Our Area
CRICCIETH is a pleasant, unspoilt seaside town and is ideal for year round holidays, an enjoys very mild climate of the Gulf Stream. Our Winters are mild and Spring and early Summer are very warm, providing an excellent time for early and off-season short breaks. In 2006 Criccieth beach won The Blue Flag Award and The Seaside Award for the high standard of cleanliness, facilities and water qualities.
Criccieth Golf Course is a mile north of the town and has unrivalled views of the Cardigan Bay and the mountains beyond.
Criccieth Castle dating from the reign of Llywelyn the Great (1200 - 1240) stands on a hill above the sea overlooking the bay towards Harlech. At the entrance to the Castle there is an exhibition entitled 'Castles of the Welsh Princes'.
Criccieth has a choice of excellent restaurants, cafés and bistros; and is also the home of the world famous award winning 'Cadwaladers Ice Cream'
LLANYSTUMDWY is 21/2 miles away and is renownd as the "Lloyd George" village where you'll find a Museum on the history and life of this great man.
RHOS COUNTRY COTTAGES provide and excellent base to explore the Llyn Peninsula and Snowdonia and are:
9 miles PORTHMADOG where you'll find the Ffestiniog and the Welsh Highland Railway Stations, an interesting Maritime Museum, a Motor Museum and Snowdon Pottery where children enjoy trying their hands at throwing a pot. Also nearby is the Blackrock Sands with its long stretch of sandy beach.
12 miles PORTMEIRION the lovely Italiane Village which is where "The Prisoner" was filmed. Also Portmeirion Pottery is well known througout the world.
16 miles HARLECH with its clifftop medieval Castle, a World Heritage Site. Royal St. David's Golf Course and miles of sandy beach. Nearby is Shell Island named for the variety of its shells.
25 miles BARMOUTH a traditional seaside resort with promanade and small fairground.
13 miles CAERNARFON with its mighty Castle, built in the 13th centuy by Edward 1; and was where the Investiture of the Prince of Wales took place in 1969.
13 miles BEDDGELERT known as "The Alpine Village of Wales" where you can walk through the lovely Aberglaslyn Pass, take a guided tour around the Sygun Copper Mine, and visit Gelert's Grave - the legend of faithful hound of Prince Llywelyn.
19 miles PORTH NEIGWL (Hell's Mouth) miles of south-west facing, almost deserted sandy beach with some of the best surf in Wales.
18 miles ABERSOCH a sailing centre with harbour and fine beaches.
30 miles BETWS Y COED and Swallow Falls. Many interesting shops at Betws y Coed
15 miles LLANBERIS village which is in a superb lakeside location, and is a popular centre for walkers and climbers at the foot of mount SNOWDON , from where starts the Snowdon Mountain Railway, and Padarn Lake Railway. Here also is National Slate Museum, the Hydro Electric Mountain and Dolbadarn Castle.
