Wales
During Dylan’s short life he had the opportunity to travel widely and see the dazzling delights and magical mayhem of many different parts of the world, yet, he always returned to Wales.
England
Dylan was an ambitious writer who felt that in order to ensure his work became more widely known he would need to mix with fellow artists, publishers, reviewers and journalists. With this in mind, at the age of twenty, he made the decision to leave Wales and move to London. The rest of his short life was spent living between England and Wales.
North America
Dylan went on four reading tours of America between 1950 and 1953. These ‘electrifying’ performances turned him into an international superstar and he became one of the most famous poets in the English speaking world.
More places
Most of Dylan’s international travel took place in North America, but he also had the opportunity to visit Ireland and Italy, and work in the Czech Republic and Iran.
Places to stay
Birthplace in Swansea
Browns Hotel in Laugharne
The Black Lion in New Quay
Museums & exhibitions
Dylan Thomas Birthplace
Swansea
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea
Love the Words exhibition
Dylan Thomas Boathouse
Laugharne
The Tin Shed Experience
Laugharne
Books & trails
A Dylan Thomas Odyssey by Literature Wales (2014)
Dylan Thomas’s Places by James A Davies (1987), currently out of print.
Dylan Thomas The Pubs by Jeff Towns (2013)
Swansea Trail
Dylan Thomas’s Swansea, Gower and Laugharne by James A Davies
Carmarthenshire and Laugharne Trails
Laugharne Lines
Dylan’s Birthday Walk
The Dylan Thomas New Quay and Ceredigion Trail
The Dylan Thomas Trail (Ceredigion) by David N Thomas
London, Literary Pub Crawl
New York, Greenwich Village Walking Tour App
New York, Greenwich Village Walking Tour Book
New York, Greenwich Village Walking Tour PDF
Under Milk Wood: Revisited
The Wales of Dylan Thomas