National Trust & Cadw places in Gwynedd

Two great mountain ranges of Eryri with glacial lakes and the Cwm Idwal nature reserve.

Picturesque Snowdonia village with woodland walks and the legend of Gelert the hound.

Two upland lakes beneath the ridge of Pared y Cefn Hir in south Eryri, with drystone farm enclosures, rare plants and views towards Barmouth.

An Iron Age coastal hillfort above the beach near Caernarfon, with an excavated stone roundhouse and views along the coast to Yr Eifl and the Llŷn peninsula.

Woodland and parkland on the Menai Strait near Bangor, once part of the Vaynol estate, with a bird hide, views across to Plas Newydd and Eryri, a picnic area and a 1.5-mile circular walk from a free car park.

A sheltered sandy beach on the Llŷn Peninsula with colourful beach huts and woodland headland.

Clifftop farmland and a pebble beach on the Llŷn coast at Trefor, below the ruins of Yr Eifl granite quarry, with sea stacks, cormorants and a three-mile circular walk; dogs on leads.

The westernmost tip of Llŷn beyond Aberdaron: a hilltop coastguard hut with views of Ynys Enlli (Bardsey), choughs, the spotted rock rose on Braich y Pwll and a two-mile circular walk; dogs on leads.

A mountain centre in the Ogwen Valley, gateway to Cwm Idwal, Tryfan and the Glyderau.

Farmland and seabird cliffs on the north Llŷn coast near Nefyn, with a mile-long storm beach at Porth Pistyll, choughs, mountain goats and a six-mile circular walk to Nant Gwrtheyrn; dogs on leads.

A tiny cove near Aberdaron, the historic departure point for Bardsey Island pilgrims.

A visitor centre in Aberdaron celebrating the landscape and culture of the Llŷn Peninsula.

A remote fishing village on the Llŷn coast, home to the famous Tŷ Coch Inn beach pub.

The famous Whistling Sands beach on the Llŷn Peninsula with its squeaking sand.

Ancient oak woodland, waterfalls and gold mine remains in southern Snowdonia.

Edward I's near-complete half-mile circuit of eight towers and two gateways around medieval Caernarfon, a World Heritage Site, followed from the streets and quay; free, daylight hours, wall walk closed, one tower by key in season.

Edward I's World Heritage fortress-palace of 1283 on the Seiont, with the Eagle Tower, wall walks, exhibitions and the Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum included; pay and display car parks in the town, the nearest on the waterfront below.

Llywelyn the Great's headland castle above Criccieth with a twin-towered gatehouse, a visitor centre exhibition and views across Cardigan Bay; closed two or four days a week, no car park.

Llywelyn the Great's round tower on a knoll between Llyn Padarn and Llyn Peris above Llanberis; free, open daylight hours, a short steep woodland path from the council pay and display car park across the A4086.

Edward I's World Heritage castle on a crag above Cardigan Bay, entered by a floating footbridge from the visitor centre, with wall walks, a cafe and shop; small pay and display car park beside the entrance.

Llywelyn the Great's castle of 1221 on a rocky ridge in the Dysynni Valley below Cader Idris, with D-shaped towers and a twin-gated entrance; free, open daylight hours, small car park and five-minute climb at the lane end.

Plain, unfinished Cistercian abbey church of 1198 at the head of the Mawddach estuary near Dolgellau, with its three-arched arcade and west tower; free, open daily, small car park reached through a caravan park.

Two Neolithic portal dolmens in one long cairn above Dyffryn Ardudwy, their capstones still in place, the finest of the Ardudwy group; free, open daylight hours, a short path up past the school from the A496, no car park.

Fifteenth-century gentry hall house near Chwilog on the Llyn, with its carved roof trusses and spere truss almost unchanged since about 1476; free, open April to September 10am to 5pm, roadside parking opposite.

Tiny mossy two-arched packhorse bridge of the early 1600s over the Dyfi at Dinas Mawddwy, paid for by the scholar Dr John Davies; free, open daylight hours, viewed from the old road bridge, park at Meirion Mill.

Excavated foundations of the Roman auxiliary fort of AD 77 above Caernarfon, held until about AD 394, with barracks, headquarters strongroom and gateways on view; free, open all year, roadside parking on Constantine Road.

Hidden holy well of the 6th-century St Cybi below Garn Bentyrch near Pwllheli, with its domed bathing chamber and ruined pilgrims' cottage; free, open daylight hours, reached on foot over stiles from Llangybi church, no car park.