Port
Holyhead, Wales, United Kingdom
Activity Level
Moderate
Excursion Type
All
Wheelchair Accessible
No
Starting At
$149.95
Minimum Age
Information Not Currently Available
Duration
Approximately 6¾ Hours
Meals Included
Meals not included
Join this fascinating tour to travel on the old Ffestiniog slate train. A miniature steam-hauled train runs along a 13.5-mile narrow-gauge line connecting the mountains at Blaenau Ffestiniog with the coast at Porthmadog.
Travel by coach through the farmlands of Anglesey, crossing the Menai Strait to the mainland and entering mountainous Snowdonia National Park. Here, deep in the Colwyn Valley, lies picture-postcard Beddgelert village with traditional stone-built, slate-roofed cottages. The Colwyn River snakes under the twin arches of the old stone bridge.
Leave the coach in the slate-mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog and board the train for the 1.10-hour journey along the original railway's route.
Disembark the train in the attractive, busy little Porthmadog, built on land reclaimed from the sea in the 19th century. Porthmadog was once a flourishing slate port, with the narrow-gauge Ffestiniog Railway completed in 1836, bringing slate from the quarries of Blaenau Ffestiniog. The railroad closed in 1964 but has since been restored and re-opened. Enjoy free time in Porthmadog before reboarding your coach for the return drive to Holyhead.
Notes:
This tour is non-refundable 14 days prior to the date of the call. Photo stops in Snowdonia National Park are subject to traffic conditions on the day. Tour sequence may vary.