Looking to escape? Here’s a recent trip local readers took to Wales. Check it out, then find more reader travel inspiration at www.mercurynews.com/tag/wish-you-were ...

The evening light was fading as I explored a trail I had noticed between two locks and began following what was signed as the Avon Crawnon (River Crawnon in Welsh). Our canalboat was tied to the bank ...

Travel + Leisure Senior Editorial Director Nina Ruggiero oversees T+L's award-winning travel content across digital platforms. She is also the co-founder of Be A Travel Writer, an online course for ...

'Stream in the sky': Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales carries the Llangollen Canal in an iron trough 125ft above the River Dee On May 8, a flotilla of some 30 narrowboats will cruise along the Thames in ...

The charming town of Llangollen fuses industrial grit with a proud Welsh music and culture scene. It sits where the Dee Valley narrows into a dramatic corridor carved through a UNESCO World Heritage ...

After narrow-boat cruising five times on the canals of England and Wales, my husband Joe and I decided we were perhaps too old to do it again. Then came new friends Rick and Mary Day, who heard about ...

A 300-strong provider of canal boating holidays and marina services across the UK is embarking on a new phase of growth after completing a £5m funding agreement with Lloyds. The business is aiming to ...