Anglesey
Luxury Holiday Homes in Conwy and Llandudno
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Our Conwy and Llandudno holiday cottages
Holiday cottages Llandudno and Conwy way from Birch Stays: 2 homes on the north coast and in the Conwy Valley, sleeping 12 and 34 guests. Plas y Môr is a house for 34 at Rhos-on-Sea, 14 minutes from Llandudno, with an indoor pool, a sauna and a hot tub. The Old Tearoom sleeps 12 in Trefriw, a village up the Conwy Valley, with walks from the door and dogs welcome. You book directly with us.
Why choose Conwy and Llandudno
Conwy has the castle and the walls, Llandudno has the pier, the promenade and the Great Orme, and the Conwy Valley runs straight up into the mountains.
Our holiday cottages here suit big celebrations that want a pool and a bar under one roof. They suit families who want a beach and a castle in the same day, and anyone arriving by train. If you're comparing holiday cottages in Llandudno, Wales, against the rest of the coast, this is the stretch with the most to do on foot. They suit people less if what they want is a quiet cove; for that, the Llyn Peninsula and Anglesey are the coasts.
Rhos-on-Sea, Colwyn Bay and Llandudno
Rhos-on-Sea is the quiet end of the bay between Colwyn Bay and Llandudno: a promenade, a small harbour and St Trillo's chapel on the shore, the smallest church in Britain. Llandudno, 14 minutes west, is the classic Victorian resort, with the pier, two beaches and the Great Orme rising behind the town.
Plas y Môr is a few minutes' walk from the Rhos-on-Sea promenade. It sleeps 34 guests across 13 bedrooms and has a heated indoor pool with a sauna, a hot tub, a cinema room, a cave bar, a games room with pool and table tennis, a tennis court and an outdoor kitchen. There's private parking on site. It's built for the 40th, the wedding party or the whole family at Christmas. Of our Llandudno holiday cottages, it's the largest by some way. Plas y Môr doesn't take pets.
Conwy and the Conwy Valley
Conwy is the walled town on the estuary, with the castle at one end, the harbour at the other and the town walls you can walk on top of. Conwy Castle is cared for by Cadw, the Welsh heritage body. Plas Mawr, an Elizabethan townhouse, is on the High Street, and the smallest house in Britain is on the quay.
The Old Tearoom is 23 minutes up the valley in Trefriw. It sleeps 12 guests across six bedrooms, with an enclosed garden, a log burner, a fire pit and a ground-floor bedroom and shower. Dogs are welcome, and there are walks from the front door up to Llyn Geirionydd. Of our holiday cottages, Conwy Valley side, it's the one with the mountains closer than the sea. It's on our Snowdonia page too.
The beaches
Llandudno has two: North Shore, the long curve of shingle and sand in front of the promenade and the pier, and West Shore, the quieter, sandier side facing Conwy, which is where locals go for the sunset. Rhos-on-Sea and Colwyn Bay have the promenade and a sandy beach at low tide. Conwy Morfa, across the estuary from the town, is the beach for a dog walk.
Walks
The Great Orme is the one to do first. Walk up through the Haulfre Gardens, or take the tram or the cable car and walk back down, with Kashmiri goats on the slopes and the whole coast below you. It's windy at the top whatever the weather at sea level.
Behind Conwy, Sychnant Pass leads up onto Conwy Mountain and Tal y Fan, with views over the estuary to Anglesey, and you can come back down to Conwy on the coast path. From The Old Tearoom, the 3.8-mile walk up past the Fairy Falls to Llyn Geirionydd starts at the door. The best short walks in North Wales has more.
Cafés, pubs and restaurants
Llandudno has the widest choice on this stretch of coast. The Cottage Loaf, Llandudno's best-known gastropub, is up the alley beside the main street, and locals send visitors there. It's worth booking. In Conwy, the pubs on the quay are the ones for a drink by the harbour, and the town is known for its fish and chips. Watch the seagulls with either; they are bold. See the best places to eat in North Wales.
The retail parks at Llandudno Junction have the big supermarkets, ten minutes from Plas y Môr and on the way to Trefriw.
Things to do in Conwy and Llandudno
- Conwy Castle and a lap of the town walls, which are free to walk
- Plas Mawr and the smallest house in Britain, both a few minutes from the castle
- Crabbing off Conwy harbour: a line, a bucket and some bacon
- The Great Orme by tram or cable car, with the Bronze Age copper mines inside it
- West Shore at Llandudno for the sunset
- St Trillo's chapel on the shore at Rhos-on-Sea, a short walk from Plas y Môr
- Bodnant Garden, 14 minutes from Plas y Môr and 19 from Trefriw
- The Welsh Mountain Zoo at Colwyn Bay, seven minutes from Plas y Môr, with the snow leopards and the view over the bay
- Snowdonia, from Betws-y-Coed to Cwm Idwal, for the mountain day
- When it rains: The Great Orme mines are underground, Conwy Castle and Plas Mawr are mostly indoors, and Llandudno has its museum and the pier arcade. Bodnant is better in a shower than you'd think.
Getting to Conwy and Llandudno
This is the easiest part of North Wales to reach. Rhos-on-Sea is under an hour from Chester, about an hour and twenty minutes from Liverpool and just under two hours from Manchester, all on the A55. Conwy is 12 minutes from Plas y Môr.
By train, Llandudno Junction is on the main North Wales Coast line, with direct trains from Chester and Manchester and connections from London. Conwy has its own station, Llandudno has a branch line, and Betws-y-Coed is on the Conwy Valley line. Conwy's car parks fill early, so from Plas y Môr the bus or train into town is easier than parking.
Why book direct with Birch Stays
Book direct and you'll deal with us, not a call centre. Our team will answer the phone and can tell you, honestly, which home has the better hot tub. When you're ready to book, pay 30% to hold your dates. The balance is usually due 60 days before you arrive, but it varies by home, so check the listing for your dates. If anything about the home changes before then, you'll hear it from us first.
