Hands up if YOU'RE coming too!
All the Ten Top Attractions have well stocked shops. Pick up a memento of your North Wales visit, buy presents for friends – or simply treat yourself!
Taking time to browse or shop ... and time to eat, drink and relax
Tweedmill Factory Outlets is at the gateway to the Vale of Clwyd by St Asaph, one of UK’s smallest cathedral cities. Its setting is delightful, with adequate free parking. Shopping has never been so easy: all under one roof you will find branded lines, with every type of outfit for him and her plus a large gift and home accessories department, all with savings of up to 50% on normal high street prices.
Tweedmill’s two award-winning fully licensed cafés have south facing patios for sunny days: 'Drapers' serves freshly prepared meals at lunchtime; teas, coffees and snacks at each end of the day. The 'Warehouse Café' is self-service, serving tea, coffee and light meals throughout the day. Their high standards of cuisine and hospitality have been commended by Les Routiers.
The motto ‘Cherish the Past, Adorn the Present, Construct for the Future’ inspired the 50-year transformation of a Welsh ‘wilderness’ into one of the world’s most remarkable villages … Portmeirion. Today, ten years after its designation as a ‘Conservation Area‘, stroll around the inspiring buildings and the beautiful gardens, calling in at some of the seven shops (and the Dome Gallery and a beauty salon too).
The restaurants and places to take refreshment include the Hotel, Castell Deudraeth Bar & Grill, the Town Hall self-service restaurant and Cadwaladers ice cream parlour (closed in winter). The Hotel Portmeirion has rooms and suites in the cottages and the Castell, as well as in the main hotel.
Pili Palas has its Chipmunk Café. The Welsh Mountain Zoos’ Safari Restaurant and Flagstaff Café offer hot and cold food and there are many picnic areas are to be found around the Zoo grounds. The Trading Post is the Zoo’s extensively stocked shop, full of zoo and animal related items for sale. Having taken the Mountain Railway up Snowdon enjoy unsurpassed views from the highest café in Wales and England.
At Bodnant Garden relax in a cedar-shingled refreshment pavilion; a plant centre and gift shop adjoins the garden. Caernarfon Castle’s stylish shop offers a wide range, from educational materials to Welsh gold jewellery and pottery … and in the village pub at Llechwedd Slate Caverns spend some re-minted Victorian pennies to buy a pint of ale!
shopping has never been so easy
Ten Top Attractions
