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The Bulkeley Hotel |
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Rooms From: £ 107
19 Castle St, Beaumaris, LL58 8AW
The Bulkeley Hotel is yards from the beach and pier alongside the Menai Straits. It enjoys stunning views across the water to the mountains of Snowdonia, and sits 100 yards from the famous 13th Century.
Built as a Georgian show piece in 1832 the hotel now has 43 en-suite bedrooms, a fine restaurant, coffee shop, Real Ale bar and lounge.
All the bedrooms are serviced by a lift and we have facilities for the disabled guest.
For the business traveller we offer full a Secretarial Service, internet access in all bedrooms and meeting rooms for 2-150.
We can host civil weddings for you and make all the necessary arrangements for your special day. Our ballroom is regularly used for weddings and functions for up to 140 people.
We serve 'A Taste of Wales' and pride ourselves on cooking the best of local produce creatively.
Directions
BY CAR: For those taking a leisurely journey. Take the A5 which comes through Shropshire and the Vale of Llangollen and then into the mountains of Snowdonia, a spectacular trip in Summer and Winter.
M6 and A55 Coast Road: The motorway will take you quickly to Chester and then a pleasant trip down the coast road will bring you to the Menai Straits and Anglesey.
BY RAIL: The nearest Rail Station is Bangor (7 miles from the hotel). Bangor is on the fast mainline between London Euston and the ferry port of Holyhead.
BY AIR: The nearest International Airport is Manchester (under 2 hours by car) and the nearest private airport is Caernarfon.
Travel Times: Liverpool 1 1/2 hours. Manchester 2 hours. Birmingham 3 hours. London 4 1/2 hours.
BY FERRY: The nearest Ferry Port is Holyhead (1/2 hour from the hotel).
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The original inhabitants of BEAUMARIS (Biwmares) were evicted by Edward I to make way for the construction of his new castle and bastide town, dubbed "beautiful marsh" in an attempt to attract English settlers. Today the place can still seem like the small English outpost Edward intended, with its elegant Georgian terrace along the front (designed by Joseph Hansom, of cab fame) and more plummy English accents than you'll have heard for a while. Many of their owners belong with the flotilla of yachts, an echo of the port's fleet of merchant ships, which disappeared with the completion of bridges to the mainland and subsequent growth of Holyhead. While Beaumaris repays an afternoon mooching around and enjoying the views across the Strait, it also boasts more sights than the rest of the island put together, inevitably drawing the crowds in summer.
Beaumaris Castle (June-Sept daily 9.30am-6pm; April, May & Oct daily 9.30am-5pm; Nov-March Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm, Sun 11am-4pm; £2.50; CADW) might never have been built had Madog ap Llywelyn not captured Caernarfon in 1294.
Almost opposite the castle stands the Jacobean Beaumaris Courthouse (Easter & June-Sept daily 11am-4.30pm, May Sat & Sun same times; £1.50; joint ticket with gaol ), built in 1614 and the oldest active court in Britain. Many citizens were transported from the courthouse to the colonies for their misdemeanours; others only made it a couple of blocks to Beaumaris Gaol , Steeple Lane (Easter & June-Sept daily 11am-5pm) which, when it opened in 1829, was considered a model prison, with running water and toilets in each cell, an infirmary and, eventually, heating.
After all this gloom, a good way to lift the spirits is aboard one of the pleasure cruises (tel 01248/810251 or 810379) on the Island Princess out to (but not landing on) Puffin Island. The booking kiosk is at the foot of the pier.
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