Part IV - Page 15 16 16a 17 18 19 Go to: Part I Part II Part III Tuesday, 30 August. We loaded the car again before breakfast. Of course, it was another huge meal. About 9:00 we went out to see more of the town. It was a lovely day.
We walked to the highest spot inside the town walls, and I climbed to the top of the tower there. Naturally, since it was on the highest piece of ground, it was Conwy’s highest tower. The view was outstanding. I also walked a little way along the top of the walls. Jane wasn’t up to the climb and explored the area at ground level.
When I came down, we walked along just inside the wall for a way. This was a very quiet section of town. Eventually we walked north toward the water. This took us through much of the same territory we’d seen the previous evening, but we also found several additional points of interest.
This included three of the oldest structures in Conwy: the Church of St Mary and All Saints, originally built in 1186 as a Cistercian Abbey (greatly enlarged and modified over the years); Plas Mawr, a large hall built about 1580; and the Aberconwy House, a 14th century merchant's house, the oldest house in Conwy. (We had seen that the previous evening.)
Following the main shopping street, we reached the gate leading to the marina just outside the walls. It was a lovely area with beautiful views in all directions.
To the east we could see Conwy Castle and the old and new bridges over the estuary. Even before arriving in Conwy, we had decided not to go inside the Castle because we were going to tour the more famous castle at Caernarfon this afternoon. But we walked along the outside of it to get a better idea of its size.
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