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1 Review and 140 Opinions From A @ M Evans Wrexham This is an extremely well run hotel which is done by David an Louise...
1 Review and 342 Opinions The Quay Hotel and Spa is part of a development build in 2007, overlooking Conwy Marina. I stayed...
Ty'n Rhos Country House: Ty'n Rhos
Suet Says: We had a very large double suite with glass doors out into the garden. The price of the room included breakfast.Room 2, £99.00 per night, dogs accepted. 5...
Balam Says: The Llanberis path is the easiest, longest and the most popular of the five well-beaten paths up Snowdon, It is about 5 miles from base to summit and is well...
Balam Says: Dolbadarn Castle at Llanberis dates to the 13th century but sadly only the keep remains in solid condition but it is thought by many to be one of the finest of...
Balam Says: Bangor Cathedral is one of the earliest monastic settlements in all of the UK. being founded by St. Deiniol in the year 525 (more than 70 years before...
Balam Says: Bangor means in Welsh a wattled fence for such a fence surrounded the monastic community that once lived here, The origins of the city date back to the founding...
Balam Says: For those who don't want or can't walk (or Climb) up Snowdon there is always the Option of the train.It was in 1869 that a new branch line of the London and...
Balam Says: Segontium Roman Fort saw active service between AD77 and AD395, it was originally built in wood but was gradually rebuilt using stone from from around AD140. In...
Balam Says: Caernarfon (Carnarvon in English) is certainly the most famous of the Many Castles of Wales; Begun in 1283 on the site of what was first a Roman fort and then a...
The Black Boy Inn: A Great Old Inn (but Dissapointing Service)
Balam Says: Ever since my first visit to the Black Boy Inn in Easter 2009 i have wanted to call in again and try some of their great looking food so for my 40th Birthday...
Elena77 Says: Dolbadarn castle was set at the foot of Snowdon to control the entrance to the Llanberis Pass and the routes towards Caernarfon and the coast. It has a...
Elena77 Says: At the Snowdonia National Park between Capel Curig and Nant Peris the A4086 takes you to the Pass of Llanberis (Bwlch Llanberis), between the mountain ranges of...
nickandchris Says: This really is one of the Lleyn's finest beaches. Miles of sandy coves backed by cliffs and grassy slopes with absolutely no facilities. Glorious!! Be aware...
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Q: im thinking of visiting llanddwyn island shortly--- i may be wrong but i get the impression its quite a walk from the car park--...

A: Yes, it's a goodly trek... probably around 5 miles if you explore to the furthest tip of the 'island'. As I recall it used to take us took a good 40+ minutes each way....
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Lleyn Peninsula And Surrounds, North Wales

This is one of our favourite Welsh coastal haunts, the Land's End of North Wales. It's another one of those locations that doesn't feature on the VT. map so I've placed it under Gwynedd. We have...
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Seeing as Anglesey - a small island off the north wales coastline, but well connected by a bridge - is not in the VT database I'm using this page for sights of Anglesey. The Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn...
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Dolgellau and surrounding areas of Mid Wales

Each year, for the last 6 years, my family have holidayed in the same house with the same group of friends at the same time of year. That might sound boring and unadventurous but actually it's been......
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Gwynedd is a principal area in North/ West Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although one of the biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated....
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Now here's a thing; Anglesey doesn't exist in VT. And that's a bit of a problem for me, because I'd intended to do a couple of pages about its prehistoric sites. So this page and tips will be about......
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