Travel Guide of Caernarfon in United Kingdom by Influencers and Travelers
Caernarfon is a royal town, community, and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,852. It lies along the A487 road, on the eastern shore of the Menai Strait, opposite the Isle of Anglesey.
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1 - Llanberis
8 km away
Llanberis is a village, community and electoral ward in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern bank of the lake Llyn Padarn and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales.
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2 - Dinas Dinlle
7 km away
Dinas Dinlle is a small settlement in Gwynedd, north-west Wales which is also, historically, part of Caernarfonshire.
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3 - Hiking / Trekking in Snowdonia National Park
7 km away
Tick off your bucket list this once-in-a-lifetime hike to conquer the summit of Snowdon known in Welsh as Yr Wyddfa and explore this nature reserve with its unique flora and fauna. You'll reach the highest point in the British Isles o...
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4 - Snowdon Mountain Railway
10 km away
The Snowdon Mountain Railway is a narrow gauge rack and pinion mountain railway in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is a tourist railway that travels for 4.7 miles from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales.
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5 - Ynys Llanddwyn
10 km away
Ynys Llanddwyn is a small tidal island off the west coast of Anglesey, northwest Wales. The nearest settlement is the village of Newborough.
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6 - Canyoning in Gwynedd
Open to all levels of ability. Gorge walking is everything your mother told you not to do in rivers. Jumping off waterfalls, abseiling down cliffs into plunge pools sliding down rocks, scrambling under rocks! and most of all getting wet and having fu...
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7 - Snowdon Peak
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8 - National Trust - Carneddau and Glyderau
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9 - Kayaking in Gwynedd
Outdoor Adventures now only offer sit-on kayaking as opposed to traditional kayaking and canoeing. The reason for this is that over the years we have found participants tend to feel trapped and confined in traditional kayaks, and find it difficult to...
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10 - Menai Suspension Bridge
11 km away
The Menai Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. Designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826, it was the world's first major suspension bridge. The bridge still carries road traffic and is a Grade I listed structure.
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11 - Y Fron
14 km away
Y Fron, also known locally as Cesarea, after the chapel, is a country village on the south-west side of Moel Tryfan, overlooking the Nantlle Valley, in North Wales, near Rhosgadfan and Carmel, on the tail of Mynydd Mawr, with epic views of Trum Y Ddysgl and Craig Cwm Silyn.
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12 - Rock climbing in Gwynedd
Open to all levels of ability. Involves climbing on an attached rope up single pitch climbs. This is suitable for beginners and intermediate climbers who wish to develop their climbing technique. You will have the opportunity to learn about rope rigg...
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13 - Snowdon
15 km away
Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales, at an elevation of 1,085 metres above sea level, and the highest point in the British Isles outside the Scottish Highlands. It is located in Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd.
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14 - Y Garn
15 km away
Y Garn is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, part of the Glyderau. It is one of the Welsh 3000s — the 15 summits in Wales over 3,000 feet in height. It is the tenth-highest peak in Wales.
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15 - Mountain bike in Gwynedd
Open to all levels of ability. As a registered centre for mountain bike leader training, you are in the right hands to really develop your technical skills and learn new ones. You will get involved in drop-offs, technical climbing, single track, bunn...
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16 - Betws-y-Coed
15 km away
Betws-y-coed is a village and community in the Conwy valley in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located in the historic county of Caernarfonshire, right on the boundary with Denbighshire, in the Gwydir Forest.
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17 - Llyn Idwal
16 km away
Llyn Idwal is a small lake that lies within Cwm Idwal in the Glyderau mountains of Snowdonia. It is named after Prince Idwal Foel, a grandson of Rhodri Mawr, one of the ancient Kings of Wales.
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18 - Llanberis Pass
16 km away
The Llanberis Pass in Snowdonia carries the main road from the south-east to Llanberis, over Pen-y-Pass, between the mountain ranges of the Glyderau and the Snowdon massif. At the bottom of the pass is the small village of Nant Peris.
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19 - Glyder Fawr
17 km away
Glyder Fawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, Wales, the highest peak in the Glyderau range at just over 1,000 metres, having had its height recalculated in 2010 using GPS.
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20 - Pen yr Ole Wen
17 km away
Pen yr Ole Wen is the seventh highest mountain in Snowdonia and in Wales. It is the most southerly of the Carneddau range. The mountain lies to the north of Idwal Cottage youth hostel on the A5 road, from where it has a pyramidal appearance.
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21 - Beaumaris Castle
18 km away
Beaumaris Castle, in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales, was built as part of Edward I's campaign to conquer north Wales after 1282. Plans were probably first made to construct the castle in 1284, but this was delayed due to lack of funds and work only began in 1295 following the Madog ap Llywelyn uprising.
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