Attractions
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Betws-y-Coed
Betws-y-Coed
Snowdonia Walking Festival is based in Betws-y-Coed.
Betws-y-Coed is known as the Gateway to Snowdonia and premier inland tourist resort for North Wales with good reason.
Betws-y-Coed means 'Sanctuary in the Forest' and it is the perfect base for getting away from it all and exploring the mountains and forests of Snowdonia. Read More
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Bodnant Garden
Tal-y-Cafn
Bodnant Garden is one of the most beautiful gardens in the UK, covering some 80 acres and situated above the River Conwy on ground sloping towards the west and looking across the valley towards the Snowdonia range.
The Garden has two parts. The upper area, around the Hall, consists of formal lawns and herbaceous borders, magnificent Italiante Terraces featuring buttressed walls and brick paths, curved steps and pergolas, the Pin Mill and Lily Ponds.
The lower area, known as The Dell is formed by the valley of the River Hiraethlyn and contains the Pinetum and Wild Garden, where 200-year old trees tower above azaleas, hydrangeas and hosters.
The season commences in March with wonderful displays of Magnolias and Camellias, and carpets with carpets of golden Daffodils. Gorgeous Rhododendrons and Azaleas flower profusely from mid April to late May, whilst the stunning 55 metre Laburnum Arch is a spectacular sight from around the third week of May until early June. Throughout the summer months the Garden looks delightful with colourful displays of roses, water lilies, clematis, eucryphia, hydrangeas and glorious herbaceous borders. This is followed by amazing autumn colours and berries in October. Read More
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Castell Dolwyddelan
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Castell Dolwyddelan
Cestyll a mynyddoedd. Dolwyddelan ac Eryri. Cymheiriaid perffaith. Mae gwella ar waith natur yn haws dweud na gwneud ond mae’r castell hardd hwn a’i gartref creigiog yn cydblethu’n wych. Mae’r diolch am hynny i Dywysog Gwynedd yng Ngogledd Cymru a llywodraethwr y rhan fwyaf o Gymru, Llywelyn Fawr. Read More
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Conwy Castle
Conwy
Conwy Castle
Built for Edward I, by Master James of St George, the castle is amongst the finest surviving medieval fortifications in Britain. In a word, exceptional. You can’t fault it, from the grandeur of its high towers and curtain walls to its excellent state of preservation. Read More
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Conwy Valley Railway Museum
Betws-y-coed
The Conwy Valley Railway Museum was originally formed by Alan Pratt in the early 70s with a small exhibition in one of the standard gauge bogie coaches. And the facility of a MK1 coach as a small Café providing tea, coffee and biscuits. The carriages being left on a section of one of the sidings in the old goods yard of Betws y Coed station. Read More
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Dolwyddelan Castle
Dolwyddelan Castle
Castles and mountains. Dolwyddelan and Snowdonia. Made for each other. Improving on nature’s handiwork is easier said than done but this beauty blends beautifully with its craggy home. A blot it is not. Thank the Prince of Gwynedd in north Wales and de facto ruler of most of Wales, Llywelyn Fawr (Llywelyn the Great). Read More
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Great Orme Tramway
Llandudno
The Great Orme Tramway has been delighting visitors since it opened on July 31st 1902. An engineering marvel of its age, it's still the only cable-hauled tramway still operating on British public roads.... Read More
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Plas Mawr
Conwy
Plas Mawr
The Elizabethan era. A golden age? Think Renaissance and Shakespeare. Think Plas Mawr. An Elizabethan gem worth its weight in gold. The finest town house of its period in Britain. Read More
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The Riverside Continental Chocolate House
Pentrefoelas
In the quiet mountain village of Pentrefoelas in North Wales, Roy, a Master Chocolatie found, at last, the atmosphere for which he had been searching - the mountains, rushing streams, and a perfect riverside building - now panelled as a Swiss chalet.
A truly magical place!!!! Read More
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Welsh Mountain Zoo - National Zoo of Wales
Colwyn Bay
Set in North Wales, high above Colwyn Bay with panoramic views and breathtaking scenery, its beautiful gardens are home to this caring conservation zoo. Roam the wooded pathways, relax on the grassy slopes and spend a lovely day learning about many rare and endangered species from Britain and around the world. Read More
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Trefriw Woollen Mills.
Trefriw
At Trefriw Woollen Mills traditional Welsh bedspreads, travelling rugs and tweeds are manufactured from the raw wool. Most of the textile machinery is over 50 years old and is powered by electricity generated by a vintage turbine. Read More