Things to do
By how much day you have, and what the sky is doing
Penrhyndeudraeth sits at the gateway to Eryri, with some of the best days out in Wales in easy reach. Distances and practical details are being verified before we publish them; the shape of a good day is already clear.
On the doorstep
Walkable from the pub
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Gwaith Powdwr nature reserve
The old explosives works above the village, now a wildlife reserve of woods and heath
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The Ffestiniog Railway
The narrow-gauge steam line runs right past Penrhyndeudraeth on its way between Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog
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Portmeirion
The famous Italianate village is just across the estuary
Half a day
Out and back around the bay
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Porthmadog and Borth-y-Gest
Harbour town shopping and a quieter cove around the corner
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Harlech and Criccieth castles
Two proper castles, one up a crag, one on the beach
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The beaches
Black Rock Sands and the Llŷn within easy reach
A full day
The big ones
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Eryri proper
Beddgelert, the passes and the mountains
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Zip World and the adventure stuff
Zip lines, caverns and trampolines in the old quarries
When it rains
Because sometimes it will
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The steam railway
Warm carriages, big windows, weather irrelevant
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Griffin Bach
Our own soft play: the wet-afternoon rescue, right here in the pub
Staying a while?
Same family, up the hill
Blaen Cefn Leisure Park, run by the same family, is a few minutes up the hill; there are also rooms above the pub.