Llandudno Attractions: What To See and Do When You Visit Llandudno
Llandudno in Wales is a popular seaside town and holiday resort and is situated in the County of Conwy. Because of this, there are lots of attractions in Llandudno for the whole family to enjoy whilst visiting this pleasant seaside town.
The town of Llandudno sits between Great Orme and Little Orme. The town faces the Irish Sea on one side and the estuary of the River Conwy on the other. Between these headlands and the western and northern shores, the town has much to offer tourists.
The Great Orme reaches a height of 680 feet and here you will find Tudno Church, Great Orme’s copper minds and you can take the Llandudno Tramway to it. The hill is also home to a flock of Kashmiri goats and were originally gifted to the town by Queen Victoria after she received them from the Shah of Persia.
As you’d expect, Little Orme is smaller, but it is still 463 feet high and makes a good viewpoint to see it’s cousin Great Orme, Anglesey and even across to Snowdonia. The cliff face offers bird spotters the chance to see razorbills and cormorants. Further back in time, one of its caves held a printing press that printed various Catholic prayer books.
In the town itself, you will find The Alice in Wonderland Centre where one can enter through the Rabbit Hole and visit the world of Alice along with the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter. Llandudno was chosen to host the museum as Alice Liddel lived in the town as a child.
As you’d expect for a coastal town in the UK, Llandudno has a pier. The structure was actually designed and built in only one year by James Brunlees and Charles Henry Driver and then officially opened in 1878. If you choose to walk along the pier, you will see a variety of ornately decorated small buildings that house a bar, cafe and amusements. Souvenirs can be found in the gift shops on the pier.
In the summer season, the pier is where one can get the Steam Packet boat from to sail over to the Isle of Man. You can choose to sail across to the Isle of Man on your own or as part of one of the organized trips. The pier itself since first being constructed has several extensions and has been renovated as well and it now measures a total of 695 metres.
