Highlights
Barmouth Beach
This traditional seaside resort features a lengthy sand beach, a picturesque harbour and the sublime Mawddach estuary. Depending on the tide, the bay reflects its mountainous surrounds like a mirror and there are a wide variety of water sports available including paddle boarding and sailing.
Barmouth Harbour
Barmouth has links to Henry Tudor, the Titanic and the founding of Britain's National Trust. Walking, kite and yacht festivals are frequent features of Barmouth Harbour's year-round events programme. Explore the alleyways of The Rock, the oldest part of the town, where you can find crab and lobster fresh from the bay at any number of its restaurants.
Barmouth Bridge
This spectacular construction stretches the full width of the River Mawddach estuary, carrying the Cambrian Coast Railway. The Grade II listed structure is one of the longest timber viaducts still operational in Britain and features a swing bridge section that allows ships to pass.
Dolgoch Falls
Take a hike through the beautiful Tal Y Llyn Valley in Southern Snowdonia National Park and pass through an emerald carpet of ferns and mosses to Dolgoch Falls. Traversing the rocky hill in an irregular maze of rivulets, the falls wend their way serenely through the forest until they gather force and drop steeply off in a thunderous downpour of white water. These woods are also full of fascinating wildlife.
Tal Y Llyn Lake
The largest glacial lake in North Wales, this skinny stretch of water is formed by a massive landslide damming up the water within the valley. Surrounded by the glacial valley, like a gigantic scar in the landscape, this is a spectacular natural phenomenon. Take a boat out on its surface and wonder at the tranquility of this idylic spot.
