Caernarfon is situated in Gwynedd, North Wales. It's location on the Menai Straits close to Snowdonia National Park makes it ideal for touring both the Snowdonia National Park and the Isle of Anglesey.

Caernarfon, situated between the picturesque Menai Straits and Mount Snowdon is a busy Welsh market town and a major tourist centre. Renowned for the World Heritage Site of Caernarfon Castle, the most famous of Wales' castles, and the investiture in 1969 of Prince Charles as the present Prince of Wales. Indeed the town is dominated by King Edward I's impressive medieval fortress and town walls, built as part of the iron ring of castles to secure his English foothold in Wales after the death of the last Prince of Wales. But the town is older than its medieval castle would suggest. Much older.

Several walks, trails and bike routes converge on Caernarfon including the Llyn Coastal Path, a National Trail. An alternative is to take the Welsh Highland Railway as far as Rhyd Ddu at the base of Mount Snowdon. Rhyd Ddu is some 12 miles from Caernarfon and high up in the Snowdonia Mountains. The railway links to some tremendous walks, including the Rhyd Ddu path up Snowdon, the Nantlle Ridge or Mynydd Mawr.