Friday, August 28, 2009

Great Things to Do in Llandudno

By Mark Selby

With many excellent attractions suitable for all ages Llandudno is North Wales best tourist resort. For teenagers and young adults there's dry skiing on the Great Orme, ten pin bowling at Llandudno Superbowl, and trip's to the cinema, as well as plenty of bars and pubs. For younger children you can enjoy a fantastic day out on Llandudno beach or ride to the summit of the Great Orme on Llandudno's spectacular cable car ride which is the longest in Britain. If a more sedentary lifestyle is for you take in the view on Llandudno's beautiful promenade, have some fine tea and scones at Badger's Tea Rooms, and take advantage of the best shopping facilities in North Wales at Parc Llandudno.

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 the 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 relaxing and very pleasant location to enjoy Llandudno's beautiful bay.

For a relaxing walk and excellent views of Llandudno and the Great Orme take a stroll along Llandudno's Victorian pier. There's a small number of stalls are dotted along the pier selling a mixture of tourist items and there's plenty of attractions for children from amusement arcades to rides. There's excellent views of Llandudno's promenade and Happy Valley from the pier and if you look closely you'll see the cable cars heading to and from the Great Orme summit.

Llandudno cable car is Britain's longest cable car ride and takes you from the foot of the Great Orme at Happy Valley to the summit over 600 feet above sea level. You can easily fit a family of two adults and two to three children in the cable car comfortably or up to four adults. From the summit on a clear day you can easily see the mountains of Snowdonia and the Isle of Anglesey to the west. There's also a visitor centre and a playground and amusement centre.

Another 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 fancy a cable car ride then the tram is the perfect way to explore the Great Orme. Passengers change at the half way station and there's a small exhibition detailing some of the history of the trams in Llandudno.

A great attraction near the summit of the Great Orme is the Great Orme Copper Mines. They are believed to date back over 4000 years show what life could have been like for the early settlers in North Wales. Take a tour through the caverns and tunnels chiseled out millennia ago and learn the history of this fantastic attraction.

Back in the town and for the younger generation there is ten pin bowling at Llandudno Superbowl. There is a licensed bar at the venue and food available from the cafe. After the bowling take a walk up through Happy Valley to Ski Llandudno which has an alpine lodge and dry ski slope. A toboggan run is fun for all the family and weaves around the dry ski slope.

If it's raining outside you can always catch the latest blockbuster at Llandudno cinema. Located around 10 minutes by car from Llandudno town centre the cinema is ideally located close to the A55 for all the surrounding area. If you're hungry there's plenty to eat with a choice of restaurants by the cinema so why not make a night of it. Speaking of night's out Llandudno has a host 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.

If you enjoy shopping then Llandudno is the right place for you. As North Wales best shopping location the town boasts a long high street packed with well known shops. The recently added Parc Llandudno is a great addition to Llandudno with plenty of free parking spaces and well known shops such as Debenhams, Next, River Island, and Bhs.

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