Mid Wales Day Explorer

GROUPS ONLY (minimum 8 persons) 

The tour travels furthest north of all our day tours to  to Elan Valley in Mid Wales and its wonderful dams, mountains and valleys.  Plus a guided tour at The Hall at Abbey-Cwm-Hir, within a setting of breathtaking beauty, history and romance.  The Hall has featured on BBC Wales ' Discovering Welsh House and 'How the other half lives' on S4C.  

Travelling northbound we pass through the Spa town of Builth Wells, and Rhayader, Mid-Wales’ oldest town dating back to the 5th-century.  Elan Valley, known as the 'Welsh Lake District' displays its majestic dams which hold back millions of gallons of water, flanked either side by lush green hills and mountains. If you bring a camera you'll need loads of memory, as every twist and bend you'll want to take a photography.  Ample stops on the mountain road to enjoy the splendour of the views around us. 

The tour at the Hall at Abbey-Cwm-Hir, visits one of Wales' finest examples of Victorian Gothic Revival architecture.  All 52-rooms burst with interior design, original features, marble fireplaces, Rococo ceilings, Gothic windows and a decorative stained glass ceilings above the magnificent snooker room and main staircase. The gardens are particularly lovely through the months of May-September with their shows of rhododendra and roses. 

Nearby the church of  St Mary's and the ruins of the 12th-century Cistercian "Abbey of the Long Valley".  Established by the Cistercian monastic order in 1176, its secluded valley position followed the orders ideals of remoteness.  The Abbey grounds contain the grave of the last true Prince of Wales, Llewellyn ap Gruffrydd, Llewellyn the Last, who was murdered in 1282.