"New" Bodnant Gardens, Snowdonia & Castles Tour

Discover the history and heritage of this country on this day tour of Wales. Together with your guide, you will spend the day exploring the locations that made this country what it is today. Visit the UKs most spectacular botanical garden and be amazed with its natural beauty. Visit waterfalls, the awe inspiring national park and lakes, National Slate Museum, and visit 2 Unesco world sites of Conwy Castle and Padarn Park. Photo opportunities aplenty on this fun day tour of Wales.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Great Orme, Llandudno Wales

We will meet at entrance to Llandudno pier at 8:45am. After our introduction, we will hop onto our minibus and take a drive around Great Orme's one-way road with its spectacular mountain drop off into the sea.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Conwy Castle Rose Hill Street, Conwy LL32 8LD Wales

We stop at the medieval castle town of Conwy. Enjoy a photo stop here where you can snap shots of the beautiful old castle and the city castle walls and estuary. Some may choose to spend the hour entering the main castle

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Bodnant Garden, Tal-y-Cafn LL28 5RE Wales

Visit the breathtaking & award winning botanical gardens. Grade I listed & 80 acres of formal hillside terraces, riverside dells, woods and meadows. A gardeners dream, and a lovers paradise

Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes

Stop At: Swallow Falls, Snowdonia National Park, Betws-y-Coed Wales

Visit this area of natural beauty where the river Llugwy flows through a narrow chasm creating a spectacular waterfall amongst a background of beech, conifer and birch trees. The falls can be viewed from a location above the river or there are steps leading down to a platform close to the gorge edge.

Duration: 25 minutes

Stop At: Snowdonia National Park, Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, Wales

Beautiful drive from betws y coed up into the heart of the mountain range, including lake Mymbyr, Gwynant Pass, Pen Y Pass, and Lake Padarn


Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes

Stop At: Snowdon View Point, Beddgelert, Caernarfon LL55 4NT, UK

A spectacular panoramic view of the Snowdonia summit and horseshoe. The finest view in Snowdonia showcasing lakes and mountains

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: National Slate Museum, Gilfach Ddu Country Park Padarn Country Park, Llanberis, Snowdonia National Park LL55 4TY Wales

Here you will step into the past and discover an industry and way of life that has chiseled itself into the very being of this country. Imagine the quarrymen and engineers have just put down their tools and left the courtyard for home and that's what you will witness here. There is a variety of talks and demonstrations to enjoy which will give you a real insight into the hardships of past quarry life.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Dolbadarn Castle, Llanberis, Snowdonia National Park LL55 4TA Wales

A few minutes walk up from the car park are worth the views alone. Dolbadarn Castle, built by the Welsh Prince Llywelyn the Great during the early 13th century is at the base of the Llanberis Pass and overlooks Padarn Lake. The castle was important to both militarily and as a symbol of Llywelyn's power and authority.

Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: Llanberis, Llanberis, Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, Wales

A drive through the mountain village nestled next to padarn lake and park.