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FAMILY TRAVEL	LOCATIONS	SAMPLE LODGING	ACTIVITIES		Photo й HOME AT FIRST



	HOME AT FIRST’s Mid-Wales cottages are in the midst of superb scenery to the north and the south of the Black Mountains, near the English border towns of Hay-on-Wye (to the north) and Abergavenny (to the south). The nearby Black Mountains and Brecon Beacons National Park are scenic Welsh wilderness playgrounds ideal for exploration on foot, on horseback or by car. HOME AT FIRST COTTAGE, MID-WALES Photo й HOME AT FIRST

	LOCATE MID-WALES ON HOME AT FIRST'S MAP OF ENGLAND & WALES.


• NORTH of the Black Mountains HOME AT FIRST’s cottages are in or close to Hay-on-Wye, a unique town astride the English border known for its wonderful collection of second-hand bookshops. Besides more than two dozen bookshops, Hay offers several restaurants and pubs, and other stores. At the end of May Hay hosts the remarkably successful Hay Festival, which brings up to 80,000 visitors to discuss art, politics, literature, and other cerebral subjects. At all times of year Hay-on-Wye offers great short and long distance walking, golf, horseback riding, and adventure sports including white water rafting and mountain biking. Hay's location makes it within easy day-trip reach of all of	SECOND-HAND BOOK SHOPS LINE THE STREETS OF HAY-ON-WYE, MID-WALES, ON THE BORDER WITH ENGLAND. Photo й HOME AT FIRST
Mid-Wales (including the Black Mountains and Brecon Beacons National Park), much of South Wales, portions of North Wales, as well as divers parts of Western England, including the Northern Cotswolds, Shakespeare Country, Ironbridge in Shropshire, even Oxford.

HIKING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS
NEAR ABERGAVENNY.
Photo courtesy Wales Tourist Board.

• SOUTH of the Black Mountains HOME AT FIRST's cottages are in or near Abergavenny, a large Welsh town on the edge of the Black Mountains village with excellent services, including many restaurants, shops, and a passenger rail station. Abergavenny's location provides great access to all most of South Wales (including the Blaenavon World Heritage site and Merthyr Tydfil, Cardiff, and the great Caerphilly Castle) all of Mid-Wales (especially the Usk Valley, the Black Mountains, and Brecon Beacons National Park), as well as parts of Western England including the Cotswolds, Bath, Bristol, Oxford, and Berkeley Castle. Activities in this region are as endless as the mountains seem to be: horse trekking, golf, castle

exploration, cycling, walking, climbing, canal cruising, shopping for crafts at open-air markets, riding historic railways, discovering the early Industrial Age.

GOLFER AT CELTIC MANOR GOLF RESORT,
TWENTY MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABERGAVENNY.
CELTIC MANOR HOSTS THE ANNUAL WALES OPEN,
AND OFFERS COURSES FOR PLAYERS OF ALL LEVELS.
Photo courtesy britainonview Ч Rod Edwards.

Golfer at Celtic Manor Golf Resort, home of the annual Wales Open. Photo credit britainonview - Rod Edwards.

See a sample HOME AT FIRST lodging in the ABERGAVENNY region:

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	NEAR THE TOWN OF ABERGAVENNY- BLACK MOUNTAIN COTTAGES

Photo й HOME AT FIRST Photo й HOME AT FIRST

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"Our cottage was charming. Accolades to our hostess for making our visit such a special one. She anticipated our needs and was always available for advice and directions. The best food we had the entire trip was at restaurants and pubs that she recommended." —B. & G. Gilleland, Florida

Search for King Arthur and the Druids here and you’ll find them. Our Mid-Wales locations offer great access to Shakespeare country and the Cotswolds, easy day trips away from pretty Wales on the English side of the border. Another secret — the Welsh may be the friendliest people in Britain.

HENRY VIII RUINED TINTERN ABBEY.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH FOUND
INSPIRATION AMONG ITS RUINS.
YOU WILL, TOO.

Welsh cakes, Cardiff, tiny steam railways, Norman castles, great mountains, valleys full of fairies and witches, prehistoric monuments, the home of Dylan Thomas,

The Monmouth and Brecon Canal. Photo й Home At First.

open-air markets full of Welsh crafts, coal tipples from the industrial age, coastal resorts well-known and anonymous, ancient Celtic traditions, golf at classic seaside links and challenging parkland courses, and the mysteries of Merlin and Arthur all draw you to Wales. On the English side of the border Bath, Stratford-on-Avon, the Cotswolds, and Ironbridge, Shropshire, all are within reach as day trips.

A WELL-MAINTAINED TOWPATH TRACES THE MONMOUTH
& BRECON CANAL, AND ENCOUNTERS A PUB EVERY FEW MILES.
WALKING WALES RANGES FROM THE TRANQUIL & LEVEL
TO THE CHALLENGING & PRECIPITOUS.

Mid-Wales and the adjacent English border counties have a long and often contentious history which, for many Welsh, continues to this day. King Offa of Mercia constructed a wall along the border to keep the Welsh out of his kingdom. The Normans built castles to keep the Welsh out of their towns. Eventually, the monarchy honored the Welsh by naming their crown heirs Princes of Wales.	HONESTY BOOKSHOP, HAY-ON-WYE. THIS SMALL BORDER TOWN HAS GAINED WORLD-WIDE FAME FOR ITS MANY USED BOOK SHOPS WHERE YOU MAY STILL FIND HIDDEN TREASURE.

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"Hay-on-Wye was a beautiful town with ample eateries and many nice shops. We did lots of walking and especially enjoyed the Wye River Trail and the canal trails. We explored the Bath area and spent an overnight in the Cotswolds at a lovely farm B&B. The rural farm and pasture scenes of Wales will stay forever in our memories. The beautiful scenery rivals Switzerland!"
ЧS. & D. Kaplan, New Hampshire

Three Cliffs Bay, Gower Peninsula, on the south coast of Wales. Photo courtesy www.britainonview.com.
3 CLIFFS BAY BEACH ON THE GOWER PENINSULA ALONG
THE SOUTH WALES COAST.
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Should we bring the kids along? Are you kidding?! There are national parks for hiking, and steam train rides better than in any amusement park. Want history to come alive for your kids? Why not take them where so much history has been made? Wales has more castles of all kinds per square mile than anyplace in the British Isles. Worried about being away from McDonald's and TV? Don't be. Kids of all ages can get their burgers, fries and CNN all over Wales. Your kids like the water? Wales has three coasts lined with sandy beaches, plus some of Britain's largest mountain lakes and cleanest, wildest rivers. Ride a kayak or go white water rafting. Rather go biking? Wales has many of Britain's top mountain biking trails and marked, quiet, scenic road routes.

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PRICES PER PERSON	2 PERSONS	3 PERSONS	4 PERSONS	5+ PERSONS	SUPPLEMENTS & REDUCTIONS
1 Week FULL PACKAGE	$2099	$1955	$1912	$1895	HI SEASON +$280/prs.
1 Week FULL PACKAGE	INCLUDES: Round-trip Transatlantic Flights + Lodging + Car Rental				LO SEASON Ц$270/prs.
Extra Week SAME LODGING	$599	$535	$422	$350	HI SEASON +$90/prs.
Extra Week SAME LODGING	INCLUDES: One Week of Lodging + Car Rental
Extra Week DIFFERENT LODGING	$657	$505	$472	$440	HI SEASON +$90/prs.
Extra Week DIFFERENT LODGING	INCLUDES: One Week of Lodging + Car Rental
1 Week GROUND ARRANGEMENTS ONLY	$1092	$970	$925	$800	HI SEASON +$120/prs.
1 Week GROUND ARRANGEMENTS ONLY	INCLUDES: One Week of Lodging + Car Rental
1 Week LODGING ONLY	$830	$750	$730	$710	HI SEASON +$120/prs.
1 Week LODGING ONLY	INCLUDES: No Transportation Items

SEASONS:	HIGH: May 28ЦSeptember 1, 2008	MAIN: All Other Dates
	LOW: October 31ЦDecember 19, 2007 and December 25, 2007ЦMarch 31, 2008
NOTE: Prices subject to change.

Estimated Connecting Costs per person from MID-WALES to:
SCOTLAND		ENGLAND & WALES		IRELAND
Central Highlands, Borders, Edinburgh, and Glasgow	Inverness & Northern Highlands	London	Northwestern Wales and England	Central Ireland	Counties Cork & Kerry, Donegal & Sligo, and Antrim & Londonderry
$30Ц$150	$40Ц$200	$15Ц$40	$10Ц$75	$150Ц$300	$175Ц$325


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STROLLING THROUGH COSMOPOLITAN
CARDIFF, SOUTH WALES.
Photo courtesy britainonview - David Angel

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