| Photographic
tour: You will explore both hidden and well known
locations all of which offer some of the best vistas and photographic opportunities
in the UK. Up before breakfast for the sunrise then off to
explore gently winding roads crisscrossing beautiful
countryside, past lakes, over mountains and through lush valleys,
visiting beaches, historic sites and places of interest
finishing off with spectacular sunsets: The tour details
depend on you!
Castles: Snowdonia
is home to so many castles they're hard to number. The most
well known such as Caernarfon and Conwy, which were built be
Edward I at the end of the 13th century, are among some of
the newer castles. You can chose to visit sites such as Abergwyngregyn,
which dates from around 1090, or Roman sites such as
Segontium, stones from which were used by Edward during the
building of Caernarfon, it's your tour you choose!
Churches and Religious
sites: From prehistoric times through the Medieval to
modern day religion has been an important part of Welsh life
with sites of interest of all types still dominating daily
life. Churches, chapels, monasteries, priories and
stone circles, to name but a few.
Prehistoric sites:
The North Wales area has been home to many civilizations beginning
with the Neolithic (5000 BC) a peoples renowned for their burial
chambers, through the Bronze age (2500 BC) were the
monuments and tombs begin to grow in size and most of the
stone circles were constructed, and on to the Romans and the
present day.
Movie Locations: Who
would have believed that Snowdonia could have been the
setting for movies such as Tomb Raider (Angelina
Jolie 2003) First Knight (Richard Gere & Sean
Connery 1995) and Inn Of The Sixth Happiness (Ingrid
Bergman 1958) all of which have had locations in Snowdonia.
The path up mount Snowdon itself was once turned into the
Khyber pass for Carry On Up The Khyber (Sid James and
the carry on crew! 1968) A tour of movie locations could
include films staring Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, Charles
Dance and Kirk Douglas to name but a few, Snowdonia is full
of surprises! Myth
and Legends: The mountains and valleys of Gwynedd have
long since been known as the land of Merlin and King Arthur,
but the legends start before this time. Names like
Vortigern, Uther Pendragon and Dinas Emrys bring the stories
to life. The battling dragons, one of which can be seen to
this day on the Welsh flag, lived far below the hills of
Snowdonia, Stories such as this come from the Mabinogion and
the 12th century writings of Geoffrey of Monmouth, but can
be related to actual places: So come and see the 'Castle' of
Merlin, mystic lakes and enchanted forests: Live the
stories! |
