Few places have so long a cultural history and such dramatic variety of landscape compressed into so few square miles as Wales. VISIONS® OF WALES captures this castle-filled country of contradictions like never before, from the southern tip at Cardiff to the summit of Mount Snowdon. Breathtaking aerial visuals shot from a helicopter-mounted camera explore tranquil coastal towns set against bustling cities, farms and pastureland co-existing with the roaring sea, the haunting religious grandeur of Wordsworth’s Tintern Abbey, the untouched natural beauty at the River Dee estuary tidal pools — all shrouded in mist, never too far removed from either the coastline or the past. Set to traditional music including the famed Welsh men’s choruses, with informative narration about the region’s history and culture, VISIONS® OF WALES introduces the treasures of Great Britain’s western Annex, including Chepstow Castle, Swansea, St. David’s, and Conwy — a land so unique, its countrymen developed their own distinct language.

Locations:

• Chepstow
• Wye River Valley
• Tintern Abbey
• Caldicot Castle
• Severn Road Bridge
• Cardiff
• Nash Point Lighthouse
• Barry, Kenig
• Swansea
• Tenby
• Castle Hill
• Caldey Island
• Cistercian Monastery
• Reynoldston
• Carew Castle
• Pembroke
• Solva
• St. David’s
• Abereiddy
• Aberearon
• Abyerystwyth
• Cardigan
• Harlech Castle
• Llanberis
• Llyn Padarn
• Beddegelert
• Portmeirion
• Caenarfon
• Conwy Castle
• Llandudno

Presented by WLIW New York.

Executive Producer/Aerial Director: Roy A. Hammond; Producer/Editor/Writer: Sam Toperoff; Camera Operator: Grant Bieman

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