Full-day Best of Snowdonia Day Tour: Discover the Hidden Gems with a Local Guide
4.8
48 Ratings
Conwy Principal Area
Embark on a full-day adventure in Snowdonia with a local guide. Discover hidden gems, learn about the area's culture and history, and enjoy breathtaking views of Snowdon. All-inclusive tour with a personal touch.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Beddgelert - Scenic drive along the North Wales coast, then past Llyn Cwellyn and Rhyd Ddu to Beddgelert. Learn the tale of Gelert, the faithful hound.
  • Craflwyn and Beddgelert - Stop for a cuppa and learn why we have a dragon on our flag.
  • Nant Gwynant - Stunning views of Wyddfa (Snowdon). We then cross Pen Y Pass viewing the glacial landscape as we head to Llanberis
  • Llanberis - Natiinal slate museum, Dolbadarn castle and Padarn lake. With views of Snowdon, Llanberis has it all!
  • Zip World Penrhyn Quarry - Lunch whilst watching people descend the zipwire at 100mph! Marvel at the World Heritage status slate landscape whilst enjoying your free picnic lunch.
  • Llyn Ogwen - Travel up the stunning Ffrancon valley for views of Llyn Ogwen and the surrounding mountains carved out by glaciers in the last ice age.
  • Betws-y-Coed - View the impressive rapids before a gentle stroll trough the village. Your chance to buy a souvenir or two.
  • Llansanffraid Glan Conwy - We finish with a drive down the Conwy Valley back to Llandudno.
What's Included
  • Lunch
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Tea and coffee
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Explore the breathtaking landscapes of Snowdonia (Eryri) under the guidance of an expert local guide. We start our journey from Llandudno and Conwy, hitting all key locations including Beddgelert, Llanrwst, Betws Y Coed, and secret spots like Craflwyn, Zipworld, Dolbadarn Castle, Llyn Ogwen, and Gwynant valley. At times of severe weather, the trip itinerary may require alterations. Immerse yourself in local knowledge about the heritage, culture, geography and language of the region. Relish the panoramic views of Wyddfa (Snowdon) from all corners. Our limited group size of 8 ensures a personalized and intimate experience. The nimble vehicle being used allows access to areas off-limits to large tour buses. Everything, from lunch, refreshments and admission fees to attractions, is included in the given price. There are no concealed charges and yes - even the enjoyment comes free of cost!

Location
Palladium Stop B
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Daniel_s
Jun 18, 2024
Thanks for a great full-day tour to Snowdonia, we will think of in years! - Trevor is a well informed, friendly and attentive guide who made his best efforts to meet his guests needs. Our expectations were exceeded both in terms of the guide as well as the tour program. It's difficult to decide which site was the most beautiful given that all were impressive. Though, when being "forced" to name a favourite for each of us, we would name the Llechwedd Slate Mines and the Pen-Y-Pass.
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S3416uhmatthewl
Jun 10, 2024
Lovely locations - Great tour guide. Took us to loads of picturesque places. One of the highlights for me was being able to visit a Doctor Who filming location, Nant Ffrancon Pas, which has amazing views and is easily accessible from the road.
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Jmpassmore_p
Jun 10, 2024
Brilliant Snowdonia Experience - A little cloudy on the tops but that didn't spoil the experience. Trevor gave our mini-bus group a great tour, lots of anecdotes, history and the benefit of his past accumulated local knowledge and experience, particularly geology.
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Dawn_j
Apr 30, 2024
Trevor is tops on tour in Snowdonia!!! - Our tour guide and driver, Trevor, was informative, friendly and quite simply amazing tailoring our day, as we were the only attendants , to dodge the dreadful weather. He had a wealth of knowledge, a great sense of humour and umbrellas!!! He also recommended a wonderful eatery for the meal we took after the trip ended: possibly the best meal of our holiday. We would totally recommend, will definitely book with him again and would live to take this opportunity to thank him for a great, albeit wet, day. Dawn and Paul 😊
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Jimandcarla
Apr 26, 2024
The Best Day of Our Whole Vacation - Trevor was our fabulous guide; how did he do it? We saw so much of the national park and yet did not feel at all like we were on a rushed conveyor belt. Visited 2 charming villages, Bews-y-Coed and Beddgelert, went to Dolbadarn Castle made famous by paintings by Turner, even visited a wooden Welsh dragon sculpted by an artist from a fallen tree branch! For us, the highlight was the National Slate Museum, which has a very good introductory film and many interesting exhibits, especially the miners' cottages at different times in slate making history. All this while you can look up and see the remains of the slate mine on the hill. Very moving. Because none of us tarried shopping the villages, Trevor was able and delighted to add 2 stops to our tour. So unexpected! We were able to get out and photograph Caernarfon Castle and then on to the train station on Anglesey, you know, the one with the longest name that you learned about in school. We practiced saying it for Trevor. This was the best single day of our Welsh vacation.
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U2196tohelenl
Mar 28, 2024
Tudno tour in Snowdonia - We went on two different tours with Trevor, we were very well looked after. The tours covered great selection of scenery and locations. With every place and its history introduced very informatively by Trevor. Trevor has a good sense of humour, drives safely, he is aware of the need of clients of all ages. We highly recommend Tudno!
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Nadja_s
Mar 11, 2024
Fabulous Trip - It was a lovely tour and our guide Trevor was exceptional! The journey was very relaxing and He was very informative and pleasant. We had an amazing time! A must thing to do when in North Wales.
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Sandips403
Feb 16, 2024
llandudno tour - Amazing experience. Trevor is an excellent tour guide. He described each of the places history in details. He is vey friendly and provided a homely atmosphere throughout the Tour.
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Laurenpz7856pa
Dec 21, 2023
Perfectly personalised tour from small business - I highly recommend Trevor / Tudno Tours after my experience on the Best of Snowdonia day tour. My friend and I came to north Wales in mid December so winter weather was in full swing. Trevor was keeping an eye on the weather and a few days beforehand let’s us know that we were actually the only customers booked in, so due to the weather we had the option to cancel the tour for a full refund, reduce the time of the tour (as much of the area’s beauty was not particularly visible anyway), go ahead with the tour as normal or adjust our itinerary to suit the weather. We chose the latter option and were grateful that our booking hadn’t been cancelled due to just the two of us booked in. Trevor also kindly offered to pick us up directly from our hotel. I tried our luck and asked if we could possibly bring our luggage, being the only passengers, and be dropped off at the other option in Conwy as we had train tickets from there. Trevor actually ended up doing better and dropping us at Llandudno Junction so that the trains were more frequent and convenient for us. The vehicle was clean, roomy and safe and we could hear Trevor easily. We were also able to ask questions and converse easily. Trevor gave us a few different itinerary options depending on what we were most interested in seeing - we chose the South Stack cliffs over a couple of different castles. Trevor told us great information throughout the trip without overloading us and even taught us a bit about the Welsh language. A highlight for me personally was the slate museum which I would never have chosen to see myself but was surprisingly interesting and picturesque. I think Trevor quickly realised that my friend and I enjoy a bit of a meander & window shop as he gave us ample time to look in the various shops of the small towns we stopped at. He was also considerate of my bad knees and kindly assisted us when we were stepping down the odd steep rock. Although there were only three of us, Trevor was happy to leave my friend and I to shop, walk around or have our lunch alone if we wanted. He also happened to make one of the best coffees I’ve had in my few weeks in the UK. To top the day off Trevor suggested some places for dinner before our train and carried our luggage into the pub we selected and even made sure they had room for us and would be able to serve us in time to get our train before he left. I have no doubt he would not have left us before making sure we were safe and happy somewhere we could eat. While I realise that if there had been more guests on the tour we would not have received quite as personalised an experience, I have no doubt Trevor runs an amazing tour no matter the number of people (or the weather). I would certainly use Tudno Tours again and do not hesitate to recommend this small business run with love and care.
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989afnana
May 29, 2024
My trip are cancelled after confirmation - I am very upset after I booked for three people and made all the train and hotel reservations for this trip. They told me that there were only two seats left and my reservation was cancelled, and the amount will be refunded after 5-7 working days. I am coming from south England to Llandudno just to make this trip and now the train tickets and the hotel are non-refundable. This is really bad.
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