Location: Llanberis, Snowdonia National Park
If location is everything then Llanberis has it all. Nestling in the foot of Snowdon visitors can take in the picturesque ruins of Dolbadarn castle or row across Padarn Lake. And even when the weather is not at its kindest a visit to the Electric Mountain power station concealed deep underground will be enough to keep the most adventurous enthralled. And there is no better way of reliving the thrills of a day on the mountains than a few beers at The Heights Hotel on Llanberis High Street even has its own indoor climbing wall! The Heights is just one of many climber friendly pubs dotted along the High Street others include The Prince of Wales which includes amongst its attractions 'The Best Beer in Wales' an organist who insists on playing Auld Lang Syne all year round! For something a little less alcoholic try Pete's Eats which offers walkers their famous steaming mugs of tea and hot snacks after tackling Snowdon!
The Heights is just one of many climber friendly pubs dotted along the High Street others include The Prince of Wales which includes amongst its attractions 'The Best Beer in Wales' an organist who insists on playing Auld Lang Syne all year round!
Living life in a town or a city no matter how big or small often means that we are very rarely left to our own devices.
We can always be contacted by phone or e-mail, we can keep up with world events at the touch of a button, and all the conveniences of modern life are offered up on a plate. But experiencing the wilds of the Snowdonia National Park is chance for everyone to rediscover a sense of adventure in the greatest of the great outdoors.
Designated a National Park in 1951 Snowdonia is one of the most spectacular of the UK's 11 National Parks and the second largest after the Lake District. The Park covers 823 square miles of countryside with awesome mountain ranges and wild, unspoilt coastlines populated with all conceivable species of Wildlife. But there is more to Snowdonia than the wonders of the natural world the park is home to around 26,000 people who live and work within its confines.
It is also home to some of the remotest hill farms in the country. The men and women who work this almost uninhabitable terrain have to be as tough and hardy as the animals they farm if they are to face some of Mother Nature's most extreme elements in both the winter and summer months.