Langollen - Llangollen is an ideal holiday location, set below the hills in the Dee Valley. Thousands of visitors from around the globe descend on Llangollen in July each year when it hosts the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. You can stroll quietly along the River Dee or the more energetic can walk in the surrounding hills. If your interest is canoeing, Steam trains (Llangollen Railway), Canal boats you will find all this at Llangollen plus many antique and book shops. Great restaurants in Llangollen include; 'The Cornmill' on the river front and 'Gales of Llangollen' wine bar.   Horse Shoe Falls - Thomas Telford built what is today known as the 'Hoseshoe Falls'; a weir stretching across the River Dee. There is beautiful walking and riding opportunities to be had and the famous Horse Shoe Pass provides fantastic views around the countryside here - more info: llangollen.org.uk/   Lake Bala - Lake Bala is 10 miles from Cynwyd. Great for sailing, canoeing and picnics. It also boasts a leisure centre with swimming pool. Bala Sailing Club (Club Hwylio)   Snowdonia (Eryri) - Snowdonia at the heart of North Wales, is still wild, it is a land of heather moors, of peaceful valleys and tranquil lakes, of brooding mountain skylines dipping into the sea. Ravens wheel above its peaks.A place of great beauty, Snowdonia's history is written into its landscape; prehistoric burial chambers, massive castles recalling past wars between the Welsh and the English. Victorian chapels, quaysides and quarries, magnificent bridges and aqueducts. Attractions of Snowdonia   Offa's Dyke - North Wales has a vast array of walking and rambling. The great earthwork built 757-796 A.D. that is Offa's Dyke is close by and is one of Britain's National Trail treasures! A long distance footpath, the dyke runs 177miles from Sedbury in the north(?) to Prestatyn and section walks are very popular with easy start/finish access points. The trail offers some of the most beautiful but seldom visited Welsh Marches! - more info: Offa's Dyke Ass. and Offa's Dyke Path: 'A Walk Through History'   Barmouth (Abermo) - Barmouth’s location on the west coast of North Wales and lying between a mountain range and the sea on the mouth of the river Mawddach is arguably one of the most beautiful locations in Wales. It rests just within the south west corner of Snowdonia National Park and is seeped in a history rich with connections to the shipping and slate industries - more info: Barmouth in Gwynedd West Wales   Harlech - A little north up the coast from Barmouth is the spectacular site of Harlech Castle..Perchlike from the clifftop, it seems to gaze out like a sentinel it dominates this part of the coastline - more info: Harlech in Gwynedd West Wales