by Catherine Lear

Created on: September 17, 2010

Britain has some wonderful seaside resorts many of them are in the country of Wales and for many people that come to Britain they sometimes forget that Britain is not just about England and Scotland.

Wales is split into three parts North Wales, South Wales and mid Wales and can be found on the West side of Britain. It has its own language an ancient and proud language that is still taught today in Welsh schools and the visitor to Wales can be forgiven in thinking that they are in another part of the world along long way away from Britain.

Many people from all parts of Britain have been coming to Wales for over 150 years for holidays or vacations; with its rugged North coastline and its fine castles, Wales makes a fine holiday destination.

One of the best Wales seaside resorts one that was founded in 1848 is Llandudno www.llandudno.com.  Moreover it quickly developed into one of Britain's top seaside resorts, pronounced clan-did- no the Victorians took to this seaside resort like ducks in water. Famed for its long stretch of promenade that stretches from the Great Orme to the Little Orme a little over a mile it made an ideal place for the more elderly of Britain to have a holiday.

In 1878 like all other seaside resorts Llandudno built  its Pier when it was built, the length of the Pier was 1,240m today it is full of small shops and amusement arcades, and makes a pleasant stroll on a summer day or night.

Llandudno is famed for its two Orme’s www.greatorme.org.uk  they are two small hills one at the North end of Llandudno and the other at the Southside of Llandudno. The great Orme that is the one on the North end is a tourist attraction in its own right, with its cable car and light railway both that sends the visitor to the summit or the visitor can take a car and drive to the summit paying a small entrance fee. The visitor can also hike their way to the summit.

As you drive or hike your way to the summit you can stop at the little church and its graveyard that over looks the Irish Sea. When you reach the summit, you are met by the car park and the summit shop and café this building was used during the World War 2 as a listening post for German aircraft coming to bomb the City of Liverpool that can be seen in the far distance out to the North West. On a clear day and without sun haze you can also make out the little Island of the Isle of Man far out to sea in the North.

Walking or hiking the Great Orme can be invigorating and as you walk around on the summit you can see in the distance the mountains of Snowdonia and the little town of Conwy with its famous Castle taking centre stage.

It is said that Lewis Carroll had links with Llandudno and his book Alice in Wonderland was based on the real life of one of its residents Alice Liddell who with her family used to stay in the family holiday home Penmorfa and it is said that he wrote part of Alice in Wonderland while staying in the St George Hotel in Llandudno.

Shopping in Llandudno is www.visitllandudno.org.uk  a quaint experience it has an old world charm mixed with the more modern world.

There is plenty of accommodation from the large hotels on the sea front opposite the promenade to the small guesthouses in the side streets of the town.

Getting to Llandudno is quite easy, when driving using the new roads that have been build linking England and Wales www.llandudnoonline.co.uk/directions.html  

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