Cycling the Mawddach trail between Dolgellau and Barmouth, North Wales. Photograph: greenwales/Alamy

As part of an ambitious plan to boost green travel, Wales is set to become the first country in the world to make it compulsory for local authorities to provide safe and integrated routes for walking and cycling.

Wales Coast Path

Wales will officially become the first country in the world to have a formal trail the whole way around its coast when it is launched on the 5th of May.

Short stay in Cardiff? Join the hunt for Easter eggs around theNational Museum.

If you are visiting the Llyn Peninsula, hop down to the Dwyfor Ranch Rabbit farm to feed the Easter bunnies.

Mid Wales on a beautiful Spring evening

Rabbit Village is a must visit for families with a holiday cottage in Mid Wales.

Peppa Pig and her brother George, along with Ben and Holly from Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom, are the star attractions at Folly Farm over Easter, perfectly placed for family holidays to West Wales. Active families can get involved in den building, duckling hunts and craft workshops at the Wildlife and Wetlands Trust in Llanelli.

Happy Easter (Pasg Hapus) from Best of Wales!

Dolgellau self catering house - perfect for large get-togethers

Located  on the A 473, 2 miles outside the noted market town of Dolgellau, self catering accommodation ‘Dol Adda’ has undergone a total transformation without losing its character and homely atmosphere.

No expense has been spared on any part of the internal or external renovation.  Each room has been individually designed with quality furnishings and fittings, cleverly integrating antique with contemporary; traditional with ‘high tech’.

The result is a house that sleeps 14 to include an adapted ground floor suite, an additional room sleeping 2 children in ‘shorty’ bunk beds and 5 bathrooms/shower rooms. The living area comprises a large fully equipped kitchen, with electric cooker and Aga, laundry facilities, a dining room accommodating a custom built oak table to seat twenty and two sitting rooms.  The smaller contains leather furniture, a log burner and large screen TV whilst the larger has a more elegant feel, a bay window with garden views and fire place.

Sitting room 1 with woodburner, leather suite & large screen TV

In addition to the provision of wi-fi within, the external complex offers a media /games room and separate sauna facility, complete with shower and seating area. The garden is large, secluded and surrounded by farmland and woods. A biomass boiler is fed with the spent timber creating a renewable energy source to provide heating and hot water for the premises.

Luxury group accommodation, Snowdonia - relax in the sauna

Guests are treated to a welcome hamper and honesty larder comprising some Fair Trade, organic and locally sourced products.  Drinking water is purified from a mountain source.

Owner Ruth Tudor is justly proud of what has been achieved. “Dol Adda is special to me as it is where I grew up and the reason why I have devoted so much care and attention to its restoration.  I look forward to welcoming visitors here to enjoy the house and its surroundings whilst also hopefully, spending time exploring Dolgellau and the nearby coast and countryside”.

Historically important for its gold mines from which rings are made for royalty, today, many people come for Snowdonia National Park’s unrivalled scenery, low and high level walks that include the Mawddach Trail or Cader Idris , the seaside or the many attractions such as the Fairbourne or Tal-y-llyn railways.

It is an excellent venue for group celebrations, family holidays, and individuals wishing to relax in beautiful, comfortable surroundings or even a small meetings destination. View full details here.

The Wales Visitor Survey is undertaken every two years during the April-September period.  It provides detailed profile information on UK Staying Visitors, Day Visitors and Overseas Visitors and a range of satisfaction ratings in relation to aspects of the visit.

The 2011 survey shows that among UK Staying Visitors, satisfaction with the natural environment was 9.33 (out of a possible 10), and 9.22 among Overseas Visitors.

For Overseas Visitors, friendliness of the people was the highest-rated aspect (9.32, compared with 9.10 in 2009) and second highest among UK Staying Visitors (9.17 compared with 8.86 in 2009).

The overall satisfaction with Wales as a place to visit is very high across all visitor types, the rating being 9.15, 9.05 and 8.97 among Day Visitors, UK Staying Visitors, and Overseas Visitors respectively.

Having been to Wales on holiday, the likelihood to recommend Wales was very high across all three groups: with 92% of both UK Staying and Day Visitors and 79% of Overseas saying they would ‘Definitely recommend Wales to a friend/relative’, and almost all of the remaining respondents saying that they would ‘Probably recommend Wales’.

Business Minister, Edwina Hart said:

“These results provide  very positive feedback from visitors and provides evidence that there is a high level of satisfaction in respect of most aspects of the visit among current visitors.  Having just launched our new marketing campaign it’s good to see that the holiday product we have to offer here in Wales lives up to the promise.”

A huge congratulations to Leslie John – the winner of Best of Wales’ competition on Wedi 7.

Fe fydd ymlaen ar Wedi 3 ac Wedi 7 bob dydd tan nos Lun nesa pan fydd yr enillydd yn cael ei gyhoeddi felly pob lwc!

Best of Wales have launched a competition on Wedi 7 (S4C) tonight and you’re all welcome to enter. You could win a prize worth £700 to stay at any cottage featured on the website so it’s definitely worth it!

It will be on Wedi 3 and Wedi 7 every day until Monday evening when the winner will be announced so good luck!

Enjoy the celebrations tonight and we will look forward to welcoming you on holiday to Wales in 2012.

Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda oddi wrth bawb ohonom yn Y Gorau o Gymru.

Gift Voucher for Christmas

Not only will it be the best gift on Christmas day, it will also impress them all over again when they arrive at the cottage. And even better, you might also be allowed to share the whole experience with them – the perfect win-win situation!

To arrange the gift voucher, email or call Best of Wales on 01650 511 101 and we will send it to you by email immediately.