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HOLIDAYS IN WALES

The Coast and Highlands of North

Wales for Solo Travellers 6 Days from £459
Departure
Craggy mountains, deep valleys and crystal-clear lakes are typical Oct 2021
of the countryside scenery of North Wales.

Llanfair PG

Ffestiniog Steam Railway Portmeirion
HIGHLIGHTS Day 1 Home Connect service, then by coach to Ffestiniog, with its slate mines, once a key
• Ffestiniog Steam Railway our hotel in North Wales for five nights. D part of North Wales industry. Join the steam-
hauled train that runs along a 13½ mile line to
• Penrhyn Castle Day 2 North Wales Coastline, Llandudno the mountains of Blaenau Ffestiniog through
Included Excursions and Penrhyn Castle Included excursion, as tranquil pastures and magnificent forests,
we pass sandy beaches and coastal towns,
• North Wales Coastline, Llandudno such as Colwyn Bay. Our first port of call past lakes and waterfalls, through tunnels
and Penrhyn Castle is Llandudno. Two miles of sandy beaches and round horseshoe bends. After time in
• Welsh Highlands, Ffestiniog Steam and a fine Victorian promenade, curve Porthmadog, we head to Portmeirion, designed
in the style of an Italian village and used as
Railway and Portmeirion between the two headlands, Little Orme and the location in many films and TV shows, most
• Chester Great Orme. You may wish to take a scenic noticeably ‘The Prisoner’. B,D
tramway ride or a cable car to the top of the
Optional Excursion 700-feet high Great Orme’s Head, where Day 4 Chester Join our included excursion
• Isle of Anglesey the views are breath-taking. We later visit to the medieval city of Chester. The most
Also Includes the huge 19th century fantasy – Penrhyn complete walled city in Britain, Chester is the
Castle. A neo-Norman castle crammed with
historic gem of North West England. B,D
• 5 nights hotel with Welsh breakfast fascinating items, such as a one-ton slate bed
and 5 evening meals made for Queen Victoria, elaborate carvings, Day 5 Day at leisure or Isle of Anglesey
• No single room supplement plasterwork and mock-Norman furniture, Optional excursion to Anglesey. We cross the
Menai Straits and head first to the village of
• Sole use of your own room an outstanding collection of paintings and a Llanfair PG (or Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogery-
• Two nights of entertainment, including fascinating industrial railway museum. B,D chwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch), made
one night with the Welsh Male Voice Choir Day 3 Welsh Highlands, Ffestiniog famous for having the longest place name in
• Porterage at the hotel Steam Railway and Portmeirion A day of Britain. We continue to Beaumaris, where there
• Home Connect magnificent scenery, as we enjoy a ride on the is a magnificent castle, one of many in the
Ffestiniog Railway. We head first to Blaneau
(see pages 6 & 7 for your nearest) region built by Edward I. B,D
Day 6 Return home. B
YOUR HOTEL Included Meals: B=Breakfast, D=Dinner
You will stay for five nights at the 3-star
Beaufort Park, situated in the Flintshire
countryside, only two miles from the market
town of Mold. The hotel is an ideal base NORTH AND SOUTH DEPARTURES:
to explore North Wales, Snowdonia and Tour Code: W6UCHS
Cheshire.
Oct 10 2021 £459
Chester Optional excursions are at extra cost.

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