The Area

Attractions Within 8 Miles

• Portmeirion (2 miles) Official Portmeirion Village website - A must visit local attraction
• Ffestiniog Railway (900 Yards) The Ffestiniog Railway is the Oldest Independent Railway Company in the World
• Criccieth Castle (5 Mile) The Welsh castle at Criccieth is a wonderful sight to behold.
• Welsh Highland Railway (30 Yards) Information about the Welsh Highland Railway - Homepage includes events
• Bear Grylls Survival Academy (5.5 miles) Survival Challenge, based on the beautiful Llyn Peninsula
• Tŷ Newydd Writer's Centre (5.5 Miles) Tŷ Newydd is the National Writing Centre of Wales
• Bron Eifion Fishing Lake (6 Miles) The 6 acre Coarse Lake is classed as a commercial fishery featured regularly on TV and in National Fishing Magazines

More Attractions

Llechwedd Slate Caverns (13 Miles) Possibly the most popular visitor attraction in North Wales!
• Electric Mountain (23 Miles) One of the world's most imaginative engineering and environmental projects
• Bodnant Garden (40 Miles) Bodnant Garden is one of the most beautiful gardens in the UK, spanning some 80 acres
• Harlech Castle (10 miles) A mighty castle superbly situated on a rocky crag
• Penrhyn Castle (30 Miles)This enormous neo-Norman castle sits between Snowdonia and the Menai Strait
• Beaumaris Castle (29 Miles) Begun in 1295, last and largest of the castles to be built by King Edward I in Wales
• Anglesey Sea Zoo (30 Miles) The Sea Zoo is an exhibition of living sealife from around the coast of Anglesey.
• Pili Palas Butterfly World (26 Miles) (Butterfly Palace). Hundreds of butterflies from all over the world can be seen here.
• Colwyn Bay Zoo (45 Miles) Set in a lovely location here on the North Wales Coast
• Centre for Alternative Technology (45 Miles) A solutions driven organisation, offering practical solutions to environmental problems.
• Snowdonia National Park The authority homepage - With useful information about Snowdonia
• Sygun Copper Mine (11 Miles) Family attraction situated in the heart of the Snowdonia National Park - Open most of the year.
• Caernarfon Castle (17 Miles) Caernarfon Castle is a World Heritage Site

Places To Eat

• The Union Inn Tremadog (Pub) ~ 01766 512 748
• The Ship Inn Porthmadog (Pub) ~ 01766 512990
• Sima Tantoori Porthmadog (Restaurant) ~ 01766 515 570
• Glaslyn Tandoori Porthmadog (Restaurant) ~ 01766 512 144
• Y Scwar Tremadog (Restaurant) ~ 01766 515451