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The Llyn Travel Itinerary
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The Llyn takes its name from an Irish word for peninsula - aptly so, for this most westerly part of North Wales, which, until the fifth century, had a significant Irish population. The cliff- and cove-lined finger of land juts out south and west, separating Cardigan and Caernarfon bays, its hills tapering away along the ancient route to Aberdaron, where pilgrims sailed for Ynys Enlli (Bardsey Island). Today, it's the beaches that lure people to the south coast family resorts of Cricieth, Pwllheli and Abersoch , and unless you want to rent windsurfers or canoes, it's preferable to press on along the narrow roads that dawdle down towards Aberdaron. Not even Snowdonia can match the remoteness of the tip of the Llyn, and nowhere in Wales is more staunchly Welsh: road signs are still bilingual but the English is frequently obliterated; Stryd Fawr is used instead of High Street, and in most local shops you'll only hear Welsh spoken. The Llyn is reached through one of the two gateway towns, Porthmadog and Caernarfon, linked by the A487, an effective boundary between Snowdonia proper and the peninsula's gentler contours. Porthmadog ,  © 2003 by Rough Guides Ltd. as trustee for its Authors. Published by Rough Guides. All rights reserved. Rough Guides name is a trademark of Rough Guides Ltd. Buy the book here!
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nestling into the crook of the elbow where the Cambrian coast takes a sharp left turn, is of interest for its proximity to the private "dream village" of Portmeirion , reached on Wales's finest narrow-gauge train line, the Ffestiniog Railway . The Llyn's northern coast comes to an abrupt end at the mouth of the Menai Strait, guarded by the magnificent fortress which forms the centrepiece of Caernarfon , a good base for both the Llyn and central Snowdonia.
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A trip to the tip of the Lleyn Peninsula
A visit to Uwchmynydd on the South West tip of the Y Lln/Lleyn where we climb down to Ffynnon Fair/St Marys Well. On sunny days it has lovely ... | Lleyn Peninsula Walk
A beach walk from Morfa Nefyn to Porth Dinllaen on the Lleyn Peninsula, Snowdonia, North Wales. Click here for more info on this and other walks ... | A day out on Llyn Peninsula, Wales, UK
A day out on Llyn Peninsula. Visiting the South Coast Aberdaron, a small village, Plas yn Rhiw, a small manor house near Rhiw and Criccieth Beach ... | Dolphins from the charter boat ampquotShearwaterampquot - Llyn Peninsula, North Wales
Dolphins bow-riding and playing off the Llyn Peninsula of North Wales. These shots were taken on the charter boat quotShearwaterquot that run trips from ... | Bardsey Island Viewpoint, Braich Y Pwll, Llyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales - ...
2009, July 7th. A walk up Braich Y Pwll on the Western Tip of the the Llyn Peninsula for Views of Bardsey Island, Snowdonia, Ireland and the Isle ... | Snowdonia National Park, Beddgelert, Llyn Gwynant, Wales, GB
Reloaded Version because of technical sound problems at youtube after changing music by audio swap. Old version has been watched 2055 times within ... | Llyn Brianne spillway
An overview of the Lynn Brianne spillway in South Wales UK. This video doesnt really capture the sheer size of it. Its huge and, at the time of ... | Llyn Brenig , North Wales
On the Denbigh Moors. | capel curig and back via llyn crafnant again
capel curig and back via llyn crafnant again | Welsh Highland Railway, Caernarfon to Hafod-y-llyn. 7th July 2009
Video and stills along the route with Bayer Garrett locos 143 and 87, including shots from the train climbing the 1 in 40 through Beddgelert Forest. | Walking on LLWYBR LLYN IDWAL PATH Jan 2008
Bernard, Monika amp Dale on a little walk on the First Sunday Afternoon of 2008. | Criccieth, Llyn Peninsula, Wales, GB
Am Strand von Criccieth, Criccieth Castle | Llanfrothen Road bridge to Hafod y Llyn Part 1.WHR
A ride on the Welsh Highland railway construction train on the unopened section of railway towards Hafod y Llyn | Llyn Gwynant, Snowdonia, North Wales, UK - Walk to Elephant Rock . ...
Walk to Elephant Rock, Llyn Gwynant | End of Hafod y Llyn straight and just past Llyn Lower.
A ride on the unopened section of the Welsh Highland railway on the construction train. We now carry on along the Hafod y Llyn straight and head ... | glan llyn
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