Discover Llandudno

Discover North Wales Llandudno

fter 150 years, Llandudno is still a big favourite with holidaymakers. Its immaculate seafront, gracefully framed by two headlands, is a seaside classic, with amazing Blue Flag beaches (including the excellent

The Great Orme Tramway

Britain’s only cable-hauled street Tramway, it comprises four original Victorian Tramcars and is a unique experience, offering fantastic views of Llandudno’s sweeping bays and the Great Orme. The Tram takes you on a picturesque one-mile journey to the summit of the Great Orme Country Park and Nature Reserve where, on a clear day, views stretch as far as the Isle of Man. Open late March to late October, Daily from 10am - 6pm, Adult: £7.50, Child: £5.00

Llandudno Ski and Snowboard Centre

Colwyn Bay beach and Llandudno beach), the Great Orme, the Llandudno Pier, the Llandudno cable cars, excellent theatres, a fascinating conservation zoo, top-draw golf courses, mighty mountains and green valleys, amazing restaurants, pubs and a complete A to Z of outdoor activities.

Boasting (at over 700m long) the longest Crest Toboggan run in Britain and a scenic PermaSnow ski slope, the Ski and Snowboard Centre offers a wide range of slope-based activities - skiing, snowboarding, sno-tubing and alpine adventure golf. Beginners’ lessons are available every day. Open all year round - Adult Activity Days are priced at £41, Juniors £36 and £40 for a Family Pass. Llandudno’s beaches have bagged quite a few beachy ‘Oscars’ for their excellent standards of cleanliness and water quality. Among the Seaside Award winners are: Llandudno North and West Shore, Llanfairfechan, Penmaenmawr, Colwyn Bay/Rhos-on-Sea, Pensarn, Old Colwyn, Sandy Cove and Kinmel Bay You’re bound to fi nd a beach tailor-made for your mood - from the popular ‘beside the sea’ sands at Llandudno and Colwyn Bay to dreamy, more peaceful beaches like Pensarn.

Great Orme Bronze Age Mines

Uncovered in 1987 during a scheme to landscape an area of the Great Orme, the copper mines represent one of the most astounding archaeological discoveries of recent times. Dating back 4,000 years, it is believed to be the largest prehistoric mine in the world. Open from 15th March - 5th November, 9.30am - 4:00pm, Adult: £7.00, Child: £5.00, Family: £20.00

Llandudno Pier

Wales’ longest pier offers superb views, concessions, excellent food stalls and a relaxing stroll. Relax and enjoy the leisurely pace as you explore the friendly shops and stalls, and enjoy the beautiful views of Llandudno and the Irish Sea. Llandudno Pier’s attractions are open from 10am until late during the Summer season.

Recipe Skinny honey lemon chicken

This month we’ll try a simple sweet and savoury meal that’s sure to please a crowd - and the cook as well. It’s sautéed, not fried... it’s naturally sweetened with honey...and it’s very good! Method

Combine the chicken, soy sauce and rice wine vinegar to a large ziplock bag, and toss until the chicken is evenly coated. Refrigerate for at least 10 minutes, or up to 8 hours. When you are ready to cook the chicken, drain and transfer it to a separate plate. Season the chicken on both sides with a few generous pinches of salt and pepper. In a separate bowl, whisk the honey lemon sauce ingredients together until combined. Heat oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and saute for 5-7 minutes or until it is cooked through and no longer pink inside, stirring and turning the chicken occasionally for even cooking. Transfer the chicken to a separate (clean) plate with a slotted spoon. Pour the (whisked) honey lemon sauce into the empty saute pan. Cook over medium-high heat for 2-3 minutes, or until the sauce reaches a low boil and thickens. Add in some sriracha if you would like for extra heat, to taste. (Feel free to also season with extra salt and pepper, or extra honey or lemon.) Add the chicken back into the pan and toss until it is evenly coated with the sauce. Remove from heat and serve the chicken immediately, topped with optional toppings if desired.

Ingredients

For the skinny honey lemon chicken

● 1.5 lbs. boneless, skinless (raw) chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces ● 3 tablespoons soy sauce (if making this gluten-free, be sure to use GF soy sauce) ● 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar ● Salt and pepper ● 1 tablespoon olive oil ● 3Honey Lemon Sauce ● Optional toppings: toasted sesame seeds, thinly-sliced green onions, extra lemon zest, lemon slices For the honey lemon sauce

● 3/4 cup chicken stock ● 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice ● 3 tablespoons honey ● 2 tablespoons cornstarch ● Zest of 1 lemon ● Pinch of ground ginger

Whether you’re setting up your outdoor cinema at the bottom of the garden or on a balcony or roof terrace, make sure you have a piece of ground that’s dry and sheltered from the wind. Also try to avoid setting up in a spot where streetlights or bright indoor lights might reflect against the screen. Invest in a projector

Decent projectors used to be hugely expensive the lights on, and have plummeted in price. They’re also quieter and more compact. When you’re shopping for a projector, you’ll see each one has a lumen measurement. More lumens make it easier to see the projected image in bright conditions. In a garden after dark, we recommend at least 3000 lumens. Connect a video source

Make an outdoor cinema in your back garden

This could be a DVD or Blu Ray player, a laptop or a streaming device such as an Amazon Fire TV, which you’ll need to connect to your projector through its HDMI port. Then connect a speaker through your projector’s 3.5 mm jack, or look for a model with Bluetooth. Go for the latter and you’ll be able to connect wirelessly to a Bluetooth soundbar or speaker, and put more bang into your blockbuster. Create your cinema screen

OUTDOOR cinema screenings were huge news last summer. But given it’s highly unlikely anyone will be enjoying an open-air movie night at the local park any time soon, why not host one in your own backyard? It doesn’t have to be expensive and best of all, you get to choose which film to watch.

The easiest way to do this is to peg a white sheet to your washing line. You may want to weigh it down at the bottom so that it doesn’t move around in the breeze. You could also make your own screen by sewing together pieces of blackout lining, which you can buy by the metre. Tack lengths of timber to the top and bottom, attach screw hooks to the top, then hang over a row of nails on a wall or garden fence.