Llandudno The ascent of the Great Orme by 100 year old tram cars is a captivating experience. The vehicles are cable hauled - the sole example of this form of traction outside the Americas .Wrap up warm though, (no glass in the carriage windows) and be amazed at the gradient. Observe our protected, feral goats delicately dance across the cattle grids. Then give yourself a gold star if you can figure out how the whole clever system works.. it’s tricky..

Llandudno The ‘rain shadow’ effect of the Snowdonia National Park together with the massive bulk of the Great Orme offers Llandudno a degree of protection from the southerly and westerly weather systems denied to more exposed resorts.
Taken on an annual basis the town and it’s various beaches can expect to enjoy at least 150 days of significant sunshine. However… when the wind is from the north…

Conwy Of the five Welsh strongholds of Edward 1 Conwy Castle is certainly the most spectacular and dynamic. Integrated as it is with the walled town and dominating the upper reaches of the Conwy Estuary and Lagoon it well deserves it’s status as a ‘World Heritage Site’. The ancient fortress happily co-exists with two fine examples of civil engineering from the late Industrial Revolution – Thomas Telford’s chain link suspension bridge of 1825 and Robert Stevenson’s box tubular railway bridge of 1840. Conwy Town, Harbour and Castle present a multitude of opportunities for the photographically challenged – a word of caution though. Having shot your masterpiece, don’t step back..

Menai Straits is more than a tale of two bridges. Robert Stephenson's Brittannia tubular bridge, first carried the railway to Anglesey in 1850. The earlier road bridge, designed by Thomas Telford, is just a mile to the east and was the first iron suspension bridge of its type.
   In the shadow of Telford’s bridge, on the northern bank of the straits, is Church Island and church of St. Tysilio. Church island is reached over a causeway from the promenade at Menai Bridge. The origins of the church are unclear but it is known that the current church dates from the 1400’s.
   Further east still is Bangor which, along with Llandudno, probably gives the best opportunity to see how traditional promenade piers would have looked in their heyday.