Llandudno: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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GBP 40 - 85 Bodnant Guest House
 Boasting many attractive original features, this beautiful Victorian building now houses a charming 4-star guest house with just 6 rooms, ensuring a w… MoreGBP 34 - 89 Bella Vista Hotel and Italian Restaurant
 With luxuriously furnished en suite rooms, this 4-star Listed Victorian town house is next to the seafront and has panoramic views of Llandudno.
Bell… MoreGBP 50 - 100 Can-Y-Bae
 Located on the seafront, the 19th-century Can-Y-Bae is an elegant escape a few minutes´ walk from the town centre and Venue Cymru. It has a bar,… MoreGBP 37 - 59 Casa Bella Guest House
 Just 300 metres from Llandudno’s Parade and sandy beach, Casa Bella Guest House has cosy rooms with free Wi-Fi. The guest house offers cooked breakf… MoreGBP 56 - 95 Kensington Hotel
 On the main seafront promenade, with stunning views of the Great Orme and Llandudno Bay, this family-run 3-star hotel offers free parking, a high stan… MoreGBP 27 - 1,089 Karden House
 This family-run guest house enjoys a peaceful location in one of Llandudno’s quiet tree-lined avenues, yet it is within easy walking distance of the… MoreGBP 28 - 69 Jenivore Hotel (Non-Smoking) - B&B
 Now under new management, Jenivore Hotel is just a few minutes’ walk from the town centre. It offers cooked breakfasts, cosy bedrooms and a friendly… MoreGBP 65 - 85 Links Hotel
 Close to all that the seaside resort of Llandudno has to offer, the Links Hotel is just across the road from the bowling alley and only 5 minutes from… MoreGBP 15 - 132 Llandudno Hostel
 Llandudno Hostel is in the town centre, less than 5 minutes´ walk from the main shopping street, train station and beach. Private and dormitory … MoreGBP 30 - 135 Manor Hotel
 The Manor Hotel is situated on the Victorian Promenade, a 2-minute walk from Venue Cymru. The comfortable Manor Hotel has free Wi-Fi and a superb view… MoreGBP 40 - 80 Lynton House
 Situated only 50 metres from the pier and the sweeping promenade, Lynton House is a superior, family-run guesthouse that has been awarded 4 AA stars f… MoreGBP 90 - 150 Imperial Hotel
 Situated on the promenade in the resort of Llandudno, a 2-minute walk to the sea, the Victorian Imperial Hotel has an award-winning restaurant, a bar … MoreGBP 40 - 130 Glenavon Guest House
 The Glenavon is a 5-minute walk from Llandudno Train Station, Llandudno town centre and the beach. It offers a varied breakfast menu, free parking and… MoreGBP 40 - 110 Del-Mar Guest House
 Resting on a wide avenue, this hotel offers bed and breakfast accommodation and a central location for local attractions.
Llandudno is one of Britai… MoreGBP 55 - 70 Craiglands Guest House
 You will be sure of a warm friendly welcome from Gwynneth and Philip when you stay at Craiglands House.
Craiglands is a fine lovingly maintained Vict… MoreGBP 15 - 60 Elsinore Hotel
 Overlooking Llandudno Beach, Elsinore Hotel is just 10 minutes from Snowdonia National Park. With free parking and free Wi-Fi, the hotel also features… MoreGBP 73 - 145 Escape Boutique B&B
 Escape is a 5-star boutique bed and breakfast, half a mile from Llandudno´s seafront. The unique bedrooms are stylish and luxurious, with flat-s… MoreGBP 75 - 85 Fourteen Guest House
 This Victorian town house is in the centre of Llandudno. It is now a family-run guest house offering home-cooked food, free Wi-Fi and en suite rooms w… MoreGBP 42 - 82 Esplanade Hotel
 Standing on Llandudno´s delightful promenade, at the very heart of the bay, this traditional, family-run traditional hotel provides the ideal ba… MoreGBP 70 - 70 Agar House
 This lovely Edwardian house is in the garden area of Llandudno, 900 metres from the West Shore beach. Rooms have free Wi-Fi and flat-screen digital TV… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Llandudno: Guide
Llandudno is a Victorian seaside resort and town in North Wales. It lies on the coast between Bangor_(Wales)|Bangor and Colwyn Bay, and has a population of about 20,000. Llandudno is just off the main rail line between Chester and Holyhead, the latter being the main ferry port for travel to Republic_of_Ireland|Ireland. Llandudno is served by a branch line from Llandudno Junction.
Understand
Llandudno has the distinction of being the largest seaside resort in North Wales. The resort lies between two notable carboniferous headlands, the Great Orme and the Little Orme with the Irish Sea on one side and the estuary of the River Conwy on the other. It is these headlands and the two waterfronts, the North Shore and the West Shore, that give Llandudno its special appeal.
Although settlements have existed on the Great Orme since the Stone Age and an Iron Age hill fort survives at Pen-y-Dinas, Llandudno was developed as a seaside resort in the Victorian era. As such, it has Victorian charm - large Victorian houses, fine hotels lining the bay, a pier, boat trips round the headland, Punch and Judy on the wide promenade, an excellent lifeboat service, and a fine theatre with ballet, opera, orchestral concerts, ice shows and pantomime in season.
Get in
By train
Through Train from London#By_train|London Euston, Mondays to Fridays 11am (3½ hours).
Through Trains from Manchester, every hour on weekdays (2½ hours).
Trains from Crewe, every hour on weekdays, change at Chester and/or Llandudno Junction.
Trains from Cardiff, every two hours on weekdays, change at Llandudno Junction.
Trains from Holyhead, every hour on weekdays, change at Llandudno Junction.
By car
From England: From the M6, take the M56 in the direction of Chester, North Wales. Take the M53 in the direction of A55, North Wales at the end of the M56. This becomes the A55, stay on this for 30 miles or so until you see signs for the A470 turn off. From here follow signs for Llandudno.
By plane
Nearest airports are Liverpool and Manchester but only Manchester is linked by train (from airport by train to Manchester Piccadily, then change train). By hire car, little to chose between the two - use the above directions.
By bus
Local buses operate from Rhyl (every ten minutes), Bangor_(Wales)|Bangor (six per hour), Caernarfon, Llanberis and Llangollen but there are no daily long distance coach services to Llandudno. National Express have a daily service from London calling at Llandudno Junction (three miles away).
Get around
Take the scenic Conwy Valley Train from Llandudno to Blaenau Ffestiniog.
Gwynedd Red Rover Tickets cost £5 for unlimited day travel on the Conwy Valley train, on all buses in Snowdonia and on all buses in the Conwy Valley and throughout western Conwy, Gwynedd and Anglesey.
See
Ride the traditional tram (built in 1902) to the summit of the Great Orme, enjoy the visitor centre and visit Randolf Turpin's Bar in the Summit Complex.
Then take a taxi (but be warned, competition is fierce!) to Broadway Boulevard, a nightclub set in a huge ex-theatre for a night of cheesy music and good times.
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Bronze Age Copper Mines, ph: (0)1492 870 447 - Recently discovered bronze age mines on the upper slopes of the Great Orme. Tours start off with a brief talk on the mine and seeing tools found in excavations, before heading down into the mines! Great fun and well worth a visit, although the tours aren't very long.
Fossils in the exposed limestone faces of Bishop's Quarry near the summit.
The Victorian Pier, the finest in Wales, second longest in Britain and one of a dwindling number of recreational piers in the country.Do
Go for walks over the Great Orme, perhaps visiting Saint Tudno's church.
Walk, cycle, drive or ride a coach around the Marine Drive. There is a toll of £2.50 for cars but that includes free parking at the summit car park, which is reached by a side road via Saint Tudno's Church.
Take the cable car from the Happy Valley to the summit of the Great Orme.
Walk in the Happy Valley and the Haulfre Gardens and enjoy the magnificent views.
Visit the Happy Valley artificial ski slope ot take the toboggan run from the top...
Ride a donkey or just enjoy the sun on either of Llandudno's two beaches, North Beach and West ShoreBuy
Eat
Drink
Visit one of the bars in the "top of town" (Upper Mostyn Street). These are
Fountain's
The Lounge
The Fat Cat Cafe
Club 147's (membership required)
The Palladium (a J.D. Wetherspoons pub) Sleep
Get out
Conwy - fantastic castle and walled town, just 5 miles away from Llandudno.
Chester - Roman walled city, 30 miles away.