Portmeirion

 

Portmeirion is a tourist village designed by Sir Clough William-Ellis in the 1900s to look like an Italian village.

You check in at Castell Deudraeth before taking a cart to your room.

We stayed in the Anchor building overlooking the pool and estuary.

The TV show The Prisoner was famously filmed here. The channel playing the show on loop wasn't working though.

Not a bad view.

Almost all the buildings in town are hotel rooms, shops, or restaurants.

Many people also visit the town for the day for a fee.

The Prisoner was filmed here in 1966-67.

"I am not a number. I am a free man!"

Patrick McGoohan, the main force behind the show, first filmed an episode of Danger Man here in 1960.

You can see the Amis Reunis stone boat next to the Portmeirion Hotel.

The Dwyryd River's estuary changes dramatically depending on the tide.

You could walk to the other side of the estuary during low tide.

Don't get stuck out there!

The best restaurant at Portmeirion is in the hotel. The poor hotel staff was having to service the dining area and a wedding simultaneously while we were there.

A slice of Cinque Terre in Wales!