There's a lot to do in 2 days in Portmeirion. From exploring the colorful streets to walking the forest paths, this village in Wales is a whimsical treat.
A complete guide to visiting Portmeirion, Wales including the top things to do in Portmeirion, how to get there, ticket info & useful tips.
It’s not your usual seaside resort. This picturesque North Wales is a striking feat of architecture that influenced the development of postmodernism.
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A day trip to Portmeirion is the perfect seaside village in North Wales. Full of colourful buildings, great food and amazing coastal views.
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“Mon, I didn’t know you were going away. Are you in Italy!?” This was a text message I received from a friend immediately after I’d posted a photo from Portmeirion on Facebook. The sun was shining, it was 22C, I was licking chocolate chip flavoured gelato while staring out to sea. I was surrounded by
A day trip to Portmeirion is the perfect seaside village in North Wales. Full of colourful buildings, great food and amazing coastal views.
There's a lot to do in 2 days in Portmeirion. From exploring the colorful streets to walking the forest paths, this village in Wales is a whimsical treat.
The Oriel.
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A day trip to Portmeirion is the perfect seaside village in North Wales. Full of colourful buildings, great food and amazing coastal views.
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Portmeiron in Wales is a fantasyland perfect for a day trip or an extended stay. We were charmed by the idyllic location of the Portmeirion Hotel and the Portmeirion cottages in Portmeirion village. Find out our recommendations for things to do in Portmeirion Italianate village.
Fairy tales do come true.
Looking for a day trip from England or Wales? Check out this Portmeirion Day Trip Guide for a unique day in a Welsh village made of Italian architecture.
Portmeirion is a popular tourist village in Gwynedd, North Wales. It was designed and built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1975 in the style of an Italian village, and is now owned by a charitable trust. The village is located in the community of Penrhyndeudraeth, on the estuary of the River Dwyryd, 2 miles (3.2 km) south east of Porthmadog, and 1 mile (1.6 km) from the railway station at Minffordd, which is served by both the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway and Arriva Trains Wales (Cambrian Line). Portmeirion has served as the location for numerous films and television shows, most famously serving as "The Village" in the 1960s television show The Prisoner.
There's a lot to do in 2 days in Portmeirion. From exploring the colorful streets to walking the forest paths, this village in Wales is a whimsical treat.
Portmeirion is located on a peninsula, just south of Porthmadog in North West Wales. From the hotel, the visitor can see Tremadoc Bay, nestling in the far larger Cardigan Bay. The River Dwyryd passes the village, leaving a wide sandy expanse at low tide. At high tide, the waters reach right up to the coastal paths, changing the cut-off land into an island. The small settlement that existed on the peninsula was called Aber Iâ. When a mansion was built there in c1840, it took the place's name, Aberia. Portmeirion from the air The English-born and educated, Welsh architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis (1883–1978) bought Aber Iâ from his uncle, Sir Osmond Williams. As a professional architect, Clough’s goal was to take a naturally beautiful location and develop it, without spoiling the landscape, river, sands, coastal paths and views that made the site so special. Inspired by the Mediterranean-like setting, like his favourite Italian resort Portofino, Clough was passionate about the protection of national parks and the preservation of fine old buildings. The Hotel Portmeirion Clough started to establish Portmeirion as a Mediterranean coastal hotel resort in 1925. The splendid 19th century mansion was converted into The Hotel Portmeirion which opened in 1926 to Clough's design and has been the focal point of the village ever since. The curvilinear entrance, that housed the reception area, was added in the 1930s. Clough soon began building or converting some extra cottages, to give additional accommodation. The Mermaid and White Horses cottages were improved and the main building programme continued until WW2. The remains of the semi-derelict harbour structure Fort Henry still exists, having been designed by Clough for bathing, boating, suntanning and socialising. Castell Deudraeth After WW2, construction continued for 20 years so today there are many more buildings within the Portmeirion village. There was a fortified Victorian mansion called Castell Deudraeth, near the hotel complex, that Clough would have liked to incorporate into the village. Alas it didn’t happen until after the original dreamer’s death – Castell Deudraeth underwent major renovation in the 1990s and re-opened in 2001 as an 11 bedroom hotel and restaurant. Its architectural heritage has been preserved, including the welsh oak and slate floors, baronial stone fire surrounds, oak panelling and plasterwork cornices. However Clough did live long enough to be knighted for his services to architecture and the environment, in 1971. Portmeirion’s grounds are now designated a Conservation Area and most of the buildings have been Grade II registered. The Ship Shop, for example, was originally the stable block for the Aber Iâ estate, built c1850. But this is no ordinary village. Virtual Tourist says the place was built to a slightly smaller scale than was usual with inter-war developments, and although the self catering cottages are all real and the exquisite little shops and tea rooms are open for business, nobody actually lives there. Employees staff it and tourists throng to it, but residential guests are the only visitors Portmeirion allows overnight. At night the gates are shut and paying guests are free to roam through their own private dreamland. It's wonderfully romantic and is a splendid base from which to explore North Wales. Portmeirion village and gardens. I have run into the Williams-Ellis family in my research twice before, in totally different contexts. Firstly Clough’s wife, Amabel Strachey, was a cousin of author and Bloomsbury figure Lytton Strachey. Her parents were friends of other members of the Bloomsbury Group and Rudyard Kipling was godfather to one of the children. Secondly Clough Williams-Ellis and his wife had a number of children. Their elder daughter, Susan Williams-Ellis, used the name Portmeirion Pottery for a ceramics company that she created with her husband in Stoke-on-Trent in 1961. To tie Susan’s history back to Portmeirion village, visitors will find a shop specialising in Portmeirion Pottery. Susan and her husband Euan also designed and painted the colourful mural of vines and cupids with a fountain and white doves on the courtyard side of one of the village's buildings, the Ship Shop. I recommend the book Portmeirion, written by Jan Morris, Alwyn Turner, Mark Eastment and Stephen Lacey. Published by the Antique Collectors' Club in 2006, it aimed to cover the whole story of Clough Williams-Ellis, the village, the extensive gardens both at Portmeirion and at the Williams-Ellis family home and Portmeirion Pottery. The Ship Shop (above) Portmeirion beach and tower, by Christine Matthews (below) *
Portmeirion, architect Sir Clough William-Ellis' dream made real, offers a bit of Italy (or something) in North Wales. And nostalgia for 'The Prisoner'.
If you like your UK travel to involve history references, a TV backdrop, Italian architecture, vast beaches and its very own colour palette, then there really isn’t anywhere more perfect than Portmeirion Village. This beautiful and secluded village, just outside of Porthmadog, North Wales, has been on my travel
© Joe Dunckley If you were to take photographs of the most charming villages from around the world and make a collage of their most picture-perfect views, you’d get a pretty good representation of what Portmeirion looks like. An enchanted technicolor mish mash of architecture, built in the 1920s
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There's a lot to do in 2 days in Portmeirion. From exploring the colorful streets to walking the forest paths, this village in Wales is a whimsical treat.
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Visiting Portmeirion – a quirky seaside village of pastel coloured buildings and tropical flowers which looks like it belongs more in the Mediterranean than on the North Wales coast.
Dai deserti psichedelici dell'Etiopia alle montagne color arcobaleno della Cina, il mondo è pieno di meraviglie colorate che aspettano di essere esplorate. Così vibranti da sembrare surreali, è difficile credere che alcuni di questi posti esistano realmente.
Portmeirion is an enchanting Italianate village snuggled against a rocky headland in North Wales. It's the brainchild of architect Clough Williams-Ellis, who discovered the site in 1925.
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Vintage Portmeirion Botanic Garden Salt and Pepper Set, one has a very small chip at the base.
The oldest rocks in the world, 427 castles, and a village from the Iron Age are just three reasons to visit England's western neighbor. The short trip from London should be the deal-maker.
Portmeirion Village is filled with fragrant flowers, walking paths, temples, hidden lakes, unique accommodations, and incredible views of the Dwyryd Estuary
Leave the city behind.
Portmeirion | Dominic Wells explores Portmeirion and the strange land that flows around the scudding shadows of Snowdonia
Portmeiron in Wales is a fantasyland perfect for a day trip or an extended stay. We were charmed by the idyllic location of the Portmeirion Hotel and the Portmeirion cottages in Portmeirion village. Find out our recommendations for things to do in Portmeirion Italianate village.
Sadly these aren’t some lush snaps of a sneaky trip we took to Italy, but from a little village called Portmeirion in North Wales, just on the border of Snowdonia National Park, a 10 minute drive from Porthmadog. When I was looking for things to do around the area, Portmeirion kept on popping up. Filled with its colourful buildings (that are let out as holiday homes), little shops, a spa and some lush gardens filled with palm trees, you’d think you were somewhere in Italy. The views over the estuary were stunning too, especially as the sun was just starting to set as we arrived later in the afternoon.
