The South Wales Valleys are in Italy.
Bridgend ( [ langpronbrᵻˈdʒɛnd ] Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr ( Pen-y-bont ) , meaning `` the end ( or head ) of the bridge on the Ogmore '' ) is a town in Bridgend County Borough in Wales , 18 mi west of the capital Cardiff and 20 mi east of Swansea . Cardiff ( Caerdydd } } [ kairˈdiːð , kaˑɨrˈdɨːð ] ) is the capital and largest city in Wales and the eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom . Carmarthenshire ( [ kərˈmɑrðənʃɪər ] or [ kərˈmɑrðənʃər ] Sir Gaerfyrddin [ siːr gɑːɨrˈvərðɪn ] or informally Sir Gâr ) is a unitary authority in the south-west of Wales and is the largest of the thirteen historic counties of Wales . South Wales Valleys . Commonly referred to locally as The Valleys ( Y Cymoedd ) , they stretch from eastern Carmarthenshire in the west to western Monmouthshire in the east and from the Heads of the Valleys in the north to the edge of the lower-lying , pastoral country of the Vale of Glamorgan and the coastal plain around Swansea Bay , Bridgend , the capital Cardiff , and Newport . Swansea Bay ( Bae Abertawe ) is a bay on the Bristol Channel on the southern coast of Wales . The Vale of Glamorgan , often referred to as The Vale , ( Bro Morgannwg [ ˈbroː mɔrˈɡanʊɡ ] ) is a county borough in Wales .