Penmaenmawr is a town on the North coast of Wales. It is located between the town of Llanfairfechan to the West, Conwy to the East, the Snowdonia National Park to the South and the Menai Strait to the North West. The town is not alone among Victorian seaside resorts that are looking for a new direction, but one could say that Penmaenmawr has several advantages, including one of the best beaches in North Wales that was recently awarded the prestigious Blue Flag.

The recently modernised promenade is the showpiece of this clean, well maintained beach. It has many attractive features, with its landscaped terraces, flower borders and grassed areas. Remembering it's Victorian past Penmaenmawr even offers beach chalets for hire. There is a caféteria, an amusement arcade and an outdoor paddling pool and play area, all helping to make the promenade a pleasant location for a family day out.

For the more adventurous the local sailing club offers sailing, windsurfing, and canoeing and the seafront is renowned for its magnificent views of Llandudno's Great Orme and the Menai Straits.

Penmaenmawr also has a great sense of history that stretches back much much further in time than the Victorians!

Take the short climb to the top of the hill behind the town to see the true beauty of Penmaenmawr and to understand some of it's history. Find the bronze age stone circle in its magical setting on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park with even better views of the Great Orme and Isle of Anglesey. With such views it is no wonder ancient peoples chose to build their temples in Penmaenmawr! The Druid's Circle, as it is known, dating from the 2nd millennium BC, is just one of several Bronze Age monuments to be found, some were used for burials and others for various rituals including it is believed human sacrifice,

From here it is but a short distance to another wonder of ancient Wales the Craig Lwyd stone age site. Located further west than the Druid's Circle the site was one of the biggest "factories" for the manufacture of stone axes in Britain in the 3rd millennium BC.

Penmaenmawr even has it's own legend. That of the ancient sunken palace of Helig reputedly located out in the Bay of Conwy. At low tide the petrified tree stumps are still visible on Penmaen Bach beach, all that remains of the ancient verdant valley where Helig once held court and that was to be flooded along with his palace and his people.

For walkers/ramblers the footpaths above Penmaenmawr (including the North Wales Path) are the gateway to many beautiful areas of Snowdonia National Park and the Conwy Valley.

Back to the present day and you can further enjoy the fantastic views while playing a round of golf at Penmaenmawr Golf Club, Mountain Biking on the trails in the Penmaenmawr hinterland, or for the anglers there is fly fishing for trout, sea fishing for Bass, and for the more adventurous (some would say foolhardy) hang gliding from the nearby hilltop above Dwygyfylchi.