Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. Some Favourite Attractions: - Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth - Welsh Mountain Zoo above Colwyn Bay - Big Pit Mining Museum, Blaenavon - Bodnant Garden - Ffestiniog Railway, from Porthmadog into the mountains - Doctor Who memorabilia at Lower Dee Exhibition Centre - Anglesey Model Village - National Coracle Centre, Cenarth