Home to some sixty percent of the country's population, Southeast Wales - the former heartland of the Welsh mining industry - is one of Britain's most industrialized regions. The nation's youthful capital, Cardiff, is a busy and entertaining place, but both population and industry are also heavily concentrated around the sea ports of Newport and Swansea, as well as inland along the coal valleys, where former mines have reopened as gusty and hand-hitting museums.
Towards the English border, the beguiling Wye Valley provides a sylvan for Tintern Abbey, while to the west of the capital the beaches and quiet hills of the Vale of Glamorgan make a peaceful escape. Yet further weest, the bays and cliffs of Gower are an essential detour from Swansea.
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