What others say about Monmouthshire

Don’t just take our word for it. Read what others say about Monmouthshire's stunning landscape, delicious food and drink, and what they think the best things to see and do in the area are.

Three castles, three days, three writers in Wales' border country. (Annie Garthwaite, Mike Parker and Pamela Petro, The Guardian, 10th July 2024).

Wales' wine scene is exploding right now. We meet the makers. (Adam Bloodworth, City AM, 23 April 2024).

A UK break in Monmouthshire: Tintern Abbey, Michellin-starred food and hiking (Stephanie Cavagnaro, National Geographic Travel, 10th March 2023).

Wales of a time: From award-winning wine to stunning scenery, visit foodie capital of Wales (Deborah Fraser, The Sun, 9th October 2022)

A great Black Mountains walk to a great pub: the Llanthony Priory. A brilliant, bracing ridge walk descends to an ancient inn serving Welsh whisky (Dave Hamilton, The Guardian, 29 July 2022)

Nature's Supermarket : How Mal Tattersall went foraging while exploring Monmouthshire's growing food and drink scene Silver Travel Advisor Summer 2022 (page 21)

Take a leaf out of Chloé’s book in the Welsh culinary capital - Silver Travel Advisor (Mal Tattersall, the Silver Travel Advisor 1st June, 2022) How Mal Tattersall went foraging while exploring Monmouthshire’s growing food and drinks scene … and ended up in a bit of a Crafty Pickle.

Putting Monmouthshire on the Gastronomic Map - Travel Begins at 40 (Mal Tattersall, Travel Begins at 40, 6th June 2022) Mal Tattersall visits Monmouthshire to discover the wonderful food, wine and mead on offer in this county sandwiched between Wales and England, as well as go on a forage. 

Survival tactics in the Severn Estuary (Victoria Trott, The Weekend Australian 30 April - 1 May, 2022)

Every Welsh Way - Gourmet delights abound in Monmouthshire (Victoria Trott, The Weekend Australian 4-5 June, 2022).

Heaven for foodies, Monmouthshire has plenty to sink your teeth into... (Wendy Gomersall, BEST magazine, 12th April 2022)

Britain's newest culinary hotspot is perfect for a cosy festive getaway (Paul Miles, The Telegraph, 24^th November 2021)

"From bracing walks to top-notch restaurants with rooms, Monmouthshire has everything you'd want for a weekend away at this time of year"

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/wales/britains-newest-culinary-hotspot-perfect-cosy-festive-getaway/

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UK travel: The food capital of Wales is 'simply superb' - ‘lucky to have this' (Sarah Kante, Express, Saturday 23rd October 2021)

"FOOD AND DRINKS are an important part of a holiday experience. For over a decade now, Monmouthshire has been the food capital of Wales".

https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/1509808/food-capital-wales-Monmouthshire
 

The heavenly Monmouthshire garden of Arne Maynard (Clare Foster, House and Garden 6^th May 2020)

House & Garden gardens editor Clare Foster visits the Monmouthshire garden of Arne Maynard, where he has developed a relaxed, romantic style and combined formal elements like a parterre with areas of barely tamed nature...

https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gallery/arne-maynard-garden

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Social media influencer Heather Cowper and her husband visited Abergavenny in November 2021

Find out what she wrote about her visit here : https://www.heatheronhertravels.com/things-to-do-abergavenny-wales/

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Shop Local Monmouthshire

Social media influencer Kacie Morgan (@thewelshrarebit) visited Monmouthshire’s five towns (Abergavenny, Caldicot, Chepstow, Monmouth and Usk) in the lead up to Christmas 2021. Here are the links to her blogs.

A festive trip to Usk in Monmouthshire ‘Town of Flowers’ (24^th November 2021).

https://www.therarewelshbit.com/usk-monmouthshire-town-of-flowers/

Visiting Abergavenny Market and Shop Local in Abergavenny (3^rd December 2021)  

https://www.therarewelshbit.com/abergavenny-market-shop-local-monmouthshire/

7 independent Chepstow shops and businesses to support this Christmas (12^th December 2021)

https://www.therarewelshbit.com/independent-chepstow.../

Shopping local in Caldicot, Monmouthshire this Christmas (16 December 2021)
https://www.therarewelshbit.com/caldicot-monmouthshire/

10 small, independent Monmouth shops and businesses to support this Christmas

https://www.therarewelshbit.com/supporting-independent-monmouth-shops-businesses/

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Travel bloggers On the Luce and Weekend Candy both visited the Wye Valley in summer 2020. Here’s what they wrote:

Exploring the Wye Valley: In the footsteps of Gilpin’s Wye Tour https://www.ontheluce.com/wye-valley-tour/  (16^th September 2020)

Wye River Canoeing: 2 Adventures That Hit the Spots Wordsworth Loved https://weekendcandy.com/wye-river-canoeing-adventure/  (1^st July 2020)

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Travel to Wales: 10 Great Walks to enjoy as lockdown restrictions ease (Sarah Baxter, iNews, 13 July 2020) Walk 3: Chepstow, Monmouthshire