this year we thought we would go to wales,colwyn bay.for our holiday.
wer'e not too bothered about the commercial side of things,
but love nature etc.
has anyone been there on holiday .
we could also have day trips in to Llandudno etc.
can anyone give any info on the place.
im told its near the mountain zoo.

The mountain zoo is small but quite pleasant.

Personally I'd recommend going to Llandudno instead, staying at the Great Orme end of town. It's a much nicer town with a reasonable town centre and a few decent pubs (particularly the Kings Head). Colwyn Bay's town centre is a bit depressing and the pubs are crap.

For stuff to do, there's the Great Orme in Llandudno which is basically a 1.5 x 0.5 mile enormous rock at the end of town with a tram and cable cars up it. There's the Conwy Castle. You can get a train or drive down the cowny valley then along to Mt Snowdon (Llanberis). Also handy for the Menai Strait and Angelssey.

For stuff to do, there's the Great Orme in Llandudno which is basically a 1.5 x 0.5 mile enormous rock at the end of town with a tram and cable cars up it

And Bronze Age copper mine in it. Not sure how open or accessible it is.

Holyhead isn't far away, and you can catch the ferry over to Dublin for the day, it's around £19 but good for around 6 hours in Dub and cheap fags & booze etc there and back. Oh and the bestest ever Guiness in the world.

Yes the copper mines are open as a tourist attraction. They're quite good.

There's also a few things in Rhyl - a good aquarium called Sea World, the Sun Centre (swimming pool with wave machine) and a rollercoaster that looks like a death trap. I wouldn't stay in Rhyl tho' - it's populated with heroin addicts and freaks.

Also a dry ski slope on the Great Orme, although coming from Sheffield it's probably not very high on your list of things to do..

Dont stay in Colwyn Bay. I lived near there till recently and its pretty scummy. Stay somewhere nice, anywhere else would be nicer (other than rhyl) ie llandudno, conwy, bangor anglesey. Its a bit of a trek, but abersoch is where I would recomend. Nothing but wildlife and hills for miles around but abersoch itself is a small, groovy surfing town (st Ives of Wales)

Try and go to Porthmeiron where the Prisoner was filmed its weird in a nice way! Think there is a hotel there too. Rhyl just full of p.ss.d up scousers

we went years ago when i was about 13/14, must be about 22 years now. All I can remember is the beach being full of jellyfish, not the odd one, you had to mind where you walked.

We went to Anglesey on a school camping trip Cookie and we had the same trouble......sod it now we just drive over to Holyhead and off to the Emerald Isle.....heaven

stopped there last year for a weeks holiday with my good lady!found some nice digs half board good food good price good company!Couple of decent pubs in colwyn bay ,decent shopping area,some good old book shops and a great beach to walk along!great position to explore the north wales coast right up to Angelsey.Llanberis is amazing going inside the mountain to see the workings of a fast power station is awesome [sounds anorakish ] but it isn't!Have a walk on Bangor Pier and have scones at the end great!Go to betswy and just chill out at the side of the river !Go up the cable at LLandudno the view at the top is awesome!All in all we had a great week !! Forget about doom and gloom merchants try it out ,be prepared to travelaround and you'll enjoy it!!

cheers feederfil.
glad of some positive feedback.
as id already booked holiday before starting this thread.