Holiday Brochures and Tourist Information for Gwynedd
Snowdonia Mountains and Coast Wales Holiday Brochure
Reasons to visit - Snowdon, at 3560ft is the highest peak in Wales and England. This area of outstanding natural beauty has 200 miles of coastline, UNESCO World Heritage sites, castles, circular walks and coastal path, cycle routes, narrow gauge railways, fun and activity parks, an electric mountain, Italianate village and plenty more. The Snowdonia brochure contains comprehensive Snowdonia tourist information plus lots of Snowdonia holidays.
Gwynedd
Gwynedd is in North/West Wales and has encompassed various boundary areas throughout history.Caernarvon, the administrative center, is where the Prince of Wales is invested and Bangor is an educational center with a university. Gwynedd has many attractions, historic sites and natural beauty to offer. You can even visit the unique village of Portmeirion; made famous in the television series in the 60's The Prisoner.
For the visitor, the experience is unique. Clough Williams-Ellis built Portmeirion from 1925 to 1975 on his own private peninsula on the coast of Snowdonia. His lifelong concern was with architecture, landscape design, the protection of rural Wales and conservation generally; he strove at Portmeirion to give his ideas physical expression. All the cottages in the village are let as part of the Portmeirion Hotel and the village also has several shops and restaurants and is surrounded by the Gwyllt sub-tropical gardens and woodlands and miles of sandy beaches.