Conwy, United Kingdom Travel Journals & Blogs

Knights of the Island
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- May 16, 2023, 6:02pm
- ☀️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- Wales Conwy Conwy Castle 53.280053, -3.82544753°16’48” N 3°49’32” W
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King Arthur in Topform
May 16, 2023 in Wales ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Auf den Spuren der Ritter der Tafelrunde fanden wir in Conwy den Felsen, in dem Merlin das Schwert Excalibur versenkt hatte. Es hielt aber nicht lange stand, den Claudius hat‘s rausgezogen 💪🏼😁
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Traveler UK and Ireland
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- Apr 22, 2023, 11:53am
- Altitude: 10 m
- Wales Conwy Aberconwy Abbey (Conwy, Wales) 1199-1283 53.281667, -3.82833353°16’54” N 3°49’42” W
Day 26
Conwy
April 22, 2023 in Wales
The rest of the town is also neat! The views of the quay are from the bridge next to the suspension one. The house featured is Plas Mawr, considered the best-preserved Elizabethan house in Britain. The white-timbered house with the stone base is the oldest non-castle related house in Conwy (from the 1400s). The red house really is the smallest house in Britain.Read more
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Traveler Knights of the Island
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- May 10, 2022, 6:35pm
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- Wales Conwy Aberconwy Abbey (Conwy, Wales) 1199-1283 53.282097, -3.8279553°16’56” N 3°49’41” W
Day 5
Kleinestes Haus der Insel in Conwy
May 10, 2022 in Wales ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
In Conwy fanden wir neben einer sehr schönen Burg auch das kleinste Haus der ganzen Insel.
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Traveler Cliche U.K. Wanderlust Blog
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- Oct 23, 2018, 7:14pm
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitude: 65 m
- Wales Conwy 53.27859, -3.8388453°16’43” N 3°50’20” W
Day 8
Small Improvements
October 23, 2018 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
It wasn't until I had already had a handful of "chips" and a few bits of my lava-hot food that I realized that the lamb moussaka has aubergine (eggplant) in it, which I hate, and surprisingly didn't mind. Either this restaurant is the best at making food I don't like and I should have had mushrooms too, or I was very hungry, possibly a combination. In the end though it was a highly satisfying, very filling meal. I also manage to luck out with the locals again and they were able send me on my way to the hostel, as well as recomend a nice way to drive to Cardiff. On my way over I didn't stall the car once! Upon arrival I got the perfect parking spot, a popsicle, and even a bottom bunk; obviously things are going well. It may only be 7, and I'm sure there's plenty of things to do, but I think I like my lazy way of traveling. Tonight will be about more quality time reading, and tomorrow the adventure will start all over again.

P.S. I feel as if I'll come home with insane legs from all these stairs I've been climbing, or at the very least, the ability to climb more stairs than before.Read more
Traveler Why shouldn’t your legs match your head—iNsAnE?!?! Aubergine indeed! I knew eventually you’d like eggplant; I’m just bummed it wasn’t a dish I made. Of course, you wouldn’t have tried it if you’d known. Love the updates! Love you.
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Traveler You'll have really toned legs
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Knights of the Island 2022
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- May 10, 2022, 6:30pm
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- Wales Conwy Aberconwy Abbey (Conwy, Wales) 1199-1283 53.282362, -3.82863853°16’57” N 3°49’43” W
Day 4
Kleinstes Haus Großbritanniens
May 10, 2022 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Nur 3.05 x 1.83 Meter 😃 und ne schöne Burg hab’s auch noch
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Traveler UK 2019
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- May 20, 2019
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
- United Kingdom Grand-Est Foug Aberconwy Abbey (Conwy, Wales) 1199-1283 53.28287, -3.8294853°16’58” N 3°49’46” W
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Day 23
Conwy and Caernarfon
May 20, 2019 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Up for a yummo Breakfast and then off for the day, first stop was Conwy Castle how fantastic that these are still in existance for us to look at, touch and be allowed to dream just a little about what it would have been like. We then drove to The Great Orme Head which can be got to by cable car, tram, or driving,. We opted for the cable car going up , which for me was a huge challange as I am really bad at heights, so with great fear I got on, pretty much begging Derek not to even breathe lol. Was it worth it.....yes it was , it was amazingly stunning as I hope the pics will tell. Went back down via the tram which was fun, We then went to Caernarfon Castle which is in a beautiful coastal area, another stunner of a place, a little bit more polished than the others as it is still owned by the Royal family, on our way make to our hotel we went through Snowdonia OMG it was breataking, I literally just kept oohhhing and arhhhing the entire time, it was like nothing Ihad ever seen before, back to our hotel for another yummo dinner.Read more
so peaceful. Mark
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beautiful. mark
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Traveler Beautiful 😍
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Axel Petersen Schottland, Irland, Wales
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- Oct 24, 2022
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- Wales Conwy Aberconwy Abbey (Conwy, Wales) 1199-1283 53.282067, -3.82807953°16’55” N 3°49’41” W
Day 51
Conwy
October 24, 2022 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Ein netter Ort!
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Knights of the Island 2022
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- May 10, 2022
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- Wales Conwy Aberconwy Abbey (Conwy, Wales) 1199-1283 53.282328, -3.82847253°16’56” N 3°49’42” W
Day 4
Smallest house in UK
May 10, 2022 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Boris is bigger than a house
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The Travels of Paula Scotland, Wales & England 2017
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- Aug 13, 2017
- ⛅ 63 °F
- Altitude: Sea level
- Wales Conwy River Conwy 53.29141, -3.8290453°17’29” N 3°49’45” W
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Day 5: Chester & North Wales Coast
August 13, 2017 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Today we headed for Wales. Our first step was a "truck stop" where John got a Red Bull. At the stop there was also a Starbucks, a Subway and a Krispy Kreme shop. Our next stop was Chester which is one of the two walled cities in England. John and I stopped at an ATM before heading out to explore. Since it was close to lunchtime, we stopped in a shop and got a shop and purchased a Cornish pasty for me and a sausage roll for John. Then lunch in hand, we began our wanderings through Chester.

We walked the length of the top of the wall. The far end of the wall ended at the ruins of a Roman garden and a Roman Amphitheater. From there we headed for Chester Castle. We went inside, but there wasn't much to see and it was close to time to return to the bus.

From Chester we headed for Conwy (pronounced Conway) in Wales. After checking into the hotel and freshening up and changing clothes, we headed for dinner at Bonant Gardens Food Center. The name is misleading. It is called a Center because they grow much of their own food and supplement that with locally grown food. Prior to dinner we had a cooking demonstration of the meal we would later eat and a wine tasting. We tasted two white wines - a Chardonnay and a Sauvignon Blanc (John and I both liked the Chardonnay the best) - and two red wines - a Cabernet Sauvignon/Malbec blend and a Merlot (John didn't like either and I liked the Cabernet Sauvignon/Malbec blend the best). The dinner was wonderful. When we returned to the hotel we took a short walk on a path nearby.

Earlier in the day we had been told that the Estuary Conwy and the hotel are on was tidal. I had never heard the term before, but learned it means that the water goes out with the tide. While we were on our walk we witnessed this phenomenon. Where we were most of the water went out leaving just mud behind. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera with me on the walk, so I have no photo of the phenomenon. I had no problems with my knee either. I will see how it feels tomorrow.Read more
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The Travels of Paula Scotland, Wales & England 2017
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- Aug 14, 2017
- ☁️ 61 °F
- Altitude: 59 ft
- Wales Conwy Aberconwy Abbey (Conwy, Wales) 1199-1283 53.28287, -3.8294853°16’58” N 3°49’46” W
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Day 6: Caernarfon & Welsh Countryside
August 14, 2017 in Wales ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
We headed for Caernarfon at 8:45 am. This was to give us a bit of a break after the long driving day yesterday. On our way to Caernarfon we made a short stop at q seaside town for a scenic photo opportunity. The town, Daresbury, was where Charles Dodgson who under the pen name Lewis Carroll wrote “Alice in Wonderland” had lived. On the seaside promenade was a bronze statue of the mad Haller.

After some photos and a stroll along the promenade, we headed for Caernarfon Castle. The castle was started in 1283 by King Edward I to take control of Wales. Our guide was very good. There is no doubt in my mind that she is proud to be a Welsh. After the tour we were free to explore the ruins. John and I walked the upper wall of the castle and climbed wheat seemed like at least 80 steps, but probably wasn’t more than 30. The steps were q challenge for my knee, but I “soldiered on”.

After the Castle we found a shop where we could get Cornish pasties and sausage rolls. We didn’t realize that you needed to slate you wanted to eat in (not do ”take away”) so once we realized our mistake we just paid the difference to eat in. After lunch we returned to the bus. Some of us were dropped off at Conwy to explore the castle there. Emboldened by my success climbing the towers of Caernarfon Castle, I agreed to explore Conwy castle. We had also decided we would tour the Plas Mawr Elizabethan Town House. We were able to purchase a combo ticket at Conwy Castle. The combo ticket was £16 per person, but John asked if they gave a senior discount and it turned out they did, so the tickets only cost us £7 each! We climbed 2 towers at Conwy (I refused to climb a 3rd).

Then we walked A short distance to the Elizabethan Town House. The tour included an audio tour. In each room you “synced” with a device in the room to get information about the room. The narrator portrayed a character associated with the house (owner, wife, servant, etc.). The tour was very informative.

After the tour we walked back to the hotel and got ready for dinner. After dinner we got packed and ready to check out tomorrow. The drive to Stratford-Upon-Avon and Oxford is not supposed to be as long a day as the travel day to Conwy was.Read more
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