Llandudno, GB

A bright seafront bistro from Welsh chef Bryn Williams, perched on the watersports centre at Colwyn Bay with the tide a few steps away. It has held a Michelin Bib Gourmand for years on the strength of local seafood cooked simply and priced fairly.

A two-floor seafood specialist tucked off the main streets, with an intimate cellar bistro below and a restaurant above. The kitchen leans on Great Orme lobster and Conwy and Menai mussels, and the shared seafood platter is what most tables come for.

A family-run French bistro that has been a fixture in Deganwy for over thirty years, doing honest provincial cooking rather than anything fussy. It is the area's go-to for a proper unhurried dinner with classic French dishes and a real wine list.

A small family-run Italian on a side street off the main drag, going more than thirty years on homemade pasta, classic mains and generous steaks. It is consistently rated among the town's best tables and draws as many regulars as visitors.

A relaxed bistro inside Conwy's old walled town focused on locally landed fish and shellfish, with meat and vegetarian options alongside. Scallops, monkfish and the chowder are the dishes regulars steer newcomers toward.

A traditional pub in the heart of town with flagstone floors, beams and a wood-burning stove, pouring cask ales and serving hearty homemade plates. Slow-cooked pork belly, steak and ale pie and sticky toffee pudding are the kind of comfort food it does well.

The dining room of a restored Victorian townhouse hotel on the promenade, all chandeliers and ornate plasterwork. It runs from coffee and light plates by day to a candlelit grill menu at night, the most ornate room in town for a smarter dinner.

A long-running chippy on the slope up to the Great Orme tramway, frying fresh fish in crisp light batter with proper chunky chips. It has won local awards and is the spot regulars send you to over the busier promenade options.

A long-established Indian restaurant in the centre of town that locals rate as the best curry house in Llandudno. The lamb handi and the chef's signature dishes get the loudest praise, and portions are generous for the price.

A relaxed pan-Asian kitchen drawing on Chinese, Japanese and Thai cooking with local produce worked in. Sizzling aubergine, satay noodles and the dumplings are the dishes that keep regulars coming back, all at fair prices.

A cosy high-street cafe known for big cooked breakfasts, generous pots of tea and a cabinet of homemade cakes. The walls are hung with old photos of Llandudno, and it is a reliable, well-priced morning stop in the centre.

An independent speciality coffeehouse on Mostyn Street roasting its own beans in town, with seasonal light plates and a cabinet of homemade cakes. Community-minded, dog-friendly and the reliable choice for a properly made flat white.

A long-standing parlour on Mostyn Broadway scooping more than thirty flavours of its own ice cream, plus waffles, crepes and towering knickerbocker glories. The kind of old-school sundae stop that has been a Llandudno fixture for decades.

A small, dimly-lit cocktail and wine bar in Craig-y-Don aimed at a grown-up crowd, with no food and a focus on well-made drinks. It is the local choice for an evening cocktail away from the busy promenade bars.

A family-run bistro on a quiet Conwy side street doing modern British cooking from locally sourced produce. It is a steady, well-liked dinner choice inside the walled town when you want something beyond the pubs.

The flat, two-mile sweep of Victorian promenade curving along the North Shore between the pier and the foot of the Orme. It is the easy, accessible town walk, pram- and wheelchair-friendly, with benches the whole way and the bay on one side.

A short, level stroll along the quieter estuary-facing beach on the far side of the Orme, looking across to Anglesey and Snowdonia. Easy underfoot, with a playground and cafe at the promenade end, and far fewer people than the North Shore.

The four-mile toll road that contours the base of the Great Orme from North Shore round to West Shore, walkable on a pavement the whole way. It hugs the cliff edge with constant sea views and passes the lighthouse and St Tudno's church without any steep climbing.

A short but steep headland walk at the east end of the bay, climbing grassland to clifftop views over Penrhyn Bay and back across the whole resort. The reward is a seal colony on the beach below and a panorama many locals prefer to the Great Orme's.

A roughly six-mile loop that combines the Marine Drive base with a stretch over the headland, taking in cliffs, the lighthouse and grazing goats. Moderate going with the option to add the steep pull to the summit if your legs are willing.

The signed path that zig-zags up the headland from town to the summit complex, the proper on-foot ascent of the Orme. It climbs to 207 metres through limestone grassland rich in butterflies and wildflowers, with the bay falling away behind you.

Britain's longest passenger cable car, gliding a mile from Happy Valley Gardens up to the Great Orme summit. The slow swing over the headland gives a different angle on the bay and pier than the tramway, with the cabins floating above the cliffs.

Llandudno's main theatre and conference complex on the promenade, a 1,500-seat receiving house programming West End tours, comedy, opera and the big Christmas pantomime. It is the town's go-to for a proper night out indoors.

Wales's leading contemporary art gallery, behind an Edwardian red-brick facade with award-winning modern galleries grafted on behind. Admission is free and the rotating exhibitions punch well above the size of the town.

A working Welsh whisky and spirits distillery in a converted town-centre building, with guided tours that walk you through the stills and end in a tasting. A grown-up, indoor afternoon that suits a rainy day or a quiet adult outing.

Short pleasure cruises that leave from the promenade jetty, running a quick spin past the pier and caves or a longer loop around both Ormes. The hour trip rounds the Little Orme bird sanctuary, where seals and seabirds are regular sightings.

A dry-slope centre on the flank of the Great Orme whose toboggan run and snow tubing are the real draw for families. You control your own speed down the long toboggan track, with the whole bay laid out below.

A small but densely packed museum recreating British civilian life during the Second World War, set in a converted Victorian garage near the centre. Period shopfronts, rationing displays and sound effects make it a surprising rainy-day find for families.

Beyond the long Victorian walk, the pier carries an old-school amusement arcade, fairground rides and kiosks running its full length out to sea. It is the obvious family time-filler for an hour of slot machines, candyfloss and a bar at the far end.

The limestone headland that looms over the whole resort, grazed by feral Kashmiri goats and topped by a country park with sea views in every direction. On a clear day you can pick out Anglesey, the Isle of Man and the Lake District from the summit.

Britain's only cable-hauled tramway that still runs on public roads, hauling open-sided Victorian cars up the headland since 1902. The trip changes cars at the Halfway Station, where the original winding gear is on show.

At 670 metres this is the longest pier in Wales, a Grade II listed Victorian deck of kiosks, an amusement arcade and a bar at the seaward end. The walk to the tip frames the best view back at the bay curving between the two Ormes.

The largest prehistoric copper mines in the world, where you walk through tunnels hand-dug with bone and stone tools more than 3,500 years ago. A self-guided route drops underground past a vast surface excavation, with helmets provided.

The quiet, sandy beach on the far side of the Orme, looking across the Conwy estuary to Anglesey and the Snowdonia peaks. This is the Alice in Wonderland side of town, where Alice Liddell holidayed, marked by a white rabbit memorial above the sand.

A former quarry gifted to the town for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, terraced into lawns and flowerbeds on the lower slope of the Orme above the pier. The cable car base station sits at the top, and there are sweeping bay views from the benches.

Steep terraced gardens cut into the west flank of the Orme, with woodland paths, a tea room and long views over the rooftops to the bay. Quieter than Happy Valley and threaded by the gentle Invalids' Walk that contours toward West Shore.

The smaller headland at the east end of the bay, a nature reserve where grey seals haul out on the beach below the cliffs and seabirds nest on the ledges. The climb up gives a view back across the whole resort that many locals rate above the Great Orme's.

A UNESCO-listed medieval fortress built for Edward I in the 1280s, its eight towers and twin gatehouses still ringing the old walled town a short hop down the coast. You can walk the battlements and climb the towers for views over the estuary and the mountains.