Why Choose Wales for a narrowboat holiday?
Wales is famous for its beautiful scenery; mountains, valleys, rolling hills, rivers, picturesque villages and warm people. Welsh canal barge holidays on the Llangollen canal are a fantastic way to explore rural Wales at the relaxed pace it deserves. The Llangollen Canal snakes across North East Wales and takes you through two tunnels and across two aqueducts; the Chirk Aqueduct and its more famous neighbour the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. You’ll get the chance to master the art of navigation through locks, but without those exhaustive lock-staircases (one lock after another). This should leave you plenty of time to simply admire the views as you cruise, to stop off at rustic canal-side pubs or to make the most of the nearby facilities available for canoeing, white water rafting and rock climbing. You won’t need to learn the Welsh language to get by on a Welsh canal barge holiday, but a grasp of some of the pronunciations is a big help – the infamous ‘ll’ sound takes a little practice – put
