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Up a single-track road from a small village in Ceredigion and past some "ghostly" 12th-century ruins in one of the most remote locations in Wales lies one of the 16 greatest world wonders you've never heard of.

The Teifi Pools are a set of glacial lakes and reservoirs around 1,500ft above sea level just out of the small village of Pontrhydfendigaid and have been described as being "so remote you might be on the moon".

Earlier this year, the landmark was featured among The Telegraph's list of the greatest world wonders you've never heard of along with other sites in locations like Cambodia, Peru and Greece.

Introducing the list, the news outlet said: "There are several overused phrases in the broad lexicon of travel writing, but few quite as regular in their deployment as 'hidden gem'.

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The Teifi Pools, located in Ceredigion, was one of only two place in the UK to be named among the greatest world wonders you've never heard of by The Telegraph.

Describing the Welsh landmark, the news outlet said it's "so remote you might be on the moon, and so deep they were once considered unfathomable".

The Telegraph continued: "Ever wanted to be the person in those car adverts?

"The one driving as the camera pans out to reveal a jaw-dropping hill-scape – operatic sky stretching across windswept moors, and reflected in moody expanses of water.

"Of course you have. And you can, just follow the single-track road from the small village of Pontrhydfendigaid, skirting the ghostly ruins of Strata Florida, (a 12th-century Cistercian Abbey, possibly once home to the Holy Grail), and up to the Teifi Pools.

"These glacial lakes and reservoirs are 1,500ft above sea level: so remote you might be on the moon, and so deep they were once considered unfathomable.