The flag of Wales has the symbol of the red dragon against green and white.
March 1st is St David's Day. St David is the patron saint of Wales.
Prince William, the Prince of Wales, and his wife Kate, Princess of Wales, visited Wales, held yellow daffodils, the national flower, and spoke in Welsh.
In Wales
A parade of people dressed as dragons or wearing Welsh costume, is held in the capital, Cardiff.
The day is celebrated in Wales by people wearing daffodils, or leeks. Eating Welsh cakes - which are like think small pancakes or thin scones, yummy when served hot with butter melting on top.
What to do in Wales?
1 Visit castles. Stay in a castle hotel or a hotel with a view of the castle.
2 Eat Welsh food. Lamb and Welsh cakes.
3 Visit Museums In Wales.
4 Learn Welsh. Start with words on trains from Paddington, in London, to Cardiff. Notice signs on stations. Learn Welsh on Duolingo.
5 Hear Welsh music. Welsh male voice choirs, singing in Welsh and English. Harpists who also sing. Esteddfod festivals.
Visits
Welsh museums
My favourites are
1 The Roman Museum near Caerleon.
2 The tapestry in the library at Fishguard.
3 The free museum in Cardiff, the capital.
In summer you might visit an open air museum, go down a mine.
Trails
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Fun Photos In Wales
Castles.
Yourself and a castle.
Yourself wearing a Welsh hat.
Souvenirs Of Wales To Buy Before Returning Home
You might buy Welsh souvenirs such as
1 Carved love spoons.
2 Welsh dragon or flag symbol
On tee shirts or aprons or tea towels.
3 Welsh Words
I bought a book on Welsh words in a supermarket.
4 Welsh Cakes
I bought Welsh cakes on the train home to London from Wales, but ate them cold which was not as nice. I should have saved them for later and heated them up.
Welsh Music
Recordings sold in souvenir shops.
Welsh Food and Drink
Factory tours and tasting shops
Words in Welsh-English
Dewi Sant - saint David (adjective second after the noun, like Spanish and French)
Do the little things in life. (Quote from St David.)
gwnewch y pethau bychain
Wales: "Penblwydd hapus i chi Happy birthday to you
Words in English - Welsh
Do the little things in life = gwnewch y pethau bychain
Happy birthday to you - Wales: "Penblwydd hapus i chi
Welsh Words - English
aber - estuary
allanfa - exit
bara brith - speckled bread bara-bread brith-speckled
bore - morning
bws - bus
car - car
cath - cat
croeso - welcome
diolch - thanks
eglwys - church
fach - small
felin - mill
fferi - ferry
llan - church
mawr - big (I think of more or magnificent)
o - of
plas - mansion (not just a place, a mansion)
pont - bridge
toiled - toilet
toiledau dynion - men's toilets
toiledau merched - ladies toilets
twr - tower
tywel - towel
y - the
English - Welsh
- A- D
- big - mawr (I think of more or magnificent)
- bridge - pont
bus - bws
car - car
cat - cath
church - eglwys / Llan
- E - K
- estuary - aber
- exit - allanfa
- ferry - fferi
- good - da
- Good morning.
- Bore da. (BOR-eh dah) (The adjective is after the noun, literally morning good.)
- Good night.
- Nos da. (NOHS dah)
- L - R
- mill - felin
morning - bore
mansion - plas (not just a place, a mansion of - o
S - Z
small - fach the - y
toiledau dynion - men's toilets
toiledau merched - ladies toilets
tower - twr
towel - tywel
toilet - toiled
welcome - croeso
Useful Websites On Welsh Souvenirs and Subjects
Languages
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Welsh_phrasebook
translate google
Saint David - Dewi Sant
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Useful Websites About Wales and St David's Day
Report of the royal visit on Sunday March 1st 2026
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70n99e396jo
Music
https://tirglas.co.uk/pages/portal-famous-welsh-songs-and-anthems
Calon Lan hymn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calon_L%C3%A2n
We Are Still Here recording in Welsh, solo with chorus
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0179/9045/files/21_-_Yma_O_Hyd.mp3?v=1654767520
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