Conwy Attractions

Conwy castle, built by Edward I in 1289, is smaller than Beaumaris or Caernarfon castles, but it has a lot of charm. It sits at the mouth of a tidal inlet, and the views of the sea on one side and gently rolling green hills on the other are beautiful. The castle was designed to have an outer and inner ward. Each ward was protected by four towers more than 70 feet (21 m) high, 30 feet (9.1 m) in diameter and consisting of several floors. The inner ward's towers also had the additional defence of archers' turrets.

Situated above the River Conwy, Bodnant Garden is one of the most beautiful gardens in the UK spanning some 80 acres. The garden overlooks the Conwy valley towards the Carneddau range of mountains and holds great appeal to professional and amateur photographers, artists and gardeners. The Garden is separated into two parts. The upper garden around Bodnant Hall consists of informal lawns and terraced gardens whilst the lower portion (known as the 'Dell') is formed by the valley of the River Hiraethlyn and contains the Wild garden. Bodnant Garden has been carefully designed and features a wide range of interesting and beautiful plants from all over the world, particularly China, North America, Europe and Japan that are suited to the Welsh climate and soil. In addition, care and emphasis has been placed to the plant the plants and trees in such a way that they enhance each o...