the coast and the south\r\nBest months | May, June and September","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"Where to go","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"Trains run along both coasts and buses cover the middle. The two halves of the country do not connect quickly.","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"1","hw_hub_country_cities":"Cardiff | A compact capital with a castle in the middle, a waterfront and a stadium that empties into the streets. |  | 1302795 | The Bay is beautiful, city centre is buzzing with great bars and restaurants, the castle is great, the people are friendly. Enjoyed my short stay. | \nSwansea | The second city, with the Gower peninsula and its beaches on the doorstep. |  | 1302796 |  | \nCaernarfon | A walled town around one of Europe's great castles, and the best base for northern Snowdonia. |  | 1302797 |  | \nLlandudno | A Victorian seaside town under a limestone headland, with a pier and a tram. |  | 1302798 |  | \nLlanberis | At the foot of Yr Wyddfa: the mountain railway, the Llanberis Path, slate caverns and the best walking base in Wales. |  | 1302799 |  | ","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"What kind of trip is this?","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"Wales is mountains and coast, and the castles come free with both.","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"Adventure | green | backpack | Mountains, coast path and old quarries turned into zip lines. | Climb Yr Wyddfa on the Llanberis path; Walk a stretch of the Pembrokeshire coast; Zip line at Penrhyn quarry | Eryri; Pembrokeshire; Brecon Beacons | Caernarfon; Swansea | adventure\nCulture | purple | culture | Six hundred castles, a living language and male voice choirs. | Caernarfon and Conwy castles; A choir rehearsal, which is usually open; Hear Welsh spoken in Gwynedd | Caernarfon; Conwy; St Davids | Caernarfon; Cardiff | culture\nBeach | sunset | sunglasses | The Gower, Pembrokeshire and cold, clean water. | Rhossili Bay on the Gower; Barafundle in Pembrokeshire; Surf at Freshwater West | Gower peninsula; Pembrokeshire; Ll\u0177n peninsula | Swansea; St Davids | beach\nCity break | blue | city | Two days in Cardiff, best timed with or away from a rugby match. | Cardiff Castle and the arcades; A match at the Principality Stadium; Cardiff Bay | Cardiff centre; Cardiff Bay; Swansea marina | Cardiff; Swansea | city-break\nBudget | teal | coin | Cheaper than most of England, with free mountains. | Free national parks; Hostels in the hills; Pub lunch deals | Snowdonia; Swansea; Cardiff | Caernarfon; Swansea | budget-travel\nNightlife | pink | nightclub | Cardiff and Swansea, and they go hard on weekends. | A rugby weekend in Cardiff; Wind Street in Swansea; A proper pub in a village | Cardiff city centre; Swansea Wind Street | Cardiff; Swansea | nightlife","hw_hub_country_do_title":"Things to do in Wales","hw_hub_country_do_body":"Yr Wyddfa, or Snowdon, is the obvious target: six paths to the summit, the easiest being Llanberis at about six hours return, and a rack railway for anyone who would rather not walk. Book the train ahead in summer; the mountain itself is free and busy.\r\n\r\nThe castles are everywhere and four of them \u2014 Caernarfon, Conwy, Beaumaris and Harlech \u2014 are UNESCO-listed together as Edward I's ring of fortresses, built to hold the country down and now its biggest draw.\r\n\r\nThe coast is the underrated half. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path is among the best walks in Britain, the Gower has beaches that win national polls, and the whole 1,400km Wales Coast Path is waymarked end to end. In the old slate quarries, zip lines, underground trampolines and mountain bike parks have taken over.","hw_hub_country_do_points":"Yr Wyddfa | Six hours return on the Llanberis path, or take the rack railway\r\nCastles | Four UNESCO-listed together. Caernarfon and Conwy are the best\r\nCoast paths | Pembrokeshire and the Gower. Free and waymarked\r\nSlate quarries | Zip lines and bike parks in former industrial sites","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_country_do_more":"All things to do in Wales","hw_hub_country_food_title":"Eating in Wales","hw_hub_country_food_body":"Welsh produce is the strong suit: lamb, cheese, seafood from the west, and cockles and laverbread from the Gower. A pub Sunday roast runs \u00a314 to \u00a320 and is the meal to plan a week around.\r\n\r\nCheap eating is the same as England's \u2014 pub lunch deals, bakeries and supermarket meal deals at about \u00a34. Welsh cakes, cooked on a griddle, cost under a pound from a market stall.\r\n\r\nCardiff has a decent food scene concentrated in the covered arcades and around the market, and the seaside towns do fish and chips properly, at \u00a38 to \u00a312.","hw_hub_country_food_points":"Sunday roast | \u00a314\u201320 in a pub, and worth timing a Sunday around\r\nWelsh cakes | Under \u00a31 from a market stall, cooked on a griddle\r\nLaverbread | Seaweed, traditionally with cockles and bacon. Try it once\r\nMeal deals | Supermarket lunch for about \u00a34, as across Britain","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_country_food_more":"All food guides for Wales","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"Going out in Wales","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"Cardiff on a rugby international weekend is one of the great nights out in Britain: 70,000 people in a stadium in the middle of the city, and the whole centre singing afterwards. It is also the hardest weekend of the year to find a bed, so decide which side of it you want to be on.\r\n\r\nOrdinary weekends are lively enough \u2014 the city centre and Cardiff Bay, with prices around \u00a35 to \u00a36 a pint. Swansea's Wind Street is the student equivalent and cheaper again.\r\n\r\nIn the countryside, the pub is the nightlife: village locals with no music, real ale and, in Welsh-speaking areas, conversation switching language as you walk in. That is not hostility, it is just what people were speaking.","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"Rugby weekends | Cardiff fills entirely. Book months ahead or avoid\r\nA pint | \u00a35\u20136 in Cardiff, less in the valleys and the north\r\nWind Street | Swansea's student strip, cheap and busy\r\nVillage pubs | The real thing, and the language may change when you enter","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Wales","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"Getting around Wales","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"The railways follow the coasts \u2014 the north coast line to Holyhead, the Cambrian line through mid Wales to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli, and the south from Cardiff westwards. The middle of the country has very little, which surprises people looking at a map.\r\n\r\nThat makes a car the practical answer for Snowdonia, the Brecon Beacons and Pembrokeshire, where bus services are sparse and the point is stopping at trailheads. Sherpa buses do serve the main Snowdonia routes in season and are a genuine alternative.\r\n\r\nCardiff to London is two hours by train, and Bristol is under an hour, which makes the south easy to reach. North Wales connects better to Manchester and Liverpool than to Cardiff.","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"Coast railways | North and south are well served. The middle is not\r\nSherpa buses | Serve the main Snowdonia trailheads in season\r\nCar | Worth it for the parks. Advance train fares are cheaper into the country\r\nLondon | Two hours to Cardiff. North Wales connects to Manchester instead","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"All transport guides for Wales","hw_hub_country_money_title":"What Wales costs","hw_hub_country_money_body":"Wales is cheaper than England outside London, with dorms from about \u00a320, rising in Snowdonia and on the Pembrokeshire coast in summer school holidays.\r\n\r\nThe mountains and the coast path are free, the national parks charge nothing to enter, and the beaches are free, which keeps a day of walking to the cost of a bed and food.\r\n\r\nThe paid attractions are castles at \u00a38 to \u00a312 each, the Snowdon rack railway at around \u00a340 return, and adventure activities in the quarries, which are the priciest thing here at \u00a370 to \u00a3100.","hw_hub_country_money_points":"Dorm bed | From \u00a320, more in Snowdonia in school holidays\r\nA day, all in | \u00a345\u201365\r\nCastles | \u00a38\u201312 each. A Cadw membership pays back over several\r\nFree | The national parks, the coast path and the beaches","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_country_money_more":"All budget guides for Wales","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"Staying safe in Wales","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"Wales is safe, and the towns are unremarkable in that respect. Everything that goes wrong happens on the mountains or in the sea.\r\n\r\nYr Wyddfa produces mountain rescue callouts most weeks. It is a real mountain with fast-changing weather, cloud that arrives in minutes and paths that are rocky rather than gentle \u2014 trainers, no map and a late start are the classic combination. Check the forecast, take layers and a paper map, and turn back if the cloud comes down.\r\n\r\nOn the coast, tides move fast on flat beaches, rip currents are common on the surf beaches, and cliff paths have no railings. Swim where lifeguards are, and stay back from edges in wind.","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"Emergency | 999 or 112, then ask for mountain rescue\r\nYr Wyddfa | A real mountain. Boots, layers, a map and an early start\r\nTides | Fast on flat beaches. Check times before walking out\r\nCliff paths | No railings. Stay back, especially in wind","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"Entry and documents","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"Wales is part of the United Kingdom, which is outside the EU and Schengen, so time here does not count against the 90-day Schengen allowance.\r\n\r\nMost visitors need an ETA, the Electronic Travel Authorisation, applied for online before travel, and EU citizens need a passport rather than an ID card. Check the official UK government site, as the requirements have changed repeatedly.\r\n\r\nThere is no border with England \u2014 you simply cross it \u2014 and sterling is used throughout. Welsh and English are both official, and all public signage is bilingual.","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"Not Schengen | Time in the UK is separate from the 90-day EU allowance\r\nETA required | Apply online before travel. Check the official UK site\r\nPassport, not ID card | EU national ID cards are no longer accepted\r\nNo internal border | Crossing from England is unmarked. Same currency","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"It rains a great deal, so plan for daylight and events rather than sunshine. May to September gives long evenings and open mountain weather.","hw_hub_country_season_note":"Average highs for Cardiff. Snowdonia is colder, considerably wetter and can hold snow on the tops from December to April.","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"January | 8 | 1 | Wet and dark. Cheapest month, and the mountains are serious\r\nFebruary | 8 | 1 | Still winter. Quiet everywhere\r\nMarch | 10 | 2 | Six Nations rugby fills Cardiff on match weekends\r\nApril | 13 | 2 | Spring. Lambs everywhere, and the coast path drying out\r\nMay | 16 | 3 | Excellent. Long evenings and the driest month in the hills\r\nJune | 19 | 4 | The best month. Everything open, days at their longest\r\nJuly | 20 | 5 | Peak. School holidays from late in the month\r\nAugust | 20 | 5 | Busiest, especially Snowdonia and the Pembrokeshire coast\r\nSeptember | 18 | 3 | Superb value. Warm enough, crowds gone\r\nOctober | 14 | 2 | Autumn in the valleys. Quiet and cheap\r\nNovember | 10 | 1 | Wet and dark. Lowest prices\r\nDecember | 8 | 2 | Christmas markets in Cardiff, and very short days","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel and how long for. Per night, for one person, in pounds.","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"The doing column can be zero because the mountains, coast path and beaches are free. Car hire at \u00a340\u201360 a day is the main extra for the national parks.","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 20 | 14 | 5 | 0\r\nMiddle of the road | 30 | 28 | 9 | 12\r\nComfortable | 48 | 45 | 14 | 25","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"\u00a3","hw_hub_country_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"Rugby weekends and the Eisteddfod are the two that fill their towns completely.","hw_hub_country_events_source":"api","hw_hub_country_events_country":"wales","hw_hub_country_events_count":"8","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"All events in Wales","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/wales\/","hw_hub_country_events":"Six Nations rugby | February and March | Cardiff | Match weekends fill the city entirely and the singing is the point. |  | \nSt David's Day | 1 March | Nationwide | Parades, daffodils and leeks for the national saint. |  | \nHay Festival | May and June | Hay-on-Wye | Ten days of literature in a town of second-hand bookshops. |  | \nNational Eisteddfod | August | Different town each year | A week-long festival of Welsh language, music and poetry. Conducted almost entirely in Welsh. |  | \nGreen Man Festival | August | Brecon Beacons | Music in the mountains, and one of Britain's best-sited festivals. |  | \nSnowdonia walking season | May to September | Eryri | When the weather is most reliable and the Sherpa buses run fully. |  | ","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Wales","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"The highest-rated hostels in the country, live from Hostelworld. Snowdonia has the walkers' hostels and Cardiff the city ones; book far ahead for rugby weekends.","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Wales","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/wales\/","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"country","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"240","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"GBP","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"Wales travel questions","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_country_faqs":"How many days do you need in Wales? | Four days for Snowdonia and the north coast castles. A week lets you add Pembrokeshire or the Brecon Beacons and a couple of days in Cardiff, and the country is small enough to cross in three hours.\r\nDo I need a car in Wales? | For the national parks, yes \u2014 bus services are sparse in the middle of the country and the point is reaching trailheads. The coasts are well served by rail, and Sherpa buses cover the main Snowdonia routes in season.\r\nHow hard is climbing Snowdon? | The Llanberis path is about six hours return and needs boots and a forecast check rather than technical skill. It is a real mountain: cloud arrives in minutes and rescue teams are called out most weeks for people in trainers who started late.\r\nIs Welsh actually spoken? | Yes, daily by around a fifth of the population and far more in Gwynedd and the north west. All signs are bilingual. If conversation switches to Welsh when you enter a pub, that is simply what people were speaking.\r\nWhen is the best time to visit Wales? | May, June and September. May is statistically among the driest months in the hills, and September has the weather without the school holidays. It rains in every month, so pack for it.\r\nIs Wales expensive? | Cheaper than England outside London. Dorms from \u00a320, a day around \u00a345 to \u00a365, and the mountains, coast path and beaches are all free. Castles cost \u00a38 to \u00a312 each.\r\nDoes time in Wales count towards Schengen? | No. Wales is part of the UK, which is outside the EU and Schengen. Most visitors now need an ETA applied for online before travel, and EU citizens need a passport rather than an ID card.","hw_hub_country_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_country_cta_body":"Compare hostels across Wales \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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