The Welsh and everyone else know that Cardiff Wales is one of the most popular locations for Stag and Hen Weekends. You can see why, Cardiff is crammed with pubs, clubs, top Cardiff Hotels and enough entertainment and leisure both in an around the city to keep any stag and hen party occupied.
Wales has plenty of ideas for a hen night or stag weekend. Consider the superb choice of extreme outdoor watersports on offer around the Pembrokeshire coast, including coasteering, kite surfing, and windsurfing. Or how about either the Brecon Beacons or Snowdonia National Park for caving, climbing, walking and pony trekking in the Brecon Beacons. Consider too the choice of caravan and holiday parks along the North Wales Coast, or on the South Llyn Peninsula coast around bustling surfing and wakeboarding scene Abersoch!
Alongside Wales' excellent choice of outdoor leisure pursuits sits a choice of self catering holiday cottages, outdoor activity centres for groups (including surfing and kite surfing tuition thrown in!) and stunning luxury leisure spa hotels in hotspots such as Anglesey and Llandudno if you're looking for a hen weekend where everyone gets pampered with beauty and health spa treatments and it's relaxation all the way! Stag or hen parties in Wales working on a tight budget have plenty of choice too, with a selection of youth hostels and independent cheap Wales hostels ideal for groups and usually located near excellent outdoor leisure territory!
Cardiff Wales, the capital, is where it's at for wild clubbing and nightlife for Stag and Hen Parties and Stag and Hen Weekends. A booming Wales city, you've a huge choice of clubs, bars, pubs, restaurants, and luxury and budget Cardiff hotels to choose from. Cardiff Bay offers a host of entertainment, from the new Millennium Centre to shopping and the new Dr Who Exhibition in the Red Dragon Centre, to boat trips from the Pierhead Building. For Stag and Hen rugby fans, how about co-inciding your hen or stag party with a top Wales rugby game at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff Central!
As well as great nightlife, Cardiff is one of the richest cities in the UK for a choice of museums, internally acclaimed art galleries, a booming harbour area at Cardiff Bay with it's new opera house come entertainment venue, plus Cardiff central is a superb location for shopping with everything from recognisable highstreet shopping, to indoor markets and specialist shops. Theatres, cinemas, a dramatic castle and plenty of green space in the centre and along the River Taff which runs through the city all add to Cardiff's edge. Porthcawl is only a short distance from Cardiff, so you can combine surfing and watersports around Porthcawl and Rest Bay with top nightlife in Cardiff!
Other top bustling town and city locations for stag and hen parties in Wales include Swansea and Swanseay Bay. Hit the clubs, bars and restaurants in Swansea centre, then if you're upto it the next day on your stag and hen weekend, head out to the Gower Peninsula for surfing and great beaches. A number of outdoor activity centres are located in and around Swansea Bay and the Gower. Checkout too the great nightlife, pubs, cafes, restaurants and clubs at Aberystwyth (another university town). Llandudno too has plenty going on, with a choice of luxury pamper hotels and B&B guest houses. Bustling Tenby on the South Pembrokeshire Coast also makes a great choice for stag and hen parties, with plenty of pubs, great beaches and watersports plus opportunity to push further around the Pembrokeshire coast to sample some kite surfing, coasteering or windsurfing.
If your plan is for a stag or hen weekend involving challenging outdoor activities and leisure pursuits, then you're in the right place in Wales. Choose from golf packages in Pembrokeshire to pony trekking in the Brecon Beacons. Checkout the choice of outdoor actviity centres in Wales, perfect for stag and hen groups, around Pembrokeshire, the Brecons, Snowdonia, Llangollen (white water rafting here), the Cardigan Bay Coast (great surfing here/base yourself at Aberystwyth for great nightlife) and the Llyn Peninsula around Abersoch.
Many adventure activity centres in Wales offer packages specifically designed for stag and hen party weekends. These often include accommodation in group hostels, tuition in your chosen leisure pursuit, all equipment hire and easy access to top walking, climbing, surfing beaches, kite surfing hotspots and more.
Check the Pembrokeshire outdoor activities tourist information guide pages on this website, plus Llangollen in Mid Wales for white water rafting outdoor activity centres, the Brecon Beacons for pony trekking weekends, Llandudno and Anglesey for luxury pamper hotels and Porthcawl, Abersoch on the Llyn, the Pembrokeshire coast again, the Cardigan Bay coast and the Gower for great surfing, windsurfing, kite surfing and coasteering hotspots and activity centres.