MANCHESTER: North Wales Adventure - Sightseeing Day Trip Tour
MANCHESTER: North Wales Adventure - Sightseeing Day Trip Tour
Sightseeing day trip to North Wales from Manchester
Departs at: 08:45 - 'The Station' Manchester Airport Transport Hub, Manchester M90 3RR
This is our award-winning Full-Day / 190-mile North Wales Adventure tour for departures from Manchester.
The tour has been carefully designed with your leisure in mind. Not only is it a great price for a full day tour but we also use our 16-seater luxury minibuses always ensuring everyone has plenty of seat space and a full window view. This is sightseeing the way sightseeing it is meant to be done! All our vehicles are the latest models, carefully designed to a purpose-built sightseeing specification with panoramic windows, full PA system, overhead parcel shelves, luggage compartment(s) and forced air ventilation.
Your tour is fully escorted and narrated with a jolly driver and knowledgeable escort who, invariably, will become more of a friend than a tour guide! Every passenger receives special attention and is encouraged to participate in the day as much as possible to ensure that you have a wonderful time with us. Your tour departs at 8:45 am from 'The Station' at Manchester Airport, Malaga Ave, Ringway, Manchester M90 3RR.
Regular trains to and from Manchester Piccadilly
Trains from Manchester Airport to Manchester Piccadilly station in the city centre take around 20 minutes. They run every 10 minutes, 7 days a week, through train operators TransPennine Express and Northern Rail. Meanwhile, you can travel to just about anywhere in the UK from Manchester Piccadilly.
Where can you buy a ticket?
You can buy train tickets for travel that day directly from the train station.
ITINERARY
LLANDUDNO AND ST TUDNO'S CHURCH
Arriving at Llandudno we will ascend the steep Great Orme and marvel at the views (on a clear day we will even see the Isle Of Man!) and visit the 12 Century hidden chapel of St. Tudno with its Blue Window and Stigmata. A stroll down the original wooden pier far out to sea is a must you can buy those Welsh souvenirs!
CONWY
Next is the walled town of Conwy, constructed by the English monarch Edward I between 1283 and 1289 as one of the key fortresses in his ‘iron ring’ of castles to contain the Welsh, it was built to prompt such a humbling reaction with its fabulous wall circuit of over 3/4 mile long and guarded by no less than 22 towers. It is renowned as one of the finest examples in the World.
CONWY CASTLE
Conwy Castle is a gritty, dark-stoned fortress built by James of St. Georgein partnership with the french Richard The Engineer. This castle is the “real thing” resembling exactly what children form from buckets of sand on the beach. It has the rare ability to evoke an authentic medieval atmosphere. The first time that you catch sight of the castle you’ll know you are in the presence of a historic site which still casts a powerful spell. When you go inside (optional – entrance charge applicable ~£10.00)…well…need I even comment?
OGWEN VALLEY - SNOWDONIA
Now, brace yourselves for what BusyBus has become known for (and, we modestly add, have won National awards for) the North Wales Adventure element of the tour. In to Snowdonia National Park using carefully selected routes and taking you well and truly off the beaten track to viewpoints of wonder! You will feel like you own Snowdonia in the tranquility and ambiance (and adventure) we have prepared!
BETWS-Y-COED
No trip to North Wales would be complete without a stop at the “capital”, Betws-Y-Coed(prayer-house in the woods). Interestingly, whilst right in the centre of Snowdonia National Park, an exclusion boundary has allowed this fairy-tale town to flourish into the centre of outdoor tourism in Wales. With its many shops, cafes, pubs and locals, it simply can’t fail to impress!
LLANGOLLEN
We will pass through Llangollen, the starting station for the famous and still fully-functional steam railway along with many other “claims to fame”.