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The Conwy Valley & Snowdonia Betws-Y-Coed Betws-y-Coed The Conwy Valley Conwy THE ESSENTIAL POCKET GUIDE 2018/19 #MAKINGMEMORIES THE INSIDE STORY 04 Coastal Towns & Villages 08 07 The Conwy Valley & Snowdonia 09 Hiraethog 10 Action & Adventure 14 Heritage Attractions Conwy Castle 09 18 Natural Attractions CASTLES, COAST 20 Arts & Crafts AND COUNTRY 21 Taste Matters The Conwy Valley is flanked on the west by 22 Tourist Information Centres thick forests and to the east by the heather 10 moors of Hiraethog. All in all, it’s an area of 23 Map of Conwy County great variety, with the bustling mountain & Travel Information village of Betws-y-Coed at one end and This symbol identifies attractions that the historic town of Conwy at the other. are normally open all year round. It doesn’t get more epic than mighty Conwy Castle, a stunning World Heritage Site. Once you’ve conquered the castle, take a walk along Conwy’s ring of medieval walls and lose yourself in the town’s maze of narrow cobbled streets, sprinkled with historic houses. Get to know North West Wales’ former rulers at Conwy’s informative Princes of Gwynedd exhibition, then seek out Dolwyddelan Castle, their atmospheric stronghold deep in the mountains. Betws-y-Coed is the perfect base for climbers, cyclists and walkers seeking to test themselves against the rugged landscape of Snowdonia. For the more casual explorer there are gentle waymarked walking trails along riverbanks and through woodlands. You can take to the trees at Zip World Fforest, an aerial assault course of swings, nets and zip lines strung high in the canopy or catch a ride on the Fforest Coaster Betws-y-Coed toboggan run. Don't forget! FESTIVALS AND EVENTS While you’re here, visit the Tourist Information Centres at Don't miss out! Check our website to Betws-y-Coed and Conwy. The friendly staff will help you book see all the big events taking place in tickets and plan itineraries. And, if you haven’t already found Conwy County throughout the year. somewhere to stay, they’ll help you choose your perfect spot from visitconwy.org.uk/events our great range of accommodation, too. VISITCONWY.ORG.UK 3 ATTRACTIONS AND PLACES OF INTEREST 1 Aberconwy House ............B4 2 Boat Trips ..........................A4 3 Conwy Mussel Museum .....B5 4 Artist's impression Conwy Castle ....................D5 of Conwy Culture Centre 5 Plas Mawr ..........................B3 6 Royal Cambrian Academy ..B3 CONWY 7 Smallest House in CULTURE Great Britain ......................A4 CENTRE Coastal Towns 8 Conwy Suspension Bridge & Toll House ......................C6 9 Conwy Culture Centre .......B2 Opening Summer 2019 & VILLAGES (Opening Summer 2019) 01492 576139 Gateway to Conwy’s heritage, CHURCHES & PLACES where visitors can find out about Conwy’s history and CONWY OF WORSHIP 12 plan their visit to some of (Numbers in brackets refer the county’s most interesting Conwy is a true one-off. Well-preserved ancient to churches) places. Visitor centre, library and walls, the most intact in Europe, enclose a town Church In Wales (1) .................C3 café, featuring information and of narrow cobbled streets, nooks and crannies English Methodist (2) ..............C4 interpretation about the story Welsh Presbyterian (3) ............A3 of Conwy. chock-full of historic buildings. Roman Catholic (4) ................. C1 Conwy Castle, a World Heritage Site, was a key part of the ‘iron ring’ of fortresses built around Snowdonia in the 13th century by Edward I Conwy Playing Field to contain the Welsh. The views from the battlements, with the A B A (A55) Penmaenmawr,N River Llanfairfechan, 7 Bangor G O mountains of Snowdonia one way, the Conwy Estuary the other, R R O 3 C A O 2 are stunning. And it’s from here that the entire town comes into D 9 N W Y Q T U perspective, ringed by a circuit of walls over three-quarters of a mile E E A TR Y Long Stay S 3 B EL C long and guarded by no less than 22 towers. P T 1 A Car Park T A 6 E S N E A CH R T S ST L A 5 E E H L IG S P H T T R N E U E A Conwy ‘must-do’ is a walk along O LANCASTER T M SQUARE 1 these walls, before venturing into 2 NE To Deganwy & C LA Llandudno RY the streets below to visit places like 4 A ET EM TRE OS ILL S R Railway ROSE H Aberconwy House (a rare 14th-century Station Short Stay 8 Car Park merchant’s dwelling), Plas Mawr (the UK’s Conwy Castle best-preserved Elizabethan town house) 4 and the dinky Smallest House. And D Morfa Bach complete your history lesson by calling Long Stay Car Park LLAN into Conwy’s Tourist Information Centre RWST RD to see the exhibition that tells the story E of the Princes of Gwynedd. 1 (B5106) Llanrwst2 3 4 5 6 Other attractions include the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art and Thomas 1 Telford’s Suspension Bridge. Maritime Attraction / Place of Interest Toilets with attendant (fee) Conwy lives on along the quay with its Tourist Information Centre boat filled harbour and sightseeing Accessible toilet fitted Post Office cruises. And back in town there’s a with National Key Scheme unique mix of shops to delight and One Way Street (RADAR) lock entice everything from award-winning Pay and Display Car Park Doctors’ Surgery butchers to trendy boutiques and galleries. Toilets 4 VISITCONWY.ORG.UK VISITCONWY.ORG.UK 5 View from Deganwy Castle Penmaenmawr DEGANWY PENMAENMAWR Just across the Conwy Estuary This friendly seaside town has an at Deganwy you’ll find an array array of interesting shops and a of boutiques, great places to eat promenade complete with out and a big sand and stone skating park, paddling pool and beach with knockout views play area for children, so it’s over the mainland coast and perfect for families. And there’s Anglesey. Plus an exciting marina a row of traditional beach huts, development with quay-side too. The sandy beach is great hotel, restaurant and spa. for walks, watersports and sailing. Follow the upland walk LLANFAIRFECHAN to discover several historic sites, THE CONWY The pretty village of including Y Meini Hirion Llanfairfechan is a great place (the Druids’ Circle) dating VALLEY & to start walking in the beautiful to the Bronze age. surrounding hills from where you can take in the breathtaking SNOWDONIA views of the Irish Sea, the Menai Strait and Anglesey. Hone your castle building skills on the beach. BETWS-Y-COED The big open stretch of sandy beach is perfect for a picnic, It’s one of those places that never closes, even paddle or watersports. It’s also a great place to watch the birds on a Sunday in deep and dark December. over the nearby Traeth Lafan How could it? There’s too much demand. Nature Reserve. Llanfairfechan This bustling mountain resort is the official ‘gateway village to Snowdonia’. As well as the huge choice of outdoor activities on its doorstep, Betws’s popularity can also be explained by its outstanding PEDAL POWER range of shops selling everything from quality crafts to walking boots. In a beautiful location amongst woods and riverbanks on the edge National Cycle Route 5 is its official name, but we of the Gwydyr Forest Park, Betws has been a consistent Snowdonia know it better as the coastal bike ride between favourite since Victorian times and the coming of the railway. Its many Llanfairfechan and Kinmel Bay. Most of the route attractions include a railway museum, golf course, waymarked walks, is traffic free, and you can join at various points Swallow Falls, high ropes adventure at Zip World Fforest and its latest along the way. It’s one of the greenest ways to see addition the Fforest Coaster toboggan run. The town has an excellent our coastline and countryside. Pick up a copy of the Snowdonia National Park Information Centre with Princes of Gwynedd Conwy Cycle Route Map from Conwy or Llandudno exhibition and a room that recreates the experience of standing on the Tourist Information Centres or download from visitconwy.org.uk summit of Snowdon. 6 VISITCONWY.ORG.UK VISITCONWY.ORG.UK 7 ROWEN TREFRIW Considered by many to be the Trefriw’s long-established most attractive village in the woollen mill produces distinctive county, Rowen nestles at the foot Welsh tapestries and tweeds. of the Tal-y-Fan Mountain. Front Llyn Crafnant, a fishing lake, gardens of quaint stone cottages and Llyn Geirionydd, popular for burst with flowers in the spring watersports, hide themselves and summer and there’s a lovely away in the forested hills above. country pub, perfect for a pit-stop Explore the village’s idyllic whilst exploring the network of surroundings by following some trails and paths. of the Trefriw Trails. DOLWYDDELAN Peaceful Dolwyddelan in the Lledr HIRAETHOG Valley is perfect for touring the The main draw here is Mynydd The same can be said for surrounding countryside, walking, Hiraethog itself. This sparsely Pentrefoelas, also on the A5. climbing, canoeing, mountain populated upland expanse of Stagecoaches use to stop here biking and angling. The village heather moorland and forest, on the main route into North is renowned as the birthplace overseen by big skies, has a Wales. Today’s travellers – of Prince Llywelyn the Great. unique and haunting quality. especially chocoholics – stop off Gwydir Chapel, Llanrwst Dramatic Dolwyddelan Castle, at the Riverside Chocolate House built by Llywelyn between Cerrigydrudion is one of the and Tearoom for delicious hand- LLANRWST c.1210 and 1240, stands on its main settlements.
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