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Bed and Breakfast in Betws-y-Coed - ideal for Snowdonia and North Wales

Afon View Guest House is situated in the village of Betws-y-Coed close to the shops, restaurants and train station. The village is in the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales. It is ideally located for exploring all that Snowdonia and the rest of North Wales has to offer.

The guest house has its own private parking to the rear of the property, and is within walking distance of the railway station.

There are many steam railways in this part of North Wales including the Ffestiniog Railway, Snowdon Mountain Railway, and Welsh Highland Railway. There are also many historic Welsh castles to explore such as Conwy Castle, Caernarfon Castle and Dolwyddelan Castle. Other popular attractions include the Italianate village of Portmeirion, and the famous Bodnant Garden.

This area of Snowdonia is ideal for those who enjoy walking. There are some gentler walks in the Gwydir Forest which surrounds Betws-y-Coed, and more strenous walks and climbs in the higher peaks of Snowdonia, including Snowdon and the Carneddau.

Mountain biking, fishing, canoeing, bird watching and horse riding is also well catered for in this area of Snowdonia.

Or you can take it easy and enjoy the beautiful lakes and mountains of Snowdonia, or the coastline and beaches of the Lleyn Peninsula and Anglesey.

Betws-y-Coed has a wide range of places to eat in the evening including pubs, restaurants and cafés. The village also has a good selection of shops including craft/gift shops, and outdoor shops with well known names like Hawkshead, Cotswold Outdoor and Stewart Cunningham.

Location and Travel

Betws-y-Coed is well connected to the UK's road network via North Wales's A55 coastal expressway which links to the M6 and the A5 from the M54.

See our Find Us page showing location of Afon View on Googlemaps.

From the map below it can be seen that this is an ideal holiday base for exploring Snowdonia and the whole of North Wales.