Liverpool-D3-4 of 5 -Betws-y-Coed

Betws-y-Coed (towns had to be at least 10 miles from the Castle, this town is 13 miles away) - the original "prayer-house in the woods". This was a beautiful little town where we had lunch and went to the Church. It is the location where the rivers Conwy, Liedr and Llugwy meet. On the road from London to Holyhead, the village has always been a great place to stop, since the arrival of the railway in 1668.

After a fun lunch at a local inn trying local ale, we went for a stroll through town, across the Pont-y-Pair bridge . An old monastery is known to have existed in the area in the sixth century. The oldest parts of St Michael's Church, which we visited, is dated to the fourteenth Century. We walked the old cemetery with many stones dating to the 1700's. An interesting afternoon and we also tested out Welsh Cakes before driving back on the hour or so ride to the ship in Liverpool.Read more