Most beautiful places in Wales

Stop down at Blaenavon about this drive from Abergavenny to Penderyn (Photo: Alamy)

Abergwesyn Pass

Ascend the appropriately known as "Devil's Staircase" on this not-for-the-road-shy drive through the city of Tregaron towards the appealing Llyn Brianne reservoir. Expect hairpins bends, straights, bridges, crests and spectacular views, plus the odd sheep.

understand why it really is one of the better channels in Wales :

A470 from Conwy to Merthyr Tydfil

Take-in such roadside beauties since the Coed-y-Brenin woodland before climbing 1, 170ft into the summit of this bleak Oerddrws Pass inside Cambrian Mountains about this roadway that extends much of the size of Wales.

The road throughout the Oerddrws Pass (Photo: Alamy)

A5 Chirk to Bethesda

Enjoy the views around Capel Curig with this stretch across the north of Wales in Snowdonia National Park, and don't skip the "Ugly home" beyond Swallows Falls, which can be thought to seem like it had been built "by a goblin with a warped feeling of humour".

Ugly home along the A5 in north Wales (Photo: Alamy)

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