• Caernarfon
  • Castle (CADW) - A castle built to impress.
  • Welsh Highland Railway - short line currently being extended to Porthmadog.
  • Segontium Roman Museum - Roman museum on site of Roman fort.
  • Caernarfon Air World - aviation museum and pleasure flights.
• Greenwood Forest Park, nr. Caernarfon - Family fun and Forest Adventure. Rides, Exhibition, Cafes & Gift shops.
• Bangor
  • Pier - restored Victorian pier.
  • Museum & Art Gallery - gallery and museum of local history.
• Penrhyn Castle (NT), nr. Bangor - neo-Norman castle built in 19th century.
• Conwy
  • Castle (CADW) - imposing castle built by English monarch Edward I in the 1280's.
  • Walled town - walls enclose the town and are guarded by 22 towers.
  • Plas Mawr (CADW) - the finest surviving Elizabethan town house in Britain.
  • Britain's Smallest House - the name says it all!
  • RSPB Nature Reserve - bird reserve on the Conwy Estuary
• Llandudno
  • Seafront - fine Victorian seaside resort with sandy beach.
  • Great Orme - Bronze Age Copper Mines
  • Cable Car - from Llandudno to top of Great Orme.
  • Victorian Tramway - travel in style to the top of the Great Orme.
• Bodnant Gardens (NT), Tal-y-Cafn - spectacular gardens above Conwy Valley
• Llanberis
  • Snowdon Mountain Railway - rack & pinion railway to Snowdon's summit
  • Electric Mountain - hydro-electric power in Europe's largest man-made cavern.
  • Slate Museum - working museum of the hey-day of the slate industry.
  • Padarn Lake Railway - former slate railway.
• Almshouses, Llanrwst - constructed in 1610, and now a museum of local history.
• Gwydir Castle, nr. Llanrwst - fortified manor house dating from about 1500
• Trefriw Woollen Mill - hydro-electrically powered
• Trefriw Wells Spa - spring first used as spa by the Romans
• The Ugly House (Ty Hyll), Capel Curig - built in a night!
• Motor Museum, Betws-y-Coed
• Swallow Falls, Betws-y-Coed
• St Michael's Church, Betws-y-Coed
• Ty Mawr Wybrnant (NT), nr. Penmachno - birthplace of Bishop William Morgan (translated Bible into Welsh)
• Ty'n-y-Coed Uchaf (NT), nr Penmachno - preserved traditional Welsh farmhouse
• Dolwyddelan Castle (CADW) - dramatic castle dating from 12th century
• Beddgelert
  • Grave of Gelert- grave of legendary dog of Llewelyn Fawr.
  • Sygun Copper Mine
  • Beddgelert Bikes - mountain bike hire.
• Blaenau Ffestiniog
  • Llechwedd Slate Caverns - experience the world of the Victorian slate miner.
  • Ffestiniog Railway - travel from the mountains to the sea by narrow gauge railway.
• Portmeirion - Italianate village built bt Sir Clough Williams-Ellis.
• Brynkir Woolen Mill, nr. Porthmadog - full working woollen mill with shop.
• Porthmadog
  • Ffestiniog Railway - travel from the sea to the mountains by narrow gauge railway.
  • Welsh Highland Railway - short line, but being extended to Caernarfon.
• Harlech Castle (CADW) - castle built by Edward I.
• Chwarel Hen Llanfair, nr Harlech - slate caverns used as a location for the film 'First Knight'.
• Shell Island, nr Harlech - sandy beaches, rock pools, wild flowers, birdwatching, and over 200 varieties of shells.
• Tal-y-Llyn Railway, Tywyn - narrow-gauge railway.
• Machynlleth
  • Centre for Alternative Technology - demonstration of 'Green' Technologies.
  • Dyfi Furnace (CADW) - one of Britain's best-preserved charcoal-burning blast furnaces (with waterwheel)
• Forest Walks - numerous walks in the area (including waymarked paths).
• Mountain Walking / Climbing
  • Snowdon
  • The Carneddau and the Glyders
  • Cadair Idris
  • The Rhinogs
  • and many more ...!
• Climbing - Plas-y-Brenin National Mountain Centre, Capel Curig. Also local crags.
• Mountain Biking -bike hire widely available, waymarked routes in Coed-y-Brenin (nr. Dolgellau) and Gwydir (nr. Betws-y-Coed) Forests
• Water Sports
  • Plas Menai, Caernarfon - National Watersports Centre
  • Plas-y-Brenin, Capel Curig
  • National Whitewater Centre, nr. Bala
• Dry Slope Skiing
  • Plas-y-Brenin, Capel Curig
  • Llandudno - ski with a sea view!
  • Rhiw Goch, Trawsfynydd - has several slopes.
• Golf -courses at: Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, Llandudno, Bangor, Caernarfon, Harlech, Dolgellau, Bala, Aberdyfi, Machynlleth.
• Horse Riding - numerous stables.
• Birdwatching - numerous coastal reserves including Conwy and Foryd Bay (nr. Caernarfon), plus red kites and much more.
• Beaches - numerous sandy beaches, including: Dinas Dinlle, Llandudno (2), Aberdyfi, Tywyn, Fairbourne, Barmouth, Harlech, Morfa Bychan, Black Rock Sands (nr. Porthmadog).

NT - Property owned by the National Trust
CADW - Property owned by CADW