Conwy
A walled medieval town wrapped around one of Edward I's mightiest castles, on a tidal estuary between the mountains and the sea. Conwy is pure atmosphere — the complete circuit of town walls, the smallest house in Britain, mussel quays — and an ideal base bridging the coast and the peaks of Eryri.
Staying over?
Conwy is the most impressive castle town in Wales — stay the night and live as a ‘Jackdaw’, inside the medieval walls.
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Places from our guides, nearest first — with real driving distances from Conwy.
Conwy Castle & Town Walls World Heritage fortress 
Conwy Mountain Hillfort Castell Caer Seion 
Bodnant Garden (NT) 80 acres of world-class gardens 
Great Orme Limestone headland with Bronze Age mines 
Druid's Circle (Meini Hirion) Bronze Age circle above the sea 
Porth Eirias, Colwyn Bay The 20-minute evening paddle 
Carneddau Ridge (Bwlch y Ddeufaen) Wild ponies & standing stones plateau 
Aber Falls (Rhaeadr Fawr) 37m waterfall, easy walk 
Gwrych Castle Gothic fantasy of 'I'm a Celebrity' fame 
Llyn Geirionydd Forest lake that allows everything 
Beaumaris Castle The perfect concentric castle (never finished) Plan your Conwy trip offline
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