High Season
£650
Awe-inspiring National Park
Incredible landscapes
Immeasurable history
Explore Museums and caverns
Low Season
£399
Stories & tales of myths and dragons
Explore underground caves
Learn some welsh language
Take home some welsh crafts
What makes this tour unique
An incredible combination of dramatic landscape and history. If you love your history and
heritage and culture. This tour will blow your mind. Add in a little physical walking, at the
end of this tour, you’ll be a cultural expert of Wales mining and heritage history.
Itinerary
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A glimpse the old castle town of Conwy as we pass through. We will see the towering ancient castle and the beautiful Conwy estuary and historic village.
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Wee scenic drive along the north Wales coast.
- Dramatic Penrhyn Quarry. Here we see first hand the early beginnings of the slate industry, and how the modern era now uses these dramatic landscapes and lakes for the adrenaline and adventure industry.
- Snake through this glacial valley of Nant Ffrancon pass carved out during the last ice age. Here the mountains tower around us.
- Llyn Ogwen driving route and views ,and passing the famous lake, we reveal ancient myths and legends of this area and location.
- Snowdonia National Parks most iconic view without climbing the summit. Snowdonia viewpoint has a 360 panoramic spectacular photo opportunity
- Sygun Copper Mine is one of the wonders of Wales – a remarkable and impressive example of how our precious industrial heritage can be reclaimed, restored and transformed into an outstanding attraction. A self-guided audio visual tour allows you to explore the old workings on foot. Magnificent stalactite and stalagmite formations and copper ore veins which contain traces of gold and silver.
- Take a gentle 2 mile stroll around the Dorothea disused quarry. There are many old buildings and ruins, tunnels and a Cornish Beam Engine to explore, as well as flooded mines and an insight to the history of slate mining in years gone by.
- Blow your mind with a walk on the hillside of dinorwic quarry. The workings of men practically everywhere, the views, the now empty and disused old buildings and machinery left within. The old barracks where workers would live in freezing cramped conditions. This is a place where all wish to return.
- National Slate Museum. Set within some of the most spectacular scenery in North Wales . The slate industry was one of the main economic motors of Wales. Step back in time and immerse yourself in a variety of talks and demonstrations to give you a real insight into the hardships of past quarry life.
