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Monmouthshire Group Travel Guide Blaenau Gwent Blaenavon Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Merthyr Tydfil Monmouthshire www.visitsouthernwales.org Newport Rhondda Cynon Taf Vale of Glamorgan Monmouthshire is the Food Capital of Wales and we have a smorgasbord of award-winning Contents food and drink attractions to visit. Ancre Hill Vineyard, Monmouth. NP25 5HS Offers: Tours & tasting. Catering. Afternoon Sugarloaf Vineyards, Abergavenny. NP7 7LA Blessed with its own unique meso-climate, Tea. Delicious gelato. This picturesque vineyard nestles amongst surrounded by tree topped hills, Ancre Hill 01600 711657 the rolling Welsh hills above Abergavenny – vineyard produces award winning wines in www.greenandjenks.com taste & tour in glorious surroundings whilst 04 06 an idyllic location. Go on a guided tour, eat [email protected] listening to the babbling brook’s hum. a Welsh cheese platter lunch or stay at their Check out the accommodation on site or on-site accommodation. Humble by Nature, Nr Monmouth. pop in for tours & tastings. Offers: Accommodation, Vineyard Tours, NP25 4RP Offers: Accommodation, Vineyard Tours, Gift Shop, Tastings Based on a working farm in the Wye Valley, Gift Shop, Tastings 01600 714152 we aim to showcase rural skills, cookery & 01873 853066 Regional Overview Attractions www.ancrehillestates.co.uk learning. Our cookery courses therefore www.sugarloafvineyard.co.uk [email protected] have a rural theme, with foraging, home [email protected] charcuterie, bread making and more. Apple County Cider Co, near Skenfrith. Offers: Cookery & rural skills classes, The Abergavenny Baker, Abergavenny. NP25 5NS. private dining. NP7 7HE On the outskirts of picturesque Skenfrith, 01600 714 595 In her one day classes, baker Rachael Apple County produce ‘simply scrumptious’ www.humblebynature.com Watson shares her knowledge, skill & 08 10 12 premium award winning single variety ciders [email protected] enthusiasm for baking beautiful breads made from 100% apple juice. Taste award from around the world. Maximum class winning ciders with the cider maker Ben & Kingstone Brewery, Tintern, Near size of six. buy homemade jams, cordials, local ales, Chepstow. NP16 7NX 07977 511337 honey & ice creams. Kingstone Brewery’s passion is real ale. www.abergavennybaker.co.uk Offers: Tastings, shop, catering. Beer that is unfiltered, uncompromised & [email protected] 01600 750835 unashamedly real. Activities Accommodation Refreshment Stops www.applecountycider.co.uk Offers: Tastings, Brewery Tours, Meals in White Castle Vineyard, Abergavenny. [email protected] Tintern Taproom NP7 8RA 01291 680 111 White Castle Vineyard produces a variety Baa Brewery, Chepstow. NP16 5PF www.kingstonebrewery.co.uk of quality welsh wines. The 5 acre vineyard Our expert brewers can boast over 35 years [email protected] is planted on a gentle south facing slope, in the brewing industry, & are dedicated to ideal for growing vines & ripening grapes providing exceptional craft beer for all to enjoy. Parva Farm Vineyard, Tintern, Near for Welsh wine. Visit & experience the Offers: Tours & tasting (by appointment). Chepstow. NP16 6SQ beauty & tranquillity of their rural setting. 13 15 Beers for sale. Visit Wales’ oldest vineyard, overlooking Offers: Vineyard Tours, Gift Shop, Tastings 01291 408240 historic Tintern in the Wye Valley. Visitors 01873 821443 www.baabrewing.com may leave the crowds behind & stroll among www.whitecastlevineyard.com [email protected] the vines before relaxing in their wine tasting [email protected] area & sampling award winning wines. Explore Culinary Cottage, Abergavenny. NP7 8DL Offers: Vineyard Tours, Gift Shop, Tastings Monmouthshire Event Highlights The Culinary Cottage is a haven for food 01291 689936 lovers and offers a selection of residential www.parvafarm.com and one day cookery courses, catering for [email protected] students of all abilities. Offers: Half Day, Full Day and Multi-Day Raglan Cider Mill, Llanarth, Usk. NP15 2LU cookery courses Just outside the rural village of Raglan, 01873 890125 Raglan Cider Mill is a family-run business www.theculinarycottage.co.uk where quality is the number one priority. 16 17 18 [email protected] The Mill is home to one of only two Cider Houses in Wales, where you can sample & Green & Jenks Gelato House, buy products to drink in or take away. Monmouth. NP25 3DY Offers: Tutored Tastings (by appointment), Enjoy handmade ice cream lovingly Gift Shop, Events, Museum Orchard produced in our shop, then discover how 01600 780258 Maps & Travel we make our gelato (from Monmouthshire www.raglancidermill.com Coach Parking Tour Guides milk) on our tasting tours. [email protected] Information For more producers, pubs, restaurants and foodie events such as the Abergavenny Food Festival, go to www.visitmonmouthshire.com/food-and-drink Monmouthshire 3 Hello… Shwmae…. Bonjour….. Guten Tag…. Hallo… Dia duit Welcome (or Croeso as we prefer to say) to Southern Wales You may already have an idea what to expect from a trip to Southern Wales. We are split into ten distinctive areas, each with their own character and charm. The areas of Blaenau Gwent, Blaenavon, Caerphilly, Merthyr and Rhondda Cynon Taf are well known for their history and heritage, whilst nearby Monmouthshire is more rural Discover Monmouthshire and famed for its fabulous food Nestled between the Brecon Beacons (all offering tours and tastings), and drink. Newport and Cardiff are National Park and the Wye Valley as well as a wide range of high quality thriving cities with some world class Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, eating places - including traditional attractions whilst along Bridgend the stunning landscape will take your country pubs and cafés as well as and the Vale of Glamorgan is a mix breath away. So too will the majestic hotels offering award winning teas. For more information visit our website of coastal resorts, market towns and castles, dark starry skies, mountain There are also nationally acclaimed www.visitsouthernwales.org fabulous countryside. climbs, fabulous food and 360° views. restaurants, two of which are Michelin or contact the tourism team: starred. We have plenty of castles and museums Situated on the Wales/ England tel - +44 (0)1633 644842 but we also have a National Park, the border, this area was once fiercely With such great food on offer email - [email protected] start of the Wales Coast Path and an fought over. Thankfully it’s more it’s no surprise that we have our Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. To order group travel brochures for other areas peaceful today, although reminders own internationally recognised of Southern Wales please contact of the past turmoil remain with Abergavenny Food Festival, held We also have some things you may +44 (0)845 6002639 or e-mail nine castles dotted across the annually in September. not associate with us. There are the [email protected] rolling countryside. remains of a Roman amphitheatre and Look out too for some hidden gems, barracks, vineyards producing award There are plenty of other historic including Dewstow Gardens (buried Rhondda Cynon Taf winning wine and a great big sculpture, Bridgend County Cardiff buildings. Not least the romantic ruins under tons of earth for over 50 Blaenavon Group Travel Guide Group Travel Guide Group Travel Guide Blaenau Gwent Group Travel Guide soaring 20 metres into the sky and Group Travel Guide of Tintern Abbey and the restored years until being rediscovered and Newport Caerphilly Monmouthshire Shire Hall in Monmouth, scene of the restored), the Tithe Barn, home of standing guard over the Valleys below. Group Travel Guide Group Travel Guide Vale of Glamorgan Merthyr Tydfil Group Travel Guide Group Travel Guide Blaenau Gwent Group Travel Guide Blaenau Gwent Blaenavon Blaenau Gwent Blaenavon Blaenau Gwent Bridgend infamous Chartist trial of 1840. the Abergavenny Tapestry, and St Blaenavon Bridgend Blaenavon Caerphilly Bridgend Caerphilly Bridgend Cardiff Blaenau Gwent Caerphilly Caerphilly Cardiff Each of our areas has its own guide. Merthyr Tydfil Bridgend Cardiff Merthyr Tydfil Cardiff Mary’s Priory Church with its historic Monmouthshire Caerphilly Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil Monmouthshire Newport Monmouthshire Monmouthshire Monmouthshire Newport You can’t visit this area without tasting Blaenau Gwent Blaenau Gwent Rhondda Cynon Taf Newport Blaenau Gwent Newport Newport Rhondda Cynon Taf So have a flick through this one and Blaenau Gwent Blaenavon Blaenavon Vale of Glamorgan e4438 Cardiff Council artwork for SW RhonddaGuide v3.indd Cynon 1 Taf Vale of Glamorgan Blaenavon Rhondda Cynon Taf Rhondda Cynon Taf Blaenavon monuments and medieval carvings. Bridgend Blaenau Gwent Bridgendwww.visitsouthernwales.orgwww.visitsouthernwales.org 18/09/2015 17:04 Vale of Glamorgan Bridgend Vale of Glamorgan Bridgend visitsouthernwales www. Caerphilly.org Caerphilly Blaenavon Caerphilly some of Wales’ best food and drink. Caerphilly Cardiff Cardiff Bridgend www.visitsouthernwales.org Cardiff then take a look at the companion Cardiff Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil Caerphilly Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil www.visitsouthernwales.org Monmouthshire Monmouthshire Cardiff Monmouthshire Monmouthshire Newport Newport Merthyr Tydfil Newport Known as the Food Capital of Wales, Newport Rhondda Cynon Taf Rhondda Cynon Taf Monmouthshire brochures and before long you’ll be Rhondda Cynon Taf Rhondda Cynon Taf Vale of Glamorgan Vale of Glamorgan