Where you take children often depends on the weather. If it’s fine the great outdoors; if it’s wet – the great indoors. But if the day is going to be a mixture then St Fagans might be your best bet

It’s a brave person that wakes me up before 6am. Yet I’ve found myself wide awake well before my alarm clock this last week or so, thanks to a couple of perky songbirds perched right outside my window and singing their hearts out

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Or Happy St David’s Day to those who don’t understand Welsh

We’ve got the low-down on the legend of Nessie – aka Scotland’s most famous resident – to help entertain the children, this half term

easyJet reveals the nation’s travel trends for 2013 following a poll with easyJet travellers, across the UK

CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month Switzerland and Sweden are on our radar, while faking a disability to get ahead at the airport gets a big thumbs down

Travel journalist, Robin Nowacki, has written on travel destinations from Mexico to the Maldives for both consumer and trade publications. Here he shares some of his travel highlights, exclusively with CD-Traveller readers

It’s an autumn rainbow of colours and you don’t have to fork out hundreds of pounds on a plane ticket to New England to be dazzled by this much-loved season.Right on our doorstep is a wealth of woodlands, parklands, forests and gardens which all come alive in spectacular fashion every autumn

Insolvency rates rocket in UK coastal areas

It hardly seems possible but we are about halfway through the Games. Some of the big events may be passed but there remain some of the most exciting to come. If you thought that Usain Bolt caused excitement, well just wait for the weekend.

Thirty two per cent of parents do not insure their kids or even take out a family policy ahead of going abroad – exposing both themselves and their children to the potential dangers of travelling uninsured

I ask the question because last week Visit Britain published provisional 2011 figures for international tourism to the UK. It showed that Wales received just 880,000 visitors which is roughly what it was the year before.
So what was the effect of the Ryder Cup being held in Wales?

At New Tredegar in the valleys of South Wales lies the Elliot Winding House.The recently reopened museum has an exhibition about the Titanic that has generated worldwide interest. The story of Artie Moore.

Packed with more than 250 events Pembrokeshire Fish Week, Saturday 23 June – Sunday 1 July, will be a celebration of the county’s fantastic seafood, spectacular coastline, wonderful beaches and maritime heritage

Dr. Jill Nash, owner of independent guidebook publishing company ‘Luxury Backpackers’, on Canada, Cornwall and the Lake District’s best kept secrets

At the New York Times Travel Show last weekend, Visit Britain, in the shape of Karen Clarkson, was asked what people should see in Britain this year. Apart from the Olympics and the Jubilee of course which, as she pointed out, last only a short period of time.

For those with smart phones and i-pads, comes the “Show me Wales” ap. Instead of a guide book you can use the ap to provide information about what’s nearby to visit, what events are on and where to eat and stay.

On the occasion of St David’s Day, here are five things you really ought to know about the Welsh festival

Come St David’s Day this Thursday, the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust wants you. In particular, sixty of you. And the more, the merrier!
Why?

I have been in Los Angeles to see the LA Times Travel Show, one of the largest in the US. I expected to see stalls promoting parts of California, the Caribbean and Asia but Wales?

With just under 200 days to go until the Paralympics event, the countdown for the London Olympic Games is well and truly underway. But what if you missed out on tickets? Happily there are still plenty of ways to enjoy the spirit of the games – from afar or for free. Cheapflights.co.uk has the insider guide

A Welsh village is hoping to woo cash rich Chinese tourists by building a £50 million purpose built holiday resort, where signs will be in Mandarin and staff will be familiar with Chinese customs.

Coastal Wales might be wet, but it’s also wonderful. Your guide to the award winning region, starts here…

Forget for a minute that Wales actually lost in the semi-final against France yesterday. In another way they have won given the coverage they have received over the last month or so and in the after match reports.
How?

On Friday I visited the new Turner Contemporary Art Gallery in Margate. It has recently opened at a cost of over £17 million. In Llanfrynach, in Powys, their new gallery opened in a £1 old red phone box. Two extremes, but should I compare one with the other?

Tomorrow is the start of one of the biggest tourist attractions in wales,- the fish week in Pembrokeshire. Over the coming days there will be 250 events throughout the county making it one of the most successful that a single county has ever tried to organise.

Around 1.4 million visitors come to Wrexham each year to enjoy the town and the surrounding attractions.
Why?
One reason they might come this year is because it is the Wrexham Year of Culture and has a whole year of events planned. Included in that is the fact that this year in August the National Eisteddfod [...]

In Cardiff Bay, not far from the Millennium Centre is what you might consider an oddity, a church. What’s so strange about that you might say, Wales is full of churches and chapels. The difference is that this is a Norwegian church which tells a story about Cardiff that many people don’t know. And today, Norway’s national day, it re-opens after seven months spent on refurbishment.