Welcome to Capel Pisgah
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A new guest house, set in an ideal position for exploring Snowdonia. Close to Llechwedd Slate Mines, Ffestiniog Steam Railway and public transport. Perfect for walkers and cyclists. The Moelwyn Mountains are within walking distance. A warm welcome assured.
Llechwedd Slate mines has been a winner of every major tourism award. Great day out, wet or fine. Two underground rides. Victorian village. Full range of catering.
North Wales has many family attractions from zoos and farm parks to steam trains and leisure centres and events from cultural festivals and agricultural shows to family fun days. The area also offers a wide range of activities including walking, cycling, fishing, golf and watersports to name but a few.
Today, Capel Pisgah Guest House is family owned and run by Glenys and Doug Lloyd. Many of the original chapel features are still in place or have been restored sympathetically, but modern additions to ensure the comfort of our guests have also been added. We serve a choice of hearty traditional breakfasts in the dining room, along with cereals and fruit juice. If you have any special dietary requirement, please let us know and we will try and cater for them.
The Ffestiniog Railway runs return trips most days from Blaenau Ffestiniog (Check the links page for details); the station just a leisurely 3 minutes walk away from Capel Pisgah. Your journey down the valley takes you past Portmeirion, the Italianate village and gardens designed and built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis and made famous in the cult TV series 'The Prisoner'. Passengers can alight here and continue their journey after visiting the village.
If walking is your passion, then there are few better places to be based. Here in the Moelwyn Mountains, there are lakes, cwms, and waterfalls a plenty - all set against the dramatic backdrop of the Snowdonia National Park. A short drive or bus-ride away are castles, historical sights and beaches, as well as game and sea fishing.
And of course Wales wouldn't be Wales without Male Voice Choirs, and Blaenau Ffestiniog is lucky enough to have two prize winning choirs. The Moelwyn and the Brythoniad choirs are based here; practising weekly when not touring and visitors are always received with a warm welcome!
The unique and world famous Ffestiniog narrow gauge steam railway runs along a 13 mile line as it descends 700 feet through tranquil pastures and magnificent forests, past lakes and waterfalls, round horseshoe bends and a complete spiral.
There are many guided walks.Blaenau is ideally situated to tour the Snowdonia National Park. It is just a short drive from Portmeiron, the Snowdonia towns of Betws-y-Coed, Llanberis and Beddgelert and the Castles of Harlech, Criccieth, Caernarfon and Conway. There are also blue flag beaches, fishing and golf within half an hour drive.
Blaenau Ffestiniog developed in the mid 19th century as a slate mining town and at the beginning of the 20th century, 4000 of the town's men were employed in the slate industry. The town has much to remind visitors of this Victorian enterprise and of old Welsh life, including the slate caverns and the Ffestiniog railway that was built to transport the slate to the harbour at Porthmadog.