From Caernarfon to Pembroke, Wales is home to more castles per square mile than anywhere in the world. These are CNN Travel's picks of the most beautiful.

Located in Pembrokeshire in South Wales, the castle was first built of wood, but when William Marshal became Earl of Pembroke in 1189, he reconstructed it in stone. Today, ...

Pembroke Castle, famed as the birthplace of Henry VII, boasts a history that stretches well beyond that notable event – and even the story of Henry's birth is more enthralling than one might ...

Pembroke Castle most likely sits on early fortifications (Roman habitation is known in the area), which is no suprise given its strategic location. Either side of the ridge on which it sits run ...

Sword-and-sorcery lovers take note: Wales is home to more castles per square mile than any other country in Europe. There are 641 castles to be exact. Some are as big as football fields; others are ...

Beneath Pembroke Castle, a cave is being excavated by archaeologists looking for clues to Wales' prehistoric past. Reindeer and mammoth remains were among the Ice Age artefacts unearthed in Wogan ...

PEMBROKE Castle will play host to its first ever Proms in the Castle concert next month.

Then in 1452, King Henry VI granted the castle and Earldom of Pembroke to his half-brother Jasper Tudor. While their other brother, Edmund Tudor, was made the Earl of Richmond.

Pembroke Castle, famed as the birthplace of Henry VII, boasts a history that stretches well beyond that notable event – and even the story of Henry's birth is more enthralling than one might ...

Beneath Pembroke Castle, a cave is being excavated by archaeologists looking for clues to Wales' prehistoric past. Reindeer and mammoth remains were among the Ice Age artefacts unearthed in Wogan ...