When the Wales Coast Path opened on May 5, 2012, a new distinction was bestowed upon Wales: The first country to have a dedicated footpath around its coastline. The footpath takes visitors and hikers ...

This story appears in the January 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. The simple words painted on a billboard-size wall overlooking a parking lot in Swansea, Wales, read: “More poetry is ...

Once you’re past the chapel, you’ll also be rewarded with big, wide views that make Welsh walking so addictive: looking south ...

The Wales Coast Path is something every visitor to Wales should experience. Completed in May 2012, the 870-mile footpath follows Wales’ winding coastline and takes hikers through some of the most ...

Even though I played a year of college baseball, I don’t really feel I am in the best of physical shape. I stopped playing basketball about 20 years ago after breaking a bone in my left ankle while ...

Wales was made for walking! Wales was the first country in the entire world to offer walkers a dedicated footpath that traverses the length of its stunning coastline. It's also a country that believes ...

Looking at my scuffed walking boots, the tread worn by the last time they touched Welsh soil back when I was 17, as well as the swiftly thinning lining of my rucksack, I realised it was time for some ...

From coast to countryside, North Wales' landscape is magnificent. It is home to some of the world's most picturesque mountain ranges which look over its equally stunning coastline. Weaving through the ...

But during a week’s worth of hiking and backpacking along the trail in early June, what is even more striking yet is the frequency of gwlithlaw (rainy dew), glaw mân (tiny rain), and smwc o law (smoke ...