| Beautiful North Wales

Something has shifted in how people think about where to live. The pull of city life has weakened for many, replaced by a growing appetite for space, scenery, and a genuinely different pace of daily life. North Wales has become one of the clearest beneficiaries of this shift, and for anyone drawn to the idea … Read more

Llandudno rarely gets mentioned in the same breath as Britain’s classic walking destinations, which is a shame, because the town sits at the edge of some genuinely rewarding coastal and headland walking. For anyone planning a few days built around getting outside, hotels in Llandudno near the Great Orme make an obvious and practical base. … Read more

If you’re thinking about booking a break in North Wales, such as a visit to a hotel in Caernarfon, autumn could be the perfect time to visit. As summer fades, the landscape takes on a beautiful new character, with golden woodland, crisp mornings, dramatic skies and quieter roads and attractions. While summer is traditionally a … Read more

For many cruise and ferry passengers, a stop in port represents a rare and often limited opportunity to step ashore and experience a destination before continuing the journey. When that port happens to be in North Wales, the choice of how to spend those precious hours ashore can make an enormous difference to the overall … Read more

  North Wales is one of the most scenically dramatic and culturally distinctive parts of the United Kingdom. From the jagged ridgelines of Eryri, known to the world as Snowdonia, to the wide, empty beaches of the Llyn Peninsula and the ancient castles that punctuate the landscape at every turn, it is a region that … Read more

For much of the past century, the direction of travel for ambitious families was clear: move towards the cities, towards opportunity, towards the economic centres of gravity. That pattern has not reversed entirely, but it has shifted in ways that are reshaping the property markets of coastal and rural areas across the United Kingdom, and … Read more

In an age of Airbnb, glamping pods and boutique boltholes in converted barns, the classic British seaside hotel might seem like a relic. But spend a night or two in a well-run seafront hotels in Llandudno and you will quickly be reminded of why this type of accommodation has endured for well over a century. … Read more

For most of the past century, the flow of residential property interest in the UK has run in one direction: outward from London and the major English cities, radiating into the home counties and beyond as buyers chased affordability and space while clinging to the edges of commuter feasibility. North Wales barely featured in that … Read more