Fron Farm Shepherd's Huts

Architecture buffs might want to make immediate tracks to Menai Bridge half an hour’s drive away to have a gander at the spectacular Telford-designed suspension bridge across the strait to Anglesey. If it’s old piles rather than bridges that get you going though, you’re well-served here too: Penrhyn, Caernarfon, Beaumaris, Conwy and Bodelwyddan castles are all within 40 minutes, and simply stunning Errdig Hall is just over an hour away. More active types should hop a wave to Surf Snowdonia (the only artificial surfing lake in the UK) for bodacious boarding, then carry on to Llanrust for downhill ziplines and rope courses, and zip over to Penrhyn Quarry half an hour away for the longest zipline in Europe. If it rains during your stay, take the action below ground for some subterranean adventures at Bounce Below – a cave-based trampoline centre – or the Llechwedd Slate Caverns, both around 45 minutes away. Want to finish your holidays on a boozy note? Tipplers and sippers are within stumbling distance of Gwinllan Conwy Vineyard for tours and tastings, so pour yourself into the car (nab a designated driver) and head over for a couple of glasses of vino.