Tourist attractions Caernarfon

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 ..

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..

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..

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..

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.

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..

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..

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..

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.