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…

Snowdonia National Park in Wales

31 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  12 minutes

Sunrise over Snowdonia © flickr.com - Hefin Owen/cc-by-sa-2.0

Sunrise over Snowdonia © flickr.com – Hefin Owen/cc-by-sa-2.0

Snowdonia, or Eryri, is a mountainous region and national park in North Wales. It contains all 15 mountains in Wales over 3000 feet high, including the country’s highest, Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), which is 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) tall. These peaks are all part of the Snowdon, Glyderau, and Carneddau ranges in the north of the region. The shorter Moelwynion and Moel Hebog ranges lie immediately to the south.   read more…

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