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Caernarfon Hotel tips
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Premier Inn Caernarfon from68 £
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The Black Boy Inn from55 £
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The Celtic Royal Hotel from73 £
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Caernarfon Travel guide
Caernarfon : Michelin's recommendations
On the Menai Straits, this fine complex of fortifications is sited at the furthest point of 13C English incursion into Welsh territory. Now a Unesco World Heritage site, the strategically situated fortress of Caernarfon is the traditional backdrop for the investiture of Princes of Wales. There are expansive views from the top of its ramparts over the Isle of Anglesey and hills of Snowdonia.
Tourist attractions Caernarfon : Things to see and do
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Castle
Castle Ditch GB - Caernarfon LL55 2AY
Building work began in 1283 under Master James of St George who built for his royal patron a castle with walls decorated with bands of coloured stone and polygonal towers like those in Constantinople. Grandiose in design, it was to serve as the seat ..
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Town Walls
Hole-in-the-Wall Street GB - Caernarfon LL55 1RF
The town appears to be tucked away behind the castle. The 734 m-long walls with eight towers and two gateways encircle the medieval town and were built at the same time as the castle.
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Llanbeblig Church
Llanbeblig Road GB - Caernarfon LL55 2ES
Situated outside the town, near to Segontium, this is the parish church of Caernarfon. Peblig, said to be the son of Magnus Maximus, supposedly returned to introduce Christianity. The church is mainly 14C and contains a striking alabaster tomb in the..
Hotels Caernarfon
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The Celtic Royal Hotel
Bangor Street GB - Caernarfon LL55 1AY
With an Art Deco bar and fine restaurant, The Celtic Royal Hotel features a leisure club and free Wi-Fi. The hotel is situated in Caernarfon centre, just a 10-minute walk from Caernarfon Harbour. The bright and airy bedrooms each have a cosy seating..
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Premier Inn Caernarfon
Victoria Dock, Balaclava Road GB - Caernarfon LL55 1SQ
This Premier Inn hotel is on Caernarfon Harbour, a 3-minute walk from the town centre, Caernarfon Castle, Segontium Roman fort and the Welsh Highland Railway (for trips into Snowdonia). The Premier Inn Caernarfon is a hotel with comfortable en suite..
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The Black Boy Inn
Northgate Street, Stryd Pedwar A Chwech, Snowdonia GB - Caernarfon LL55 1RW
The Black Boy is a 16th-century inn within Caernarfon's historic town walls. It has good Real Ales, hearty meals, and is an easy walk from the town centre and 13th-century castle. The Black Boy Inn dates back to 1522 and is one of the oldest inns in..
