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Wales: Parks & Passes

Drive · 152 miles · 4h 52m · 6 stops

Map of the Wales: Parks & Passes route showing the full 152-mile drive route

From the Brecon Beacons through the Elan Valley's dam road to Snowdonia's Llanberis Pass: three of Wales's finest driving landscapes in one day.

Three landscapes in one day: the Beacons' sweeping A470, the Elan Valley's Victorian dam road, one of the great hidden drives of Britain, and the rock walls of the Llanberis Pass under Snowdon. A big day out; split it overnight in Dolgellau if you'd rather savour it.

The route, stop by stop

  1. Brecon
  2. Elan Valley
  3. Machynlleth
  4. Dolgellau
  5. Pen-y-Pass
  6. Betws-y-Coed
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