Pembrokeshire Coast named tenth best travel experience in UK

The Green Bridge of Wales is just one of the beautiful spots on the Pembrokeshire Coast. Credit: PA

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park has been named as the tenth best travel experience in the UK, according to Lonely Planet.

The travel media company based the list of 500 experiences across Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands on how 'memorable, beautiful, surprising and compelling' they are.

Eight destinations in Wales appear in the top 100. 47 Welsh sights and experiences feature in total.

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Three attractions in Snowdonia alone appear on the list. Credit: PA

Edinburgh Festival Fringe is ranked highest, with the British Museum in London, and the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, placing second and third.

Here is where Welsh destinations appear in the top 100:

Three Cliffs Bay, Gower Peninsula Credit: Flickr/Anthony de Schoolmeester
Principality Stadium, Cardiff Credit: PA
Puffins on Skomer Island Credit: Flickr/Sian Ashcroft
St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire Credit: Flickr/Steve Gladdy

The Lonely Planet guide describes the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park as a 'ravishing stretch of cliff-flanked coves, thrashing seas, wildflower-freckled moors and hedge-rowed tracks leading to one-pub villages'.