Sightseeing tour of Wye Valley Heritage Trail
Our Wye Valley Heritage Trail tour takes us out east of the capital city towards Newport, visiting famous places:
** The Roman Museum at Caerleon is closed until September 2019 and no longer part of the tour **
tDeparts on Thursday
| Location | Time | Pick up point | Postcode | View Map |
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| Cardiff City Centre |
9.30am |
Windsor Place |
CF10 3BX |
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Tour prices
| Prices* (GBP) | Adult | Student & Seniors | Children (Under 12 years) |
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| Wye Valley Heritage Trail |
£50.00 |
£48.00 |
£30.00 |
*Please note, refreshments and admissions are not included in the tour price
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We leave the capital city and drive eastwards to the town of Caerleon once known as "Isca". Caerleon was one of the most important Roaman military sites in Great Britain with its Amphitheatre, Baths and Fortress. Here we stop to visit the preserved Roman Baths where the Roman soldiers spent their free time. Leaving the Baths we walk a short distance to the National Roaman Legion Museum and learn about life here 2000 years ago. Our last stop in Caerleon is the Roman Amphitheatre where gladiators fought to the death!
Continuing our tour we travel to the border town of Monmouth travelling through the picturesque town of Usk, also known as the 'Town of Flowers'; famous for the Victorian clock which is the centrepiece for 'Usk in Bloom'. Known for being the birthplace of King Henry V, Monmouth is also where the rivers Wye, Monnow and Trothy meet. The town is home to the Monnow Bridge, the sole remaining mediaeval fortified river bridge in Britain where the gate tower stands actually on the bridge. Here you will have free time to wander a town renowned for its numerous independent shops, friendly coffee and eating houses, where lunch can be taken at leisure.
Suitably refreshed we leave Monmouth and journey through the county of Monmouthshire to Tintern Abbey. The Cistercian abbey of Tintern is one of the greatest monastic ruins of Wales. From 1131 until 1349 the abbey was thriving until the arrival of the Black Death .Although badly affected, the abbey continued to operate until 1536, when it was part of the dissolution of monasteries under King Henry VIII. Within years the lead was stripped and the building fell into decay. Here you get the chance to explore the abbey ruins or take a walk along the banks of the river Wye that runs alongside the abbey or browse the gift shop.
Our last stop is the town of Chepstow famous for Chepstow Castle which is the oldest surviving stone castle in Britain and Chepstow Bridge which is the world's largest iron arch road bridge, a bridge that will be 200 years old in July 2016.
With the tour at an end we make our way back to where it all began earlier in the day!
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