Places to visit during your stay.

The Glass Blobbery

Welcome to summer time at the Glass blobbery where you can buy some brilliant gifts for all occasions.You can either visit us or buy by mail order from our studio and gallery shop on line. We're open most days (10ish to 5ish), but closed on Tuesdays until 1st July 2006. If you want to see glass being worked while visiting it is best to ring to check the blobber is at it. Please ring 01490 460440. We are always pleased to welcome visitors.

Castles

Beaumaris Castle, Anglesey, regarded as the finest of the great Edwardian castles in Wales (1 hour 15 minutes by car)

Bodelwyddan Castle , magnificent, restored Victorian mansion, home of the National Portrait Gallery (1 hour by car)

Caernarfon Castle one of the most famous of Wales's many castles (1 hour 15 minutes by car)

Chirk Castle, near Wrexham, Magnificent 14th century fortress of the Welsh Marches (45 minutes by car)

Conwy Castle considered to be one of the great fortresses of medieval Europe (1 hour by car)

Criccieth Castle a landmark historic site (55 minutes by car)

Dolwyddelan Castle a 13th century mountain stronghold (40 minutes by car)

Harlech Castle one of the great castles built by Edward I

Penrhyn Castle, Bangor, 19th century fantasy castle with spectacular contents and grounds

Powys Castle & Garden Medieval castle rising dramatically above the celebrated garden (1 hr 20 minutes by car).

Beaches

Blackrock Sands.
Located on the outskirts of Porthmadog, the beach at Blackrock Sands stretches for miles and is a haven for beach games and resting. T. E Lawrence, of Lawrence of Arabia fame lived nearby and the 14th century poet Shelley is reputed to have regularly visited. See External Link!

Barmouth & Mawddach Estuary (35-45 minutes by car)

Fairborne & Mawddach Estuary (45 minutes by car)

Shell Island Llanbedr (near Harlech) (1 hour by car)

North Wales Coastal Resorts, e.g. Conwy to Prestatyn (around 1 hour by car) Llandudno & Great Ormes Head (1 hour 5 minutes by car)

Isle of Anglesey (1-1½ hours by car)

Llyn Peninsula, e.g. Abersoch, Criccieth, Pwllheli (1-1¼ hours by car)

Go-karting

Glan-y-Gors Park , Cerrigydrudion (20 minutes by car) Park
Glasfryn Activity Centre, Pwllheli (1 hour 5 minutes by car)

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Historical Sites

Valle Crucis Abbey, Llangollen (30 minutes by car)
Trefriw Woolen Mill, Trefriw, near Llanrwst (45 minutes by car)
Barmouth Bridge, Barmouth (45 minutes by car)
Celtica, Machynlleth, history of the Celtic peoples (50 minutes by car) Conwy Tubular Bridge, Conwy (1 hour by car)
Conwy Suspension Bridge, Conwy (1 hour by car)
Erddig Country House  (45 minutes by car)
King Arthur's Labyrinth, Machynlleth, (50 minutes by car)
Plas Mawr: Elizabethan Town House, Conwy (1 hour by car)
Ruthin Gaol, experience a 19th century prison (30 minutes by car)

Mines/Museums:

Celtica, Machynlleth (50 minutes by car) exhibition of the history of the Celtic peoples, with emphasis on the Welsh. Gloddfa Ganol Slate Mine, Blaenau Ffestiniog (35 minutes by car) Inigo Jones

Slate works, Groeslon, 6 miles south of Caernarfon (1 hour 15 minutes by car) Llechwedd Slate Caverns, Blaenau Ffestiniog (35 minutes by car)

Segontium Roman Fort and Museum Caernarfon (1 hour 15 minutes by car) Sygun Copper Mine, Beddgelert (50 minutes by car) Welsh Slate Museum Padarn Country Park, Llanberis, (1 hour by car)

Nature reserves and gardens:

Bodnant Garden, Conwy (55 minutes by car) a garden for all seasons.

Dyfi National Nature Reserve , Dyfed, (65 minutes by car) information centre, wildlife-rich sand dunes, estuary and peat-bogs.

Erddig Country House (45 minutes by car) early 18th formal garden, parkland, woodland walks

Lake Vyrnwy (40 minutes by car) lake and moorland, nature trails, RSPB nature reserve and visitor centre.

Mawddach Valley (45 minutes by car) woodland, includes RSPB information centre.

Powys Castle & Garden Medieval castle rising dramatically above the celebrated garden (1 hr 20 minutes by car).

Off-roading (4x4)

Land craft Off Road Tuition & Driving Centres (office in Bala) Land Rover Experience (10 minutes by car)

Electric Mountain

Visitors Centre at Dinorwig Power Station, Llanberis (1 hour by car). Ffestiniog Visitors Centre/Power Station (30 minutes by car) Trawsfynydd Power Station (25 minutes by car)

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Railways

Bala Lake Railway, Penybont to Llanuwchllyn

Conwy Valley Railway Museum (Betws-y-Coed, 35 minutes by car)

Corris Railway (Machynlleth, 50 minutes by car)

Fairbourne & Barmouth Railway (Fairbourne, 40 minutes by car)

Ffestiniog Railway (30 minutes by car) Llanberis Lake Railway (1 hour by car)

Llangollen Railway (30 minutes by car)

Snowdon Mountain Railway (Llanberis, 1 hour by car)

Talyllyn Railway, Tywyn (on the Cardigan Bay coast) to Nant Gwernol (1 hour by car)

Rowen Indoor Nature Centre :
Fairbourne (40 minutes by car)

Science: Centre for Alternative Technology Machynlleth (50 minutes by car).

Waterfalls

Pistyll Rhaeadr, Wales highest waterfall (240-ft): one of the seven wonders of Wales Rhiwargor Conwy Falls

For further information please contact Bryn Awel b&b