United Kingdom
England and Wales's highest peaks united in a single national park, then the lakes that inspired the English Romantic poets
United Kingdom
A journey far from London and the Scottish Highlands: Snowdonia National Park, in north Wales, whose Yr Wyddfa summit rises over a thousand metres amid a landscape of glacial lakes and slate villages, then the Lake District, a hilly region in north-west England that inspired 19th-century Romantic poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, today UNESCO-listed for its exceptional cultural landscape.
When
May to Sept
Price
From 2 400€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
6 nights
Ideal length
Days 1-2
The first chapter unfolds at Snowdonia National Park, whose Yr Wyddfa summit, the highest mountain in England and Wales combined at over a thousand metres, overlooks a landscape of glacial lakes, deep valleys, and villages built from slate quarried in the surrounding hills that made the region's fortune in the 19th century. A small rack railway, in service since 1896, reaches the summit effortlessly for those who prefer the view to the climb.
Day 1
The ascent of Yr Wyddfa
A hike to the summit of Yr Wyddfa along one of the park's waymarked trails, a panorama over the glacial lakes and surrounding valleys from the highest point in England and Wales.
Day 2
The slate villages and Harlech Castle
A visit to a village built from slate quarried nearby, then a discovery of Harlech Castle, a UNESCO-listed medieval fortress perched on a rocky promontory facing the sea.
Days 1-2
The road to the Lake District, a hilly region in north-west England, UNESCO World Heritage listed in 2017 for a cultural landscape shaped both by pastoral farming and by the literary inspiration it offered Romantic poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge in the late 18th century. Lake Windermere, England's largest natural body of water, and Wordsworth's house at Grasmere remain the unmissable stops in a region that lastingly shaped the Western gaze on wild nature.
Day 1
A cruise on Lake Windermere
A boat cruise on Lake Windermere, England's largest natural body of water, between green hills and stone villages lining its shores.
Day 2
In Wordsworth's footsteps at Grasmere
A visit to Dove Cottage, the home of poet William Wordsworth in Grasmere, then a hike along the trails that inspired many of his poems devoted to the Lake District's nature.
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