Things to do

There are SO many local attactions and activities, we are spoilt for choice! Here are some of our favourites.

Get your walking legs on and conquer Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales. Plenty more, too!
Go surfing at Hell's Mouth
Visit Adventure Parc, Snowdonia( Conwy). Man-made waves to surf, climbing walls and much more
Try the world's longest zip-wire ! Zipworld is just 22 miles away nr Blaenau Ffestiniog
Swim on one of the lovely beaches all along the peninsula
Go horse riding - available at Afonwen and Snowdonia riding stables.
Hire bikes from Beics Menai, in Caernarfon (13 miles) and ride on Lon Eifion cycle path
Go go-karting, quad biking, ten-pin bowling, archery, wakeboarding, SUP, fishing and indoor soft play area at Glasfryn Parc (5 miles)
Go fishing at Bron Eifion, 6 acre coarse fishing lake, near Criccieth (7 miles)
Go white water rafting at National Whitewater rafting centre (35 miles)
Golfers love our courses here on the Llyn peninsula: Porthmadog, Criccieth, Pwllheli & Morfa Nefyn are all superbly scenic and welcome visitors.
try your hand at Segway, paintballing , quad biking at Dragonraiders, (c 5 miles)

Visit Portmeirion Italianate village (13 miles)
Take a train to the top of Snowdon on the Snowdon Mountain Railway
Try more narrow gauge railways: the Welsh Highland railway (narrow gauge) runs from Porthmadog to Caernarfon. (You can jump off at Snowdon Ranger stop and nip up the path to Snowdon!). The Ffestiniog goes from Porthmadog to Blaenau Ffestiniog.
See a castle (or three!) at Criccieth (7 miles), Harlech (19 miles) and Caernarfon (13 miles)
Visit Bardsey Island (Yns Enlli) off the end of the Llyn peninsula
Watch the ospreys at RSPB centre at Glaslyn (just outside Porthmadog)
Go down a slate mine (Llechwedd) or a copper mine (Sygun)
Visit the National Slate Museum at Llanberis
Visit a garden or two: Plas yn Rhiw, (NT) at the end of the peninsula, Brondanw (Clough Willams Ellis's house) at Croesor, Bodnant (NT)
Sample our local wine: yes, really! Pant Du vineyard is nearby at Pen y Groes. They do cider too.
Visit our local brewery - Mws Piws (Purple Moose) - in Porthmadog: tours on Tuesday-Thursday.

Criccieth (7 miles) - nice beach with a lifeboat station and Cadwalladers ice cream parlour!
Blackrock Sands (10 miles) - near Portmadog , huge beach
Hell's Mouth (18 miles) - popular surfing spot
and many others all along the peninsula

On a railway
on a beach
to Bounce Below at LLechwedd (22miles)
to a castle- Harlech, Criccieth, Caernarfon
down a mine (Llechwedd, Sygun etc)
up a hill or mountain
to Anglesey Sea Zoo
quad biking or go-karting in Glasfryn (5 miles)
to Greenwood Forest Park (between Caernarfon and Bangor)
crabbing, anywhere; Morfa Nefyn is traditional
to the Dwyfor rabbit farm at Llanystumdwy (6miles)
on a climbing wall (the Beacon in Caernarfon (14 miles)
surfing on man-made waves and much more at Adventure Parc, Snowdonia, (Conwy, 40miles)

Have a drink in Ty Coch overlooking the beach at Porthdinllaen (nr Nefyn): "the third best pub on the beach in the world!"
Eat ice cream on the seafront at Criccieth
Eat out at one of the many great local pubs and restaurants in Criccieth, Porthamadog, Pwllheli