Liverpool John Lennon Airport 1 hr 20
Menai Strait (23 min) Channel known for powerful, reversing tidal currents & whirlpools, with 2 bridges & many islands. Great Orme (20 min) Limestone headland with trail & cablecar access, offering picturesque vistas, a cafe & a playground. National Trust - Aberconwy House (5 min) Stone & half-timbered merchant's house dating from the 1300s, featuring historic furniture & art. Conwy Castle (4 min) Impressively preserved 13th-century estuary fortress with scenic battlement views and a gift shop. Snowdonia National Park (26 min) Mountainous 823-square-mile National Park, including remote villages, lakes and Snowdon peak. Conwy Suspension Bridge (4 min) Thomas Telford-designed, Gothic-style 1800s bridge with a pedestrian path, tollhouse & garden. Conwy Town Walls (4 min) Over 1.2 km. of intact medieval stone walls surround the town, with towers & battlements. Beaumaris Castle (35 min) Architecturally outstanding 13th-century castle with activities and events programme. National Trust - Bodnant Garden (10 min) 80-acre garden containing plants collected more than a century ago on global expeditions. The Smallest House In Great Britain (5 min) Minuscule former fisherman's residence, 1.8 metres wide and just 2 rooms, open April to October. Llandudno Pier (16 min) Elegant Victorian pier lined with seaside novelties and food stalls, including a pier-end bar. Aber Falls (31 min) Popular nature-preserve hike through meadow terrain to a waterfall surrounded by rocks & trees. Plas Mawr (6 min) This charming 16th-century residence provides audio tours & is popular as a wedding venue. Welsh Mountain Zoo (14 min) Conservation zoo with lovely views, housing rare animals like red pandas, tigers and snow leopards. Adventure Parc Snowdonia (11 min) Adventure park with indoor & outdoor activities, including a surf lagoon, climbing walls & tunnels. |