B E W A R E ....................... !!!
Car Parking in Snowdonia is very limited and can be expensive if a space can be found

The alternative is to leave your car behind and use the
Snowdon Sherpa Bus network

Suggested timings are shown below and the day trip can all be done for just £5.50 using a "Arriva (North West and Wales) Day Rover" #
(Purchase from the driver of your first bus)


Snowdon Sherpa
Mondays to Saturdays - 24th May 2010 until further notice
(excluding public holidays)
  Click here for Sunday trips from Colwyn Bay/Rhyl
"Trips to BetwsyCoed (on the edge of Snowdonia)
- without your car "
via Llandudno and the Conwy Valley

Note - there are no Arriva buses beyond BetwsyCoed


RhosonSea <---> Colwyn Bay <---> Abergele <---> Towyn <---> Rhyl
/|\                                                                                               
|                                                                                                
\|/                                                                                                
Llandudno  <--->   BetwsyCoed   <--->   Snowdonia
                        Conwy Valley             Capel Curig and Twin Lakes


 
Suggested itinerary
latest times should be confirmed from the individual timetables on the official website
 
 
Rhyl (Arriva 12) dep
07.30 #
 
 
Towyn (Arriva 12) dep
07.40 #
 
 
Abergele (Arriva 12) dep
07.48 #
 
 
Colwyn Bay (Arriva 12) dep
08.12 #
 
 
Rhos on Sea (Arriva 12) dep
08.20 #
 
 
Llandudno arr
08.44
 
 
change buses
 
 
 
Llandudno (Arriva 19) dep
09.00 #
(click here for all buses and trains to BetwsyCoed)
 
 
BetwsyCoed arr
10.04
 
 
BEWARE !!!
# - The 0900 "19" bus from Llandudno is the only Arriva weekday morning bus to BetwsyCoed

(although there is also an earlier service 84 on Saturdays only from Llandudno dep 0745)

Arriva Day Rover tickets are not valid on services provided by other operators #
(there is however a half-hourly Arriva service as far as Llanrwst only (via Conwy and Trefriw))
 
 

Click here for details of onward excursions by Arriva until 30th August 2010 only

Click here for details of onward excursions by other operators
# If you want to travel later or continue on to PenyPass or beyond it will be more economical
for you to purchase a "North Wales Day Rover"
(valid on any bus or main line train in the two/three areas selected
- Zones C and G also where applicable Zone D)
purchase from the driver of your first bus


Alternatively continue on to Llanberis for just £1 each way on any "Pararn S2" Sherpa


 
 
BetwsyCoed (Arriva 19/84) dep
17.45 or 18.25 or 19.05 or 21.10
(click here for all buses and trains from BetwsyCoed)
 
 
Llandudno arr
18.57 or 19.15 or 20.09 or 21.57
 
 
change buses
 
 
 
Llandudno (Arriva 12) dep
19.17 every 30 minutes until 22.47
 
 
Rhos on Sea arr
approx 19 minutes later
 
 
Colwyn Bay arr
approx 26 minutes later
 
 
Abergele arr
approx 47 minutes later
 
 
Towyn arr
approx 55 minutes later
 
 
Rhyl arr
approx 63 minutes later
 


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Tickets
Timetables
Suggested Sherpa Trips
Bangor/Llandudno - BetwsyCoed - Llangollen
Bethesda - Capel Curig - BetwsyCoed
Bethesda - PenyPass - Llanberis
BetwsyCoed - Capel Curig - Bethesda
BetwsyCoed - PenyPass - Llanberis
BetwsyCoed - Llandudno (connections)
BetwsyCoed - PenyPass - Porthmadog
Caernarfon - Beddgelert - Llanberis
Caernarfon - Beddgelert - Porthmadog
Caernarfon (WHRly) - Beddgelert - Llandudno
Caernarfon (WHRly) - Beddgelert - Porthmadog
Llanberis - PenyPass - Bethesda
Llanberis - PenyPass - BetwsyCoed
Llanberis - Beddgelert - Caernarfon
Llandudno - BetwsyCoed (connections)
Llandudno - Beddgelert - Caernarfon (WHRly)
Llandudno - BetwsyCoed - PenyPass
PenyPass - BetwsyCoed - Llandudno
Llangollen - BetwsyCoed - Llandudno/Bangor
Porthmadog - PenyPass - BetwsyCoed
Porthmadog - Beddgelert - Caernarfon
Porthmadog - Beddgelert - Caernarfon (WHRly)
Porthmadog - Pwllheli (connections)
Pwllheli - Porthmadog (connections)
Suggested weekday trips from BetwsyCoed
Suggested Sunday trips from BetwsyCoed

Suggested trips from Caernarfon

Suggested weekday trips from Colwyn Bay/Rhyl
Suggested Sunday trips from Colwyn Bay/Rhyl

Suggested trips from Llanberis

Suggested weekday trips from Llandudno
Suggested Sunday trips from Llandudno

Suggested Sunday trips from Morfa Bychan

Suggested weekday trips from
Suggested Sunday trips from
North Wales Coast Railway stations
(via BetwsyCoed)


Suggested trips from Porthmadog
Suggested Sunday trips from Porthmadog
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