What are the Brecon Beacons?
The Brecon Beacons are a mountain range and national park in Wales. The range itself comprises of six main peaks, one of which is Pen y Fan, the highest mountain in South Wales. The Brecon Beacons National Park, which is 42 miles wide, was created in 1957.
What are the Brecon Beacons like?
They're fantastic if you like walking - you get around 520 square miles of mountain, moorland, waterfalls, castles and other sights. The air is clean and the scenery is breathtaking. I only covered a very small area to the west of the park - I stayed in Llandeilo and visited Dinefwr, a National Trust property that I was covering for my National Trust scone project.
Where are the Brecon Beacons?
Wales
When did we go?
November 2022
How did we get there?
I got the train to Llandeilo and stayed in an Airbnb in the town for two nights.
Worth noting
The Brecon Beacons are one of only three national parks in Wales, the others being Snowdonia (161) and the Pembrokeshire Coast, which is included in the Wales Coast Path (82).
Where were the Brecon Beacons in the 2015 edition of the Lonely Planet Ultimate Travel List?
They were at 365. They moved up 212 places in the 2020 edition.
Do the Brecon Beacons deserve a place in the 2020 Lonely Planet Ultimate Travel List?
Yes - I'm not 100% sure they deserve to be quite so high up but it's a beautiful area.
