port meirrion north Wales

[mouse]

portmeirion..north wales
a fantasy village built on an estury on the llyn peninsular by architect clough Williams ellis[lordy my memory]...it has differing styles and is rather continental in apearence and colours..could be thought..Italy..Greece etc
set in woodland clough ellis incorporated the fall of the land ....and the rocks play a good part in his village incorporating them into the overall design....
there is an hotel and a few holiday lets in some of the properties..which are not always what they appear
and if any one remembers the tv show..the prisoner...well this is where it was filmed
the first entrance is an iron gate
and then the real enterance to the village....the colour is gradually shaded to give the apearence of age and could be any of the german states while next door is some what English georgian


on this building the front windows are all painted on..even down to the creases in the curtains and the reflection of the next door roof......the real windows are on the other side catching rather super views....brian epstien manager of the beatles was a regular visitor alaways staying in the same rooms



lots of niches around which are either enterances to walk ways or the homes to statues

[mouse]

coming through the gate house to the left is the estury and down in the right hand corner can see just the edge of a viewing platform...the arch makes a good frame for the view..which by any standards is pretty good



the view gets better a few steps on the other side of the estury [the road to harlech is on that side of the estury

on to the next building down the one street..don't usually have people in my photos but unfortunately there were people around and it couldn't be helped..haven't a clue who these random peeps were

[mouse]

coming out of the archway can be seen the rocks that have been built around..plus the last three persons are part of our lot with walking sticks to the fore and have just noticed the frst two [backs] are also part of our group


slightly blured shot showing a small square..which housed a café and a seating area


dunno who this is..but he is just one of the many statues dotted around

[mouse]

moving on


the background is the town hall in a totally differing type of design quite Elizabethan with its mullioned windows

[mouse]

the gardens central to the village

another different look..but its suprising how all the different designs sit well with each other

[mouse]

here we are still walking down the street....and its beginning to rain

mad scramble for rainproofs and brollies and three of ours nearest camera

[mouse]

finally the estury and end of the road is in sight

[fretslider]

Nice, mouse.


I took the kids there in the 90s - I'm one of those 'Prisoner' types.


Did you not go to Number 6?

[mouse]

Aug 6, 2013 2:22:17 GMT -5 fretslider said:

Nice, mouse.


I took the kids there in the 90s - I'm one of those 'Prisoner' types.


Did you not go to Number 6?

we did the lot..i remember the prisoner..but I never understood it...but Patrick mc was very watchable
will post a little more tomorrow...they need to up the anti on their catering services...

[beth]

This is gorgeous, mouse. Thanks so much for the pictures.

I may never make it but it's now on my "must see" list.

[mouse]

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overlooking the hotel pool..nearly at the bottom

we have decided to spend a couple of days here at this hotel in the out of season when it will be beautifully quiet...the mist was beginning to lift a little and the rain was easeing off

the estury looking the other way

[mouse]

as we turn to go the sun starts to come out

showing bits and bobs which had been hidden

[mouse]

during all this the band played on...

they have a system for oldies like us where you can go into any café/shop and a message will be passed on that transport is needed up to the top[if they didn't many7 of us would not be able to enjoy]
...we had also ordered one for several of us to use to take us around the grounds to vantage points on the woods..which was rather fun...and yes its blured..blame the weather as the heavens opened
this is one of the views...there are also different effort needing walks

[mouse]

the Chinese bridge

and from the summer house[plus we had a very nice driver..very celtic type dark and swarthy with the brightest of blue eyes

and last but by no means least...the traffic jam we got stuck in on the way home..it dodnt last long though