Carn Ingli

The walk up Carn Ingli is properly steep, but that's rather the point. This Iron Age hill fort sits just south of Newport and rewards the slog with views that stretch across the Preseli Mountains and down to Cardigan Bay. On a clear day you can see for miles - the kind of light that makes you understand why people settled here thousands of years ago.

The summit itself is scattered with stone ramparts and defensive ditches, though you need to use your imagination a bit; it's not exactly Hadrian's Wall. What remains is atmospheric rather than dramatic. The real draw is the walk itself and the perspective it gives you on the landscape. Walkers will get the most from this one. Families with capable kids aged ten-plus can manage it, but younger children will find it a slog without much to keep them engaged at the top.

Allow roughly ninety minutes for the round trip if you're not rushing, and wear decent boots - the path gets boggy in places. There's no charge, no facilities, no visitor centre. Just a car park at the base and your own two legs. It's the sort of thing you do before breakfast or after lunch if you're staying at one of the nearby parks like Llwyngwair Manor. Best visited outside peak summer months when the paths are drier and the midges less murderous.