Portmeirion in Wales

3 June 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Hotels Reading Time:  15 minutes

Piazza © flickr.com - Mike McBey/cc-by-2.0

Piazza © flickr.com – Mike McBey/cc-by-2.0

Portmeirion is a folly tourist village in Gwynedd, North Wales. It lies on the estuary of the River Dwyryd in the community of Penrhyndeudraeth, 2 miles (3.2 km) from Porthmadog and 1 mile (1.6 km) from Minffordd railway station. Portmeirion was designed and built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1975 in the Baroque style and is now owned by a charitable trust. It has served as the location for numerous films and television shows, most famously as “the Village” in the 1960s television show The Prisoner.   read more…

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