Rail Discoveries Railways of Wales

Fully escorted by a UK Tour Manager from start to finish
All rail and coach travel throughout your tour
5 nights’ hotel accommodation with breakfast and dinner
Ffestiniog Railway
Llangollen Railway
Welsh Highland Railway
Horse-drawn cruise along Llangollen Canal
Tour of Caernarfon Castle with a local guide

Day 1: Llandudno

Today you arrive in the town of Llandudno, where you meet your Tour Manager at your hotel for the next five nights, the family run Kensington Hotel. This classically-styled Victorian Hotel enjoys a superb position on Llandudno’s central promenade and enjoys fantastic views of Llandudno Bay.

Day 2: Portmeirion

Today, enjoy an excursion on the steam-hauled* Ffestiniog Railway, a narrow-gauge heritage railway in the Snowdonia National Park. The Ffestiniog Railway was originally founded in 1832 as a means of transporting slate, and miners, from the quarries at Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog, and claims to be the oldest independent railway company in the world.

You travel through the scenery of Snowdonia National Park to Porthmadog. From here it’s on to Portmeirion, famous for its lovely location.

Day 3: Llangollen

Board the Llangollen Railway* travelling through some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK. The Llangollen Railway was formed in 1975 by a group of railway enthusiasts who wanted to open and run a heritage railway on the disused line.

Day 4: A day at leisure

Your day is free, perhaps to explore Llandudno or take the Great Orme cable-hauled tramway for breathtaking views of Snowdonia and Anglesey.

Day 5: Caernarfon

A full-day excursion by coach takes you through some of the most dramatic mountain scenery in Britain to Caernarfon for a guided tour of Caenarfon Castle. Continue with a journey on the Welsh Highland Railway*, a narrow-gauge line running along the foothills of the Snowdonia Mountain range, to Beddgelert where there is time to explore this pretty village before returning to Llandudno.

Day 6: Llandudno

After breakfast, you are free to depart at your leisure. Alternatively, why not explore more of this wonderful area before heading home? You could take a final walk around the beautiful town of Llandudno. Traversing the crescent-shaped bay between Great Orme and its smaller twin Little Orme, Llandudno’s wide promenade is backed by grand, white-washed Victorian hotels and is a delightful spot to sit back on one of the many benches provided and watch the world go by.

Kensington Hotel, Llandudno

The family-run Kensington Hotel enjoys a superb position on Llandudno’s central promenade and enjoys fantastic views of Llandudno Bay. This classically-styled Victorian Hotel has a restaurant overlooking the north shore promenade, two lounges, two lounge bars and a wooden sprung-floored ballroom.

Please note, prices listed are guide prices only and are based on 2 people sharing and don’t include any additional supplements. Holiday prices are fluid and dynamic and may be changed at a moment’s notice, prior to booking, at which point they are confirmed. Please call the team free on 0800 707 6229 for more departure dates available and a quote.