Departs From: Liverpool Cruise Terminal
Departs at: Synchronised to ship
Returns at: 9 Hours Later
Adults: £49

This is our award-winning, full day (synchronised to "all aboard"), 190-mile North Wales Adventure tour, tailored for departure from the Liverpool Cruise Terminal and has been carefully designed with your cruise holiday in mind. Not only is it almost half the price of many other tours on offer and therefore great value, but moreover, the tour is designed to be fun and interactive as well as informative.

We usually use either our 16 or 29 seater midi-coaches but even when we allocate a full-size 49-seater coach it is only with your comfort in mind, always ensuring everyone has plenty of seat space and a full window view. This is sightseeing the way sightseeing is meant to be done! All our vehicles are the latest models, carefully designed to a purpose-built sightseeing specification with panoramic windows, full PA system, overhead parcel shelves, luggage compartment(s) and forced air ventilation.

Your tour is fully escorted and narrated with a jolly driver and knowledgeable escort who, invariably, will become more of a friend than a tour guide! Every passenger receives special attention and is encouraged to participate in the day as much as possible to ensure that you have a wonderful time with us.

Your tour commences directly from your ship on the spectacular Liverpool quayside (synchronised with the ships timetable. We will not go without you or get you back late!). Liverpool has a direct berthing dock meaning no requirement for tendering. This alleviates poor weather cancellations.

We will take you to places in Wales you thought didn't (or couldn't) exist and your driver and tour escort will keep you fully informed and advised as to points of interest and general knowledge regarding the ever-changing panoramic views.

This Wales sightseeing tour has been carefully routed and planned with your driver tailoring the day to suit the weather, atmosphere and ambiance of the general group on board. This makes every tour unique, special and memorable and allows you to partake in as much (or little) as you feel comfortable with. You will never be put under any commitment or pressure to do anything that you don't wish to.

GENERAL ITINERARY

Leaving Liverpool

After we've admired Liverpool's splendour and skyline we'll literally pass 10 meters beneath your ship (honestly!) en-route to the mysterious and legendary land of Wales in a 90-minute fully-narrated journey, navigating the spectacular A55 coastal road with its magical stories and mystical legends. On a clear day you'll see your own cruise liner from Wales berthed up with all those poor souls aboard who decided not to join this tour!

Conwy

Next is the walled town of Conwy, constructed by the English monarch Edward I between 1283 and 1289 as one of the key fortresses in his Iron Ring of castles to contain the Welsh, it was built to prompt such a humbling reaction with its fabulous wall circuit of over 3/4 mile long and guarded by no less than 22 towers. It is renowned as one of the finest examples in the World.

Conwy Castle

Conwy Castle (entrance price £9.50) is a gritty, dark-stoned fortress built by James of St. George in partnership with the French Richard The Engineer. This castle is the "real thing" resembling exactly what children form from buckets of sand on the beach. It has the rare ability to evoke an authentic medieval atmosphere. The first time that you catch sight of the castle you'll know you are in the presence of a historic site which still casts a powerful spell. When you go inside...well...need I even comment?

Ogwen Valley and Snowdonia

Now, brace yourselves for what BusyBus has become known for (and, we modestly add, have won National awards for) the North Wales Adventure element of the tour. In to Snowdonia National Park using carefully selected routes and taking you well and truly off the beaten track to viewpoints of wonder! You'll feel like you own Snowdonia in the tranquility and ambience (and adventure) we've prepared!

Betws-y-Coed

No trip to North Wales would be complete without a stop at the "capital", Betws-Y-Coed (prayer-house in the woods). Interestingly, whilst right in the centre of Snowdonia National Park, an exclusion boundary has allowed this fairy-tale town to flourish into the centre of outdoor tourism in Wales. With it is many shops, cafes, pubs and locals, it simply can't fail to impress!

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

Finally, time permitting, you will get a unique chance to experience the Pontcysyllte Canal Aqueduct, built by Sir Thomas Telford in 1795 at a monumental cost of £47,000 and still taking canal barges across the valley (where boats fly high in the sky) over 100ft above the ground.