Betws-y-Coed Itineraries
Half a day or a full weekend. Here are the best ways to spend your time in Betws-y-Coed, planned step by step.
Whether you have a few hours or a full weekend to explore, these itineraries give you a local’s route through Betws-y-Coed. Each one links directly to the restaurants and activities along the way.
Half a day in the village: the station, the old church and Pont-y-Pair
A morning on foot in the village itself, with no car needed: breakfast at the station, the 14th-century church across the tracks, the bridge over the Llugwy, and lunch at the Royal Oak's old stables. Built for Easter to October, when St Michael's is open daily.
- 109:00·45 minutes
Breakfast at the station
Hangin' Pizzeria serves breakfast from 08:00 to 12:00 every day, per its own site: baps, granola, porridge and cooked plates. No bookings.
View Hangin' Pizzeria - 210:00·30 minutes
St Michael's Old Church
About a hundred metres east of the station, across the tracks. Free, normally open 10:00 to 17:00 daily from Easter to the end of October. Look for the effigy of Gruffydd ap Dafydd Goch and a font Cadw dates to about 1200.
View St Michael's Old Church - 311:00·45 minutes
Along Holyhead Road to Pont-y-Pair
Back through the village to the five-arched bridge over the Llugwy. Watch the river from the banks, not from the road.
View Pont-y-Pair - 412:30·1 hour 15 minutes
Lunch at Y Stablau
The Royal Oak's bar and restaurant in the old stables on Holyhead Road. Visit Conwy lists it as no booking needed; expect a wait at busy times, and check food times on the day.
View Y Stablau
A full day on the A5: Swallow Falls, Tŷ Hyll and back for dinner by the bridge
West out of the village on the Sherpa S1 to Swallow Falls and on to the Ugly House, then back to Betws for the old church and dinner at the Pont-y-Pair Inn. Swallow Falls is about three kilometres from the village centre in a straight line and Tŷ Hyll a little under a kilometre beyond it, both on the A5. The Tŷ Hyll tearoom has closed for good, so carry lunch.
- 108:30·45 minutes
Breakfast by the station
Hangin' Pizzeria serves breakfast from 08:00. Pick up picnic food for later at Iechyd Da Deli on Station Approach if it is open.
View Hangin' Pizzeria - 210:03·1 hour
Sherpa S1 to Swallow Falls
The S1 leaves the station at three minutes past the hour on the 2026 timetable and reaches Swallow Falls six minutes later. £2 at the turnstile, coins or contactless; it gives no change.
View Swallow Falls (Rhaeadr Ewynnol) - 311:30·1 hour 30 minutes
Tŷ Hyll, the Ugly House
Under a kilometre further west on the A5. The house, the Honeybee Room and the garden are free and the garden is open every day. The tearoom is permanently closed, so eat your picnic in the woodland.
View Tŷ Hyll (The Ugly House) - 414:00·1 hour
Back to Pont-y-Pair
Return to the village by the S1 or on foot along the Llugwy's north bank, which the Snowdonia Society says runs between Betws and Tŷ Hyll, to the five-arched bridge in the middle of the village.
View Pont-y-Pair - 515:30·30 minutes
St Michael's Old Church
By the station; normally open until 17:00 from Easter to the end of October.
View St Michael's Old Church - 618:00·1 hour 30 minutes
Dinner at the Pont-y-Pair Inn
Pub food overlooking the bridge, served until 20:00 Monday to Saturday and 18:00 on Sunday, per the inn's own site. Tables can be booked online.
View Pont-y-Pair Inn
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