North Wales Overnight Tour

Images kindly provided by Visit Wales (left to right) Snowdon, Caernarfon Castle, Snowdon Mountain Railway

2 Days + 1 Overnight Tours
(Saturday & Sunday) 09-10 June 2012	PLACES AVAILABLE
(Monday & Tuesday) 23- Tuesday 24 July 2012	PLACES AVAILABLE
Saturday & Sunday)15-16 September 2012	PLACES AVAILABLE
*Prices in Great British Pounds (GBP) Adult £115.00 \| Concession £105.00 \| Child £50.00*
Price inclusive of Mercedes Mini-Coach , driver & tour manager
Price exclusive of castle entrance & mountain train ticket £25.00 approx, overnight stay at 3-star hotel with en suite, 3-course dinner and breakfast for £48.00 per person. Book early to avoid single room supplement charge.
* Concession=Over 60 years & Student \| Child = Over 5 years and Under 16 years.
Additional tour dates available for groups.

Day 1

From Cardiff we travel north passing the central area of the Brecon Beacons National Park, Rhayader a natural crossroads between east and west and north and south and make a refreshment stop at Llanidloes, a town which nestles in a wooded valley, in Powys in Mid Wales. The town centre is dominated by the 16th-century timbered market hall under which is an open cobbled market-place.

We continue our journey north to Snowdonia, a stunningly beautiful and mountainous land, carved by glaciers and bathed in mystery, not surprisingly became Wales’ first national park and the second biggest in England and Wales covering over 840 sq miles/ Wales’ largest National Park, Snowdonia at 823 sq miles.

Lunch stop at Beddgelert, a picturesque stone-built village, situated at the meeting point of three valleys. This is a stunning location, especially during the summer, where the houses put on view glorious floral displays. The name ‘Grave of Gelert’ refers to a legend of Prince Llewellyn the Great and his faithful hound. It was also the inspiration for Rupert the Bear!

Next stop Llanfaipwllgwyngyllgogercchwyrndrobwllantysiliogogogoch , the town with the longest place name in Wales (translates to ‘St Mary’s Church in the hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio near the red cave). We take a photo stop at the world famous railway station and chance buy a souvenir.

Final stop a guided tour at a world heritage site, Caernarfon, probably the most famous castle in Wales and rightly so. A medieval royal palace as well as an immensely strong and strikingly beautiful fortress, it was built by King Edward I, and become the birthplace of his son, the first English Prince of Wales. The castle overlooks the Menai Straits, and was the setting for the investiture of twenty first prince of Wales, HRH Prince Charles in 1969. The walled town has quaint narrow streets and a stylish redeveloped waterfront.

Day 2

After breakfast travel along Llanberis Pass, where, heart-stopping rock faces peppered with tiny climbers, shattered screes spilling down gullies, random giant boulders deposited by ice sheets 10,000 years ago, and the razor-sharp mountain skyline above.

A visit to Snowdonia would not be complete without a trip on the famous Snowdon Mountain Railway. On the northern side of Snowdon, the town of Llanberis, a former slate-mining community with a superb lakeside is where we start our train journey. The train chugs its way 1085 metres to the summit of Snowdon, to the ‘top of the world’ where you can breathe in the clean air and breathtaking views from Hafod Eiyri at the very summit of Mount Snowdon. At the top you have got time for photos, and a cup of tea or beer at the summit cafe, and even send a postcard franked with the distinctive Snowdon postmark.

We continue our return journey southbound to our lunch stop Dolgellau (pronounced Dol-gethl-aye) a handsome, dark-stoned market town set beneath Cader Idris Mountain (2930 ft/893m), the legendary ‘Chair of Idris’. The mountain takes its name from Idris, the giant poet, astronomer and philosopher of Welsh mythology. The town narrow streets and open main square have a good range of inns and shops.

From Dolgellau we travel southbound arriving at Cardiff approx 6pm.

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