The origins of this land date back thousands of years. Today you can take a fascinating journey through the different historical periods that have left their visible remains throughout the region.

Ancient history including mystic stone circles are all easily accessible and will give you a fascinating insight into history. There is the 4000 year old copper mines situated in the Great Orme in Llandudno where you can see actual bone tools they used. Follow the trail of the centuries along the Roman Road through the mountains high above Rowen in the Conwy Valley. Visit the Roman Spa at Trefriw whose waters are reputed to be health giving.

You must visit Conwy's castle built by Edward the Ist in the 13th Century and walk the walls of this fortified town, then visit Aberconwy House, a 14th Century medieval Merchant's House. Conwy also boasts one of the best preserved Elizabethan town houses in Britain - Plas Mawr, where visitors can catch a glimpse of the lives of Tudor gentry and their servants. On the small and quaint harbour lives the smallest house in Britain over looking the Conwy Estuary and the famous Telford Bridge built in 1850.

Continue through the ages to the mid and late 1800s when Llandudno, the region's largest holiday resort, began its transformation. Simply walk the long promenade to see the finest and most carefully conserved architecture, unique in style to Victorian Britain.