The Snowdonia National Park covers 845 square miles comprising mountain, moorland and forest, interspersed with deep valleys, and extends to the coast at Cardigan Bay.

Capel Curig is one of the oldest tourist centres in North Wales and lies 600 feet above sea-level amid wild and rugged mountain scenery.

Tryfan - the magnificent triangular peak of Tryfan rises to 3,010 feet above the valley of the River Llugwy. Its rock-strewn slopes are a challenge even to experienced climbers.

Swallow Falls is one of the loveliest beauty spots of North Wales, situated on the River Llugwy two miles west of is one of the loveliest beauty spots of North Wales, situated on the River Llugwy two miles west of Betws-y-Coed.

Nant Gwynant is one of Snowdonia's finest valleys with splendid views of Snowdon.

Llanrwst, a pleasant market town, is set amongst lovely scenery on the banks of the Conwy River.

Harlech, famous for its castle, stands back from the shore of Tremadoc Bay.

Dolgellau, situated in a fertile river valley beneath the slopes of Cader Idris, is an attractive market town.

Barmouth - firm sands and a tiny harbour add to the quiet charm of the resort of Barmouth.

The little resort of Fairbourne lies on the south bank of the Mawddach estuary.

The Menai Strait separates Anglesey from the mainland. Telford's graceful suspension bridge which carries the Holyhead road 100 feet above the water was opened in 1826. The railway line for Holyhead crosses by Stephenson's Britannia Bridge, originally built in 1850 but largely rebuilt after a fire in 1970. Nearby is the village with the famous long name, a 58-letter tongue twister usually shortened to Llanfair P.G. It was here in 1915 that the first branch of the Women's Institute was formed. The university city of Bangor, on the south coast of the Menai Strait, is one of the most ancient cities of Wales. It owes its origins to the founding of a cathedral there in AD 548.