Tourist attractions Beaumaris

Conwy Castle, a masterpiece of medieval architecture, was supplied from the sea, as were the other Welsh castles built by Edward I (king from 1272 to 1307). It was built between 1283 and 1287. Eight massive drum towers with pinnacled battlements prot..

Building work began in 1283 under Master James of St George who built for his royal patron a castle with walls decorated with bands of coloured stone and polygonal towers like those in Constantinople. Grandiose in design, it was to serve as the seat ..

The castle, on the UNESCO heritage list, is one of the fortress towns built by Edward I in Wales. Although never finished, it is the finest example of a concentric castle. It is surrounded by a moat and has a fortified dock, with moorings for ships o..

This extraordinary reconstruction of a castle from the Middle Ages was built between 1820 and 1830 by architect Thomas Hopper for Georges Dawkins Pennant, the fabulously wealthy heir to a Penrhyn slate quarry fortune. Behind the façade of an impregna..

Home of the marquis of Anglesey, this late 18C manor stands on a magnificent site. With its 68ha park and garden overlooking the mounts of Snowdonia, it was given to the National Trust in 1976. In 1936, the artist Rex Whistler was commissioned to d..

The Snowdon Mountain Railway (1896) is the only rack railway of this type in Great Britain. It takes you to the highest summit in England or Wales (1 085m). At the top, on a clear day, the beautiful panoramic view stretches to the island of Anglese..

Bodnant Garden (40ha), laid out around one hundred years ago, offers the visitor formal terraces around the house and The Dell , an area of shrubbery and woodland walks. Noted for rhododendrons, camellias and magnolias, it is also famed for the Lab..

Built in the 14C, this church served the town that developed around the castle. Beneath the portico is the tomb of Princess Joan, daughter of King John and wife of Llywelyn the Great.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch: the true name of this village means "St Mary's Church in a hollow of white hazel trees near a rapid stream not far from the red cave near St Tysilio's Church" (usually abbreviated ..

This modern museum on the outside of the village admirably explains the identity of the Isle of Anglesey. Aside from the imaginative reconstructions of the island's rich past, the museum covers current problems too. It has reconstruction of the works..

Conwy's medieval town walls are magnificent. 11m high and 2m thick, they girdle the town on three sides and boast 22 towers and 3 gateways. In the High Street, at the corner of Crown Lane, is Plas Mawr, a superb mansion built in 1577. Aberconwy Ho..

Situated outside the town, near to Segontium, this is the parish church of Caernarfon. Peblig, said to be the son of Magnus Maximus, supposedly returned to introduce Christianity. The church is mainly 14C and contains a striking alabaster tomb in the..

Three bridges span the estuary of the River Conwy. The earliest, an elegant suspension bridge, was built in 1826 and is now reserved for pedestrians. The second, an iron bridge, dates from 1848, and the third was built in the 1950s. There is also a t..

The town appears to be tucked away behind the castle. The 734 m-long walls with eight towers and two gateways encircle the medieval town and were built at the same time as the castle.

The Roman auxiliary fort of Segontium, overlooking Caernarfon town, is one of the most famous in Britain. The remains of the Roman buildings are on view to the public. The museum tells of the conquest and occupation of Wales by the Roman army. Also d..