These highlands are greener and rounder than those of rocky Snowdon – but they’re still seriously mountainous. Dolgellau’s Cadair Idris and the Aran and Arennig above Bala are lofty outposts, looking down across a landscape of traditional farmland, forest and outstandingly beautiful lakes. Exploring the area is pure pleasure. Quiet mountain roads twist and climb into high country, narrow-gauge railways run alongside lakes and through vales, and in the Coed-y-Brenin Forest there’s world-class mountain biking and walking.
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A
small town that extends a big welcome with its friendly atmosphere,
traditional pubs and inns.
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Former
slate village with a quirky, unconventional beauty, set within the Dyfi
Forest almost at the southern border of Snowdonia.
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Handsome,
dark-stoned market town set beneath Cadair Idris, the legendary
‘Chair of Idris’. Its narrow streets and open main square
are home to a good range of inns and shops.
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