The Rough Guides are distributed worldwide by the Penguin group and include recommendations from shoestring to luxury, covering more than 200 destinations around the globe, including almost every country in the Americas and Europe, more than half of Africa and most of Asia and Australasia. The team of authors and photographers is spread all over the world, particularly in Europe, the USA and Australia.
The Rough Guide to Wales has a new edition published less than a month ago. This is the fifth edition.
As in any good Rough Guide you can find here information about the best places to see as well as about what to avoid in Wales, the most “beguiling” parts of Britain.
In the top of the attractions compiled by the Rough Guide to Wales, you can find the south Wales valleys. Newport’s transporter bridge is placed on the third position by the authors. The interesting part is that the British version of the guide book has the same opinion and describes the valleys as an “interesting and distinctive” corner of Wales. There are a lot of people saying that the area’s success is due to the people who friendly and supportive and to...