Llandudno's Best Attractions

Thursday, September 3, 2009 ·

By Samia Jones

As the best tourist resort in North Wales Llandudno has lot's of fantastic attractions suitable for all ages. The younger generation can enjoy ten pin bowling, visits to the cinema, and skiing on the Great Orme, as well as a wide variety of bars and pubs. Children visiting Llandudno can enjoy the excellent beach or a thrilling ride to the Great Orme summit in Britain's longest cable car ride. For the parents and grandparents sit back and relax on Llandudno's beautiful promenade, take advantage of North Wales best shopping facilities at Parc Llandudno, and enjoy tea and scones at Badger's Tea Rooms in the Victoria precinct.

Llandudno's beautiful promenade is framed beautifully between the two spectacular headlands known as The Great and Little Ormes. Llandudno promenade's is lined with Victorian hotels and the character has been carefully preserved over the decades by Llandudno's town council. None of the usual tourist shops and amusement arcades that you'll find on most promenade's are present on Llandudno's promenade resulting in a truly peaceful and very pleasant location to enjoy Llandudno's beautiful bay.

Llandudno's Victorian pier is well over one hundred years old and is a scenic walk offering excellent views of Llandudno and the Great Orme. The pier itself has lot's of things to do for children with amusement arcades and rides and a small number of stalls are dotted along the pier selling a variety of tourist items. You can enjoy great views of Llandudno's promenade from the pier and also get a good view of Happy Valley and the start of the cable car ride.

Travel from the foot of the Great Orme in Happy Valley to it's summit on Llandudno's cable car ride which is Britain's longest. Up to four adults or two adults and two to three small children can ride in each car. The Great Orme Summit Complex has views to the Snowdonia mountains and Anglesey to the west. You'll also find a visitor centre, amusement arcade and children's playground at the summit.

An alternative way to get up and down to the Great Orme summit is via Llandudno's tram. The tram's are beautifully decorated and have open windows taking riders from the base station close to the town centre up towards the summit. If you don't like the cable car ride then the tram is the perfect way to explore the Great Orme. Riders change at the half way station and there's a small exhibition detailing some of the history of the trams in Llandudno.

Also on the Great Orme close to the summit are the Great Orme Copper Mines. The mines show what life was like for early settlers in North Wales and are believed to be over 4000 years old. Have a look around the tunnels and caverns chiseled from the rock millennia ago on the guided tour as you discover the history of this fantastic attraction.

For the younger generation there is ten pin bowling at Llandudno Superbowl back in the town. The Superbowl has a licensed bar and food is available from the cafe. If you fancy some skiing take a walk through Happy Valley to Ski Llandudno with its alpine lodge and dry ski slope. The toboggan run is also here and is fun for all the family as it weaves around the slope.

If the weather let's you down you can always catch the latest blockbuster at Llandudno cinema. Located around 10 minutes by car from Llandudno the cinema is ideally located next to the A55 for all the surrounding area. If you're feeling hungry there's plenty to eat with a choice of restaurants by the cinema so why not make a night of it. Speaking of the night's Llandudno has a wide variety of bars and pubs to visit. Most of the action takes place on Upper Mostyn Street and most venues have live acts on a regular basis.

Llandudno is North Wales best location for shopping so if you're looking for a bargain then this is the location for you. The long high street has plenty of choice including many of the major retail stores. Towards the bottom end of Llandudno is the recently opened Parc Llandudno which has plenty of free parking spaces and well known shops such as Debenhams, Next, River Island, and Bhs.

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