Exploring Caernarfon Castle in Wales. Posted: April 11, 2025 | Last updated: July 10, 2025. Take a quick tour of Caernarfon Castle in Wales. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is considered one of the ...

From Caernarfon to Pembroke, Wales is home to more castles per square mile than anywhere in the world. These are CNN Travel's picks of the most beautiful.

Caernarfon Castle continues to hold importance to England and Wales today. It's where every Prince of Wales has been invested, from the first, King Edward I's son, King Edward II, to the most ...

On April 25, 1284, Edward I’s queen gave birth to a son, also named Edward, within the precincts of brand-new Caernarfon Castle. When little Edward’s elder brother, Alfonso, died four months later, ...

Problem is, the two castles are some 124 miles away. The mixup happened in Wales' oldest town of Carmarthen, where the group expected to see Caernarfon Castle.

Here are 16 of the best castles in Wales. These Welsh castles were built for royalty, and now you can visit them for a fairy-tale vacation. ... Caernarfon Castle . Rory Fuller/Travel+Leisure.

Altogether, Wales boasts more than 400 castles within its 8,015 square miles — an area smaller than New Hampshire. Moreover, North Wales has a major share, since this region was the scene of the ...

Caernarfon Castle conservation work completed as some areas to be seen for first time in centuries. The castle's grounds in Gwynedd were where the now King was invested as Prince of Wales in 1969 ...

CAERNARFON, Wales — In the shadow of Caernarfon Castle, for centuries a hulking symbol of English imperial power, bookshop proprietor Selwyn Jones was chatting in Welsh with customers and ...