You are viewing images from Swansea,Wales - birthplace of actress Catherine Zeta Jones & poet Dylan Thomas ... within ten miles of  the hometown of veteran Hollywood stars Anthony Hopkins, Richard Burton and Ray Milland. In the next valley, singer Tom Jones was born. Even the world's first railway was Welsh - born right here in Swansea !

... So, never heard of the golden coast of Wales? Well, our peninsular is the U.K.'s first official "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty", Swansea Maritime Quarter has been honoured by international awards, as have the splendid parklands which roll down to a bay which has inspired poets for centuries ..... Swansea is truly all Wales' maritime dreams come true !