RAILWAYS OF WALES

Explore the rugged mountains and winding waterways of North Wales. Enjoy picturesque journeys aboard historic steam trains and admire delightful towns and ancient history on this Welsh adventure.

Day 1. Llandudno

Today you arrive in the town of Llandudno, where you meet your Tour Manager at your hotel for the next five nights. The town offers a perfect base for your explorations. Modern Llandudno retains its Victorian splendour and natural beauty but also offers a host of entertainments for visitors including both a tramway and a cable car to the summit of Great Orme as well as museums, public gardens and traditional seaside amusements.

Day 2. Portmeirion

Today, enjoy an excursion on the steam-hauled* Ffestiniog Railway, a narrow-gauge heritage railway in Snowdonia National Park. You travel through the beautiful scenery to Porthmadog. From here it’s on to Portmeirion, famous for its unique Italianate architectural influences, where you have free time. You may wish to visit the central piazza or Battery Square.

Day 3. Llangollen

Board the Llangollen Steam Railway^ travelling through some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK and along the banks of the River Dee to the town of Corwen. After some free time for lunch, enjoy a wonderful horse-drawn boat trip along the Llangollen canal.

Day 4. Llandudno

Your day is free, perhaps to explore Llandudno. Llandudno’s historic highlights can be easily explored on foot, and a dedicated town trail provides a recommended route which begins at the town’s library and takes in notable features, including several of Llandudno’s churches, the promenade, the railway station, the pier and two of the town’s public gardens.

Day 5. Caernarfon

A full-day excursion by coach takes you through some of the most dramatic mountain scenery in Britain to Caernarfon for a guided tour of Caenarfon Castle. Continue with a journey on the Welsh Highland Railway^, a narrowgauge line running along the foothills of the Snowdonia Mountain range, to Beddgelert. There is time to explore this pretty village before returning to Llandudno.

Day 6. Llandudno

After breakfast, your tour concludes and you are free to depart at your leisure. Alternatively, why not explore a little more of this wonderful area before heading home? ^Journeys are steam-hauled wherever possible. The itinerary order may differ dependent on departure. Please call for more details.

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