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Telephone: 01248 670559

The Plas Dinorwic Resort Hotel has fine bedrooms, suites, cottages & public rooms at affordable prices. A family run AA 3* graded hotel, it has an informal and friendly atmosphere.

At the Hotel Plas Dinorwic we offer unique accommodation for every taste, each unit or bedroom being different.

Our accommodation includes:- Twin bedded rooms, Double bedded rooms, Multi bedded (family) rooms, a selection of suites and penthouses with panoramic views of the Menai Straits, Sea View apartments and Stone built cottages. All accommodations are en-suite with tea / coffee making facilities plus TV.

Our resort hotel is situated exactly halfway between the University City of Bangor with its shopping centres and the Historic Town of Caernarfon with its cultural heritage. Equidistant from The Isle of Anglesey with its sea ferry terminal to Ireland and also on the waters edge of The Snowdonia National Park, we believe we are ideally located for that perfect romantic getaway or business stay

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More Information About Caernarfon

Caernarfon (the original Welsh spelling is now almost always used in preference to the anglicised forms, "Caernarvon" or "Carnarvon") is a royal town in Gwynedd, northwest Wales.

The name comes from Welsh Caer yn Arfon = "castle in Arfon", referring to the Roman fort named Segontium. Arfon means "[region] opposite Anglesey". In Welsh it is pronounced [kaɨrˈnarvɔn], but it tends to be /kərˈnɑrvən/ in English.

History

Caernarfon is the traditional county town of the historic county of Caernarfonshire. The town is best known for its great stone castle, built by Edward I of England and consequently sometimes seen as a symbol of English domination. Edward's architect, James of St. George, may well have modelled the castle on the walls of Constantinople, possibly being aware of the alternative Welsh name Caer Gystennin; in addition, Edward was a supporter of the Crusader cause. On higher ground on the outskirts of the town are the remains of an earlier occupation, the Segontium Roman Fort.

Caernarfon was constituted a borough in 1284 by charter of Edward I. The charter, which was confirmed on a number of occasions, appointed the mayor of the borough Constable of the Castle ex officio.[1] The former municipal borough was designated a royal borough in 1963. The borough was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 in 1974, and the status of "royal town" was granted to the community which succeeded it.[2]

Caernarvon railway station served the town from 1852 to 1970.

Culture and incidental information

Caernarfon railway station in St. Helen's Road is the northern terminus of the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway. Caernarfon was at one time an important port, exporting slate from the Nantlle Valley quarries. Caernarfon Airport is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) to the south west, and offers pleasure flights and an aviation museum.

Caernarfon hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1862, 1894, 1906, 1921, 1935, 1959 and 1979. Unofficial National Eisteddfod events were also held there in 1877 and 1880.

In 1955, Caernarfon was in the running for the title of Capital of Wales on historical grounds. But the town's campaign was heavily defeated in a ballot of Welsh local authorities, with 11 votes compared to Cardiff's 136. Cardiff therefore became Wales' first official capital city.

Caernarfon has a small harbour and a Blue Flag beach at Victoria Harbour.

The oldest public house in Caernarfon is the Black Boy Inn which remained in the same family for over 40 years until recently sold to a hotel group.

The town is twinned with Landerneau in Britanny.

It appears as a settlement under the name Caernarvon in the PC computer game Medieval II: Total War.

Caernarfon has been chosen as the location of a new prison. HMP Caernarfon will hold up to 800 adult males when constructed, and will take prisoners from all over the North Wales area.

 

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