North Wales
Jun 10th, 2008, 05:24 PM
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Hello,
We were guests at the Bryn last year at this time; our stay in N Wales was one of the highlights of our UK trip. Alison is a great hostess. We arrived at the Bryn late after driving from London via Warwick Castle during the rains/floods of last year. Alison gave us a warm welcome and led us up to our two beautiful rooms, where wonderful cookies and a view of the castle at night awaited us.
We had great breakfasts each morning in the bright breakfast room. Alison is happy to make suggestions for your day. For us, the first day included a walk around the town walls to the castle. After a tour of the castle on our own, we headed into town and checked out Plas Mawr, which is billed as the finest Elizabethan town house remaining in Britain.
Afterwards, we stopped in Edwards of Conwy on High Street, where you will find cases of interesting cheeses, sausages, and meat pies--perfect makings for a picnic. We grabbed some meat pies and drinks and headed out to a bench near the gardens overlooking the town. The folks behind the counter at Edwards are very friendly and the pies are delicious (we stopped back two days later on our way out of town).
In the afternoon, we took a hike that Alison recommended in the hills behind the Bryn. Dinner at the pub in the Castle hotel (very good).
The following day we drove down to Caernarfon Castle and spent the morning there. In the afternoon, we drove over to the Snowdon Mountain Railway. We took the train up (at that time it was not stopping at the top because of construction). They give you a few minutes to walk around at the station. We decided to hike down instead and enjoyed it. It was a pretty easy hike down at that point and it is a clear path with wonderful views.
That night, we had hoped to eat at the Conwy Bistro but did not have reservations, so we ended up at Amelies instead. We had a nice meal there and would recommend it.
If we had additional time, Electric Mountain might have been interesting (Alison recommended), or perhaps one of the slate mines.
Enjoy!
We were guests at the Bryn last year at this time; our stay in N Wales was one of the highlights of our UK trip. Alison is a great hostess. We arrived at the Bryn late after driving from London via Warwick Castle during the rains/floods of last year. Alison gave us a warm welcome and led us up to our two beautiful rooms, where wonderful cookies and a view of the castle at night awaited us.
We had great breakfasts each morning in the bright breakfast room. Alison is happy to make suggestions for your day. For us, the first day included a walk around the town walls to the castle. After a tour of the castle on our own, we headed into town and checked out Plas Mawr, which is billed as the finest Elizabethan town house remaining in Britain.
Afterwards, we stopped in Edwards of Conwy on High Street, where you will find cases of interesting cheeses, sausages, and meat pies--perfect makings for a picnic. We grabbed some meat pies and drinks and headed out to a bench near the gardens overlooking the town. The folks behind the counter at Edwards are very friendly and the pies are delicious (we stopped back two days later on our way out of town).
In the afternoon, we took a hike that Alison recommended in the hills behind the Bryn. Dinner at the pub in the Castle hotel (very good).
The following day we drove down to Caernarfon Castle and spent the morning there. In the afternoon, we drove over to the Snowdon Mountain Railway. We took the train up (at that time it was not stopping at the top because of construction). They give you a few minutes to walk around at the station. We decided to hike down instead and enjoyed it. It was a pretty easy hike down at that point and it is a clear path with wonderful views.
That night, we had hoped to eat at the Conwy Bistro but did not have reservations, so we ended up at Amelies instead. We had a nice meal there and would recommend it.
If we had additional time, Electric Mountain might have been interesting (Alison recommended), or perhaps one of the slate mines.
Enjoy!
