Portmeirion, Castles and Snowdonia Tour





Description
Visit the Italian inspired village of Portmeirion on this fun day tour of Wales. Not only will you spend time in this charming seaside village, but you’ll also visit Caernarfon and Conwy Castles and Snowdonia National Park. Your tour guide will take you around the area regaling you with information about the history and culture of the area as well as local stories and myths! Be sure to bring your camera for this exciting tour of one of the most picturesque parts of Wales!
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Itinerary
We meet at Llandudno Railway Station (red bus stop ) on Augusta Street (LL302AD) directly outside the stations main entrance. We leave prompt at 8.30am so please be early.
After our introduction, we will hop onto our minibus and take a drive around Great Orme's one-way road with its spectacular mountain drop off into the sea, showcasing nature at its finest. Wild goats, birds, famous Kashmir wild goats and often we see seals and dolphins. Also limestone cliffs and caves, and wonderful views towards Snowdonia
Amble the ancient and medieval castle town of Conwy to view the castle’s domineering and towering walls, whose magnificent towers stand tall over the beautiful estuary. Also visit the famous and worlds first ever built suspension bridge in 1819.(main castle entry additional)
Marvel at this little gem set upon the bank of the estuary and built into the castle walls is Great Britain’s smallest house. With arms outstretched, you can touch either side. (small fee to enter internal of house)
Take a walk round this world heritage site. After all these years Caernarfon’s immense strength remains undimmed - a brute of a fortress. History comes alive at Caernarfon in so many ways – along the lofty wall walks, beneath the twin-towered gatehouse, the walk town’s narrow and colorful streets and stylishly redeveloped waterfront of the Menai.
Enjoy a tour of Portmeirion, wandering around the colourful renowned Italian style coastal tourist village set in stunning surroundings and gardens. There are shops, cafés, tea-rooms and restaurants. This is best described as an artful and playful village with a fantastic collection of architectural relics. Also known as a romantic, picturesque, relaxing and often enchanting village. A “happy relief” from the “rigid irrationalities and the calculated follies” of the modern world.
On the return trip, you'll drive through part of the Snowdonia National Park, where we will get to see some of its dramatic mountains and many beautiful lakes. We will drive through traditional quaint welsh mountain villages, see canyon gorges and rivers as well as learning about the local welsh history.
We stop at the famous Snowdon viewpoint to take some photos and stand in awe of the panoramic 360 views of the horseshoe and surroundings of the beautiful Nant Gwynant pass and lakes within the valley
Visit the Ugly House. Is it ugly or is it beautiful? You decide! We stop to learn the unique story behind this one and only type feature set next to the river setting
Discover the dramatic and beautifully captivating Swallow Falls. This cascading waterfall is where the water from the mountains comes bellowing down and where force meets beauty in this idyllic setting which can be viewed on 3 levels. (small entrance fee)
We stop off at the majestic location of Tu-Hwnt-I'r Bont, the second most photographed and painted image in Snowdonia! Set next to river with the iconic bridge. This location at various times throughout the year is quite simply stunning.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infant seats for 0-3 yrs must be brought by yourselves
- Stroller prams must be small and collapsible / foldable due to minimum space
- Only small day bags allowed (no large baggage)
Reviews(457)
Amazing day tour was brilliant.Tour guide Felix was great very knowledgeable and friendly very helpful .Tom gave him some knowledge of his own about a thunder box Felix will know who he is 😂😂thank you again for an awesome day 🤗🤗
Trip was really informative as Felix gave us a good lesson on history of Wales, covered all the popular area possible in one day. Really enjoyed it and would recommend it.
Great long day tour, visited a lot of sites. Guide was very knowledgeable and chatty!
great trip Phoenix is great,really valuable
The tour was wonderful and got to see many of the sites of north Wales. Our tour guide Freddie was great very informative and funny as well.
Lovely tour! Felix was very fun to chat with and quite knowledgeable! 100% would book this again!
Good for the day out in nice weather
It really is a very good tour and Felix is a wonderful tour guide. We enjoyed the experience.
Great day out. Our guide Freddy was amazing. We all loved it.
Our guide was great, sharing interesting information during the drives. However, I think there were too many stops resulting in too short of time at some of the stops to really appreciate what we were seeing. In particular, I recommend cutting out the 2 hour stop at Portmeirion Village (which seems like a gimmicky tourist trap) and adding that time to the stops at Conwy and Caernarfon castles.
Good afternoon. You'll notice the main title of your tour is Portmeirion tour. Hence we stop for a period of time as it's north Wales most popular attraction, if we were to stay here for 20 minutes, all our guests would complain. As visiting the other places you mentioned, you have 1h 45 minutes in Conwy. As your on a 9h tour, there is only so much we can cram into a day for you. I'd advise reading your itinerary and locations with time stops in a bit more detail next time before you book, as we have 5 star reviews across the board, we can't change the tour time itinerary to suit every individual. However we do hope you enjoyed your visit to Wales and hope to see you again in future. Kind regards



