Y Gogarth Great Orme Country Park Reviews Summary

Category: Country park

Address: Llandudno, LL30 2BW, United Kingdom

Phone: +441492874151

Rating: 4.7
based on 443 reviews.

Views and Scenery

Pros:

  • "Increadible views! Cafe at the top was good and there is even mini golf at the top!"
  • "Views up here spectacular - on a clear day! Can see all round."
  • "Amazing views. The scenery is breath taking."
  • "Views from several points are phenomenal and it needs to be enjoyed at a leisurely pace."
  • "Scenery and views from the top are spectacular."
  • "The views are stunning of the surrounding areas stretching to Anglesey, Conway, snowdonia, puffin island and even the English west coast."
  • "Absolutely stunning at at top of Llandudno's incredibly beautiful Great Orme."

Cons:

  • "Couldn't see as much as I thought you would be able to from the top."
  • "It was very windy. Had to hold on to my hat!"
  • "Very windy and cold on the top."
  • "It's too windy when you reach the peak."
  • "Sadly there were rain showers passing and visibility was not good."
  • "Stunning views but very busy on top car park with tourists."
  • "Lashed by a horizontal rain sodden gale but it's not like that all year round!"

Transportation and Accessibility

Pros:

  • "Cable car ride was great, lovely views all the way to the top of Great Orme."
  • "Caught the tram down to the town and back up again."
  • "Lovely ride to the top on the old tramway."
  • "Jump on the tram, which I believe is a 10min journey."
  • "We took the tram up and the cable car down."
  • "Use the tourist bus or Cable cars to get up which i can recommend highly."
  • "A delightful day out, with cable car ride and lunch at the Captains Table Café and Bar at the summit."

Cons:

  • "The cable car does not operate on windy days."
  • "A bit disappointed, we wanted to go up on the cable car and down on the tram, unfortunately the cable car had an issue and was shut down."
  • "The Cable Cars were not running due to the windy condition."
  • "The cable cars weren't working though due to the windy weather and the Lockdown, such a shame."
  • "Cable car was shut due to waiting for a replacement part."
  • "The cable car only holds 2 adults or one adult with small children which creates the problem."
  • "The place is stunning but was disappointed not to be able to ride the cable car or tram down."

Facilities and Services

Pros:

  • "Great café, tourist shop complex at top."
  • "Nice cafe/shop/toilets at the summit with crazy golf and children's play area."
  • "Good Cafe/ gift shop/ pub at the top Also toilets."
  • "The Summit Cafe was well maintained with simple and effective covid-19 measures in place and food and drink was reasonably priced."
  • "Good cafe great views took a picnic."
  • "The facilities at the summit provide something for everyone, from souvenir shops and gift shops to cafés and restaurants."
  • "The cafe serves decent food and good coffee, and the gift shop is there for those essential Welsh momentos."

Cons:

  • "The main bar was shut and cafe is over priced with sub standard food really."
  • "The tram has lots of money invested to get you there, but there is cheesy, cheap services on the top."
  • "The queue for the café was also quite long and it took me 40mins to get served."
  • "Then to our shock once we arrived at the top, the main visitor centre, and restaurant was closed??"
  • "Cafe was busy and took quite a while to be served hence long queue."
  • "Cafe was closed even though website stated open until 5pm (we were there 3pm)."
  • "Cafe was very busy, and they could do with some bins out by the outside tables."

Payment and Costs

Pros:

  • "Free toll road and parking today also which was a bonus."
  • "Paid £3.50 to use the road up by the pier but didn't have to pay for parking at the top."
  • "Enjoyed FREE DISABLED PERSONS PARKING."
  • "Parking works out a bit cheaper on the app."
  • "Paid £17 to get the tram up only to find I could have driven up and parked for free today."
  • "There is plenty of parking and people come and go, so you won't have to wait too long to get a parking space."
  • "Plenty of car parking if you choose to drive."

Cons:

  • "A beautiful place to stand and admire the view. Beware, the cable cars are cash only and there's nowhere to get cash out at the top."
  • "Wanted to go on cable car but was cash only which I thought was ridiculous in this age."
  • "It's cash only - so if you don't have any you have to walk back down the hill to the nearest cash point."
  • "Unfortunately we couldn't try the cable car since it was £10pp and didn't have enough cash on us (didn't accept card sadly)."
  • "We visit every year a nice part of North Wales, however don't get caught out with no cash if you want to go on the cable cars as you can't pay with card."
  • "Be warned though as we found out after waiting in a huge queue for 40 minutes that its cash only."
  • "You have to pay for parking (£3.70 for 4 hours)."

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