This book is designed for the do-it-yourself tour of Wales. It consists of several short tours which could be day trips, broad regional overviews which mention other guides offered by the Welsh Tourist Board, and some maps. There are small photographs in some of the tour descriptions, but it is sometimes difficult to determine which spot it features. For example, a castle photograph appears between Rhuddian Castle and Denbigh Castle, but the photograph is not identified. Because some ancestors lived in Denbigh, I was familiar with that castle and knew it was not it. I was disappointed in the short mention of Hay-on-Wye and failure to include photographs of the bookstores! The book, published in the mid-1980s, is definitely dated. Someone going to Wales now would want a more up-to-date motor guide. It's not very readable and really doesn't discuss what you might be seeing. I think this is mainly designed to entice people to purchase the more detailed guides. ( )