Conwy, United Kingdom Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

CONWY , twenty miles east of Bangor, has been much prettified since completion of a bypass tunnel under the Conwy River (Afon Conwy), making it one of the highlights of the north coast. Backed by a forested fold of Snowdonia, the town boasts a fine castle, a nearly complete belt of town walls and a wonderful setting on the Conwy estuary. Nowhere in the core of medieval and Victorian buildings is more than two hundred yards from the irregular triangle of protective masonry formed by the town walls. This makes it wonderfully easy to potter around and though you'll get to see everything you want to in a day, you may well … more »