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11 Days from £2,695pp
British Isles HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS

● Journey on many of the Great Little Trains of Wales
● Experience heritage steam to the summit of Snowdon
● Discover Wales’ slate heritage at the National
Slate Museum
GRAND TOURS Ffestiniog Railway heads to Blaenau Ffestiniog © Chris Parry ● Coach tour of Elan Valley showcases the impressive
● Relaxing canal boat cruise, offering an informative
commentary and stunning scenery

expanse of dams and reservoirs
● Visit Caernarfon Castle, arguably King Edward I’s
greatest fortress
● Comprehensive access in and around Penrhyn Castle
● Majority of your meals included

The Queen at Chester Hotel
Chester
Wales: Culture, SELECTED HOTELS
Llanberis
Padarn Hotel
Machynlleth
The Wynnstay Hotel
Steam & Heritage Llandrindod Wells Hotel Commodore
Llangollen
The Wild Pheasant Hotel
Please note – hotels can be subject to change
PRICE INCLUDES
● All railway journeys stated, both mainline and steam
Friday 4 September to Monday 14 September 2026
● Accommodation in good quality hotels on a
bed and breakfast basis
This comprehensive tour takes you to the must-ride independent railways of North and Mid- ● 9 evening meals, 9 lunches and 1 afternoon tea
Wales, along with a relaxing canal boat cruise and a good dose of history. ● Excursions as specified
● All transfers
● Services of a tour leader throughout the tour
Day 1 - Welcome Day 6 - Welsh Highland Railway
We meet at The Queen at Chester Hotel for a Back on the rails today, this time on the Welsh PRICE PER PERSON:
welcome dinner and a 2-night stay in this charming Highland Railway. Enjoy a picnic lunch from Caffi de Escorted holiday £2,695
Roman City. Winton on board the train, before travelling along Single room supplement £640
the coast on the Cambrian Line to Machynlleth for
Day 2 - Chester a 2-night stay. Deposit for this holiday £100
Begin the day with a walking tour, focussing on the
rich heritage and development of this city from Day 7 - Vale of Rheidol Railway
Roman times through to modern day. We will then Rail to Aberystwyth this morning for a journey that before the Llangollen Railway takes us through the
have free time to explore before we reconvene at takes us to Devil’s Bridge where we reach a height Dee Valley, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty –
our hotel for a sumptuous afternoon tea. of over 600ft and are rewarded with stunning views sit back and enjoy the view.
across the valley. Time to look around and collect
Day 3 - Llandudno, Llanberis & Llanfairpwll our picnic lunch before boarding our train back to Day 11 - Homeward Bound
By train to Llandudno to join our private coach for Machynlleth. A free morning before our coach transfer back to
the day. Our first stop is the Great Orme Tramway Chester. We stop en route at Erddig Hall for a picnic
– at over 110 years old, this really is an impressive Day 8 - Tywyn for the Talyllyn lunch and a look around.
feat of engineering. Our next stop is Penrhyn Castle Travel by mainline rail to Tywyn for a return journey
where we enjoy lunch and visit the museum. En route on the Talyllyn Railway with refreshments included
to Llanberis, our home for the next 3 nights, we visit at Abergynolwyn Station. There will be a workshop
the famous Llanfairpwll Station. tour and free time to visit the Narrow Gauge Railway
Museum before our transfer to Llandrindod Wells for
Day 4 - Steam & Heritage a 1-night stay.
Today we experience ‘heritage steam’ as we travel
to the summit of Snowdon on the Snowdon Lily, Day 9 - Elan Valley Dams
followed by lunch at the National Slate Museum. We Explore the beauty of Elan Valley by coach and
round off the day with some narrow gauge steam on marvel at the remarkable Victorian engineering. A
the Llanberis Lake Railway. picnic lunch is included today. In the afternoon we
visit the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway for a
Day 5 - Ffestiniog Railway return journey before heading to Llangollen for a
We visit Caernarfon Castle this morning, a mighty 2-night stay.
fortress whose main walls, towers and turrets
remain largely intact. After lunch we travel by coach Day 10 - Llangollen Railway & Aqueduct
to Porthmadog for a return journey on the famous We begin the day with a relaxing canal boat cruise
Ffestiniog Railway to Blaenau Ffestiniog, before across the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, a UNESCO World
returning to Llanberis by coach. Heritage Site. We have a ploughman’s lunch onboard

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