The lovely village of Betws-y-Coed is referred to as the 'gateway to Snowdonia', and is a famous vacation spot for visitors who need to discover all that the mountainous Snowdonia location has to provide.
While many vacationers go to Betws-y-Coed for the large selection of outdoor sports on offer in Snowdonia, many others are drawn to the history and heritage of the vicinity. In Betws itself, and in the surrounding areas, there are many fantastic background and historic attractions which are properly worth a go to; here are four to get you commenced.
Conwy Castle
Only half of an hour's drive from Betws-y-Coed is Conwy Castle. The fortress, built among 1283 and 1289 and rich in background, is about inside the coronary heart of Conwy, evoking a medieval sense to the town.
Built as part of the "iron ring" of walled cities in North Wales by way of the English monarch Edward I, the citadel paperwork part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site that consists of Caernarfon, Harlech and Beaumaris Castles. The perspectives from the battlements are great and that is a part of the reason why it is nevertheless so pretty appeared nowadays. The perspectives and its historical presence make Conwy Castle a perfect area for pictures lovers, supplying out of the everyday imagery and putting.
Ty Hyll ("The Ugly House")
In real truth, the Ugly House isn't always honestly 'ugly' in any way or shape. It is the most idyllic, picturesque little stone residence set in the front of a lovely forestry backdrop. The story goes that it changed into built with the aid of two outlaw brothers in one night within the 15th century. Based on vintage Welsh regulation, if you could construct 4 walls and feature smoke coming out of the chimney earlier than dawn, freehold of the land is yours. With this, the period of the land from which you may throw an awl from the residence might additionally be yours.
Although the strong structure of the house proves that being built in a single night became now not feasible, there's evidence to indicate that the law did in truth exist. Its name is notion to have derived from its first owners, who had an 'unsightly' outlaw nature.
Now owned by means of the Snowdonia Society, Ty Hyll is in the very last levels of a £90,000 programme of preservation work to convert the building into a tea room, facts centre, and haven for honey bees.
Capel Garmon Burial Chamber
Only a quick manner from Betws-y-Coed sits the Capel Garmon Burial Chamber in the small village of the identical call.
Dating again to the 0.33 millennium BC, the tomb is considered a nicely known archaeological site in Wales. The tomb includes an front to a small passage with chambers looking east and west and false circular portals believed for use for ceremonial purposes.
Today the tomb holds handiest one last capstone that is 14 toes extensive, with the big, flat stone overlooking a massive location of the tomb. Its present day front turned into formed throughout the 19th century for use as a solid. The actual front is clearly on the south side of the tomb.
Only small pieces of Neolithic pottery were discovered within the tomb, along with lines of bone. The area across the burial chamber gives some incredible perspectives of Snowdonia and is set in an area of real splendor.
Ty Mawr Wybrnant, Penmachno
This 500 12 months vintage farmhouse, carefully restored to its sixteenth-seventeenth century look, become home to Bishop William Morgan, first translator of the Bible into Welsh.
The antique farmhouse is domestic to an array of Bibles in nearly a hundred languages from all around the world. When you go to Ty Mawr Wybrnant, you get an possibility to enjoy how Bishop Morgan without a Ephesian Tourism & DMC lived: with out power or any of the comforts we've got grow to be conversant in nowadays!
Situated inside the beautiful Wybrnant Valley subsequent to a picturesque footbridge, the 'big house' gives a lovable scenic area with mountain and forestry backdrop; a really perfect place for a picnic. There is also a forest and animal path main from the residence so the circle of relatives can familiarize yourself with the encircling nature too.
The residence is open to the general public Thursday to Sunday with a small admission charge.