Private Snowdonia's Industrial Heritage & Slate Trail Tour

9 hours Private tour

Private Snowdonia's Industrial Heritage & Slate Trail Tour, photo 2 — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

An incredible combination of dramatic landscape and history. If you love your history and heritage and culture. This tour will blow your mind. Add in a little physical walking, at the end of this tour, you'll be a cultural expert of wales mining and heritage history.

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At a glance

Duration: 9 hours
Confirmation: Confirmed within 48 hours
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Audio guide: English
Guide: English
Operated by: Adventure Tour Snowdonia

What is included

Included

Included: Free smiles and laughter
Included: Local tour guide with years of local experience of snowdonia
Included: Live audio of the fascinating local history throughout the tour,
Included: 16 seat comfortable minibus

Not included

Not included: Tips and gratitudes
Not included: Snacks
Not included: (optional) entrance into main mine area additional fee. Child/Free Junior £7.50 Adult £11

Itinerary

Castell Conwy

Passing by

We pass through the old castle town of Conwy. We will see the towering ancient castle and the beautiful Conwy estuary and historic village
Stop 2

30 min

Our first stop is the dramatic Penrhyn Quarry. Here we see first hand the early beginnings of the slate industry, and how the modern era now uses these dramatic landscapes and lakes for the adrenaline and adventure industry.
Stop 3

Passing by

We drive through this glacial valley carved out during the last ice age. Here the mountains tower around us.
Llyn Ogwen

Passing by

This spectacular driving route and views,and passing the famous lake, we reveal ancient myths and legends of this area and location.
Snowdonia-Eryri National Park

5 min

Snowdonias most iconic view without climbing the summit. Snowdonia viewpoint has a 360 panoramic spectacular photo opportunity
Sygun Copper Mine

1 h 15 min Admission not included

Sygun Copper Mine is one of the wonders of Wales – a remarkable and impressive example of how our precious industrial heritage can be reclaimed, restored and transformed into an outstanding attraction. A self-guided audiovisual tours allow you to explore the old workings on foot. There are winding tunnels and large, colorful chambers, magnificent stalactite and stalagmite formations and copper ore veins which contain traces of gold, silver and other precious metals.
Aberglaslyn Pass

Passing by

Another breathtaking drive down traditional snowdonia farmland, lakes and history surrounding us everywhere
Stop 8

1 h 30 min

Take a gentle 2 mile stroll around the disused quarry. There are many old buildings and ruins, tunnels and a Cornish Beam Engine to explore, as well as flooded mines and an insight to the history of slate mining in years gone by.
Stop 9

1 h 10 min

This place will literally blow your mind. The workings of men practically everywhere, the views, the now empty and disused old buildings and machinery left within. The old barracks where workers would live in freezing cramped conditions. This is a place where all wish to return.
National Slate Museum

one hour

Visit our Slate Museum. Set within some of the most spectacular scenery in North Wales . The slate industry was one of the main economic motors of Wales. Step back in time and immerse yourself in a variety of talks and demonstrations to give you a real insight into the hardships of past quarry life.