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Town in Gwynedd, Wales
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Porthmadog, formerly Portmadoc, is a small coastal town in Gwynedd with a population of 4,000. It has a picturesque harbour. 19th-century wharves survive, but the harbour is used by leisure yachts.
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The Ffestiniog runs through several miles of attractive terrain to Blaenau Ffestiniog. From Blaenau you can either proceed north on the standard gauge Conwy Valley Line to the coast at Llandudno or you can return to Porthmadog. A round trip (Porthmadog - Blaenau - Porthmadog) will take approximately 4 hours (more if you break the journey along the route) and it is therefore an excellent way of occupying a day.
It runs trains from Porthmadog via Beddgelert to Caernarfon through picturesque scenery of Snowdonia.
A great place for a drink or food before or after your journey on the Ffestiniog Railway or Welsh Highland Railway.
Shop specialising in bargain second-hand records, tapes, CDs, videos and DVDs. Good Welsh-language sections.
By bus
Porthmadog is served by Sherpa'r Wyddfa's Line S4 from Pen-y-Pass, TrawCymru's T22 from Blaenau Ffestiniog and Caenarfon, and the T2 from Aberystwyth and Caenarfon.
By car
On the A487, the Fishguard to Bangor trunk road. The A498 runs north from Porthmadog to Beddgelert, giving access to Snowdonia.
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