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Mon 29 April 2024 - Fri 3 May 2024

Wales Tour: Welsh Trains of Snowdonia

About the trip

Duration:

X days and X nights

Date:

Mon 29 April 2024 - Fri 3 May 2024

Destination:

Carmarthen

Spectacular scenery awaits on our Welsh Trains of Snowdonia tour. The highlight of this holiday being The Welsh Highland Railway – the UKs longest heritage railway. Starting at Caernarfon and travelling 25 miles coast to coast across the foothills of Snowdon to its destination beside the harbour at Porthmadog. Modern carriages with large windows give panoramic views on both sides of the train. Your 2¼ hour journey starts at the iconic Caernarfon station. Your train, pulled by a huge Beyer-Garratt NG/G16 from South Africa, steams through farmland and forest, crossing the foothills of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) before descending a steep hillside to pass the village of Beddgelert, through the magnificent Aberglaslyn Pass and across the Traeth Mawr (Great Estuary) to reach Porthmadog.

Itinerary includes:

  • Welsh Highland Railway with Cake on the return.
  • Llanberis Lake Railway
  • Free time in Porthmadog
  • Day at leisure in Carmarthen

Optional:

  • Snowdonia Mountain Railway £38pp
    subject to timetable and weather,
    fully refunded if unable to go ahead.
Holidays, Leicestershire

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Single Deposit £100.00

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Single £589.00

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Twin/Double £1,058.00

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Twin/Double Deposit £200.00

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Snowdonia Mountain Railway £38.00

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Pickups and Times

Pickup
Time
Rothwell (N) The Maltings bus stop
08:20
Desborough High St bus stop outside chippy
08:30
Market Harborough Market Hall Bus Terminal
08:45
Kibworth High St bus stop outside library
09:00
Fleckney Saddington Road bus stop
09:15
Wigston Paddock Street bus stop
09:30
Pickup
Time
Rothwell (N) The Maltings bus stop
07:50
Desborough High St bus stop outside chippy
08:00
Market Harborough Market Hall Bus Terminal
08:15
Kibworth High St bus stop outside library
08:30
Fleckney Saddington Road bus stop
08:45
Wigston Paddock Street bus stop
09:00
Pickup
Time
Wigston Paddock Street bus stop
08:00
Fleckney Saddington Road bus stop
08:15
Kibworth High St bus stop outside library
08:30
Market Harborough Market Hall Bus Terminal
08:45
Desborough High St bus stop outside chippy
09:00
Rothwell (S) High St bus stop by the memorial
09:10
Pickup
Time
Wigston Paddock Street bus stop
08:30
Fleckney Saddington Road bus stop
08:45
Kibworth High St bus stop outside library
09:00
Market Harborough Market Hall Bus Terminal
09:15
Desborough High St bus stop outside chippy
09:30
Rothwell (S) High St bus stop by the memorial
09:40
Pickup
Time
TBC
TBC
Pickup
Time
Wellingborough Castle Way
08:00
Finedon Gladstones Working Mens Club
08:10
Burton Latimer Maybury Motor Company Stops
08:20
Kettering Corn Market Hall
08:35
Geddington bus stops before Grange Road Junction
08:50
Corby The Saxon Crown (Wetherspoons)
09:00
Pickup
Time
Wellingborough Castle Way
08:30
Finedon Gladstones Working Mens Club
08:40
Burton Latimer Maybury Motor Company Stops
08:50
Kettering Corn Market Hall
09:05
Geddington bus stops before Grange Road Junction
09:20
Corby The Saxon Crown (Wetherspoons)
09:30
Pickup
Time
Corby The Saxon Crown (Wetherspoons)
08:00
Geddington bus stops before Grange Road Junction
08:10
Kettering Corn Market Hall
08:25
Burton Latimer Maybury Motor Company Stops
08:40
Finedon Gladstones Working Mens Club
08:50
Wellingborough Castle Way
09:00
Pickup
Time
Corby The Saxon Crown (Wetherspoons)
08:30
Geddington bus stops before Grange Road Junction
08:40
Kettering Corn Market Hall
08:55
Burton Latimer Maybury Motor Company Stops
09:10
Finedon Gladstones Working Mens Club
09:20
Wellingborough Castle Way
09:30

Accommodation

3 Star

Celtic Royal, Carmarthen

Dinner, Bed and Breakfast

A haven of peace and comfort, somewhere to relax and recharge, or a base for exploration. The Celtic Royal Hotel is a venue steeped in history and gets its Royal name from Princess Victoria, when she visited the original main building in 1832, 5 years before she became Queen Victoria. Situated in the historic town of Caernarfon. The world famous UNESCO Heritage site of Caernarfon Castle is just a few hundred yards away, a sight not to be missed, especially when the Castle lights up in a splendour of colour under the night sky.

£60 single room supplement.

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