Eryri Snowdonia photo locations - the most beautiful villages to visit 

Beddgelert is often called the loveliest village in Eryri Snowdonia. It’s a village of legend, culture and history

Beddgelert is a wonderfully photogenic location with riverside walks and wildflower meadows, attractive stone cottages, a heritage railway and one of Snowdonia’s most famous legends, Gelert the dog. The village itself has some attractive stone buildings and lovely riverside walks; it sits at the junction of the Afon Colwyn and Afon Glaslyn. The Welsh Highland Railway has a station on the edge of the village with a backdrop of the peak of Moel Hebog; time it right and you get 2 steam locomotives for the price of one as they’re timetabled to meet at the station. As with much of Snowdonia the village is also steeped in legend and the short walk through attractive meadows to Gelerts grave is worth the effort, not only to absorb the story of Prince Llewelyn’s faithful hound written on the tombstone but also for the mountain views; Snowdon looking north east and Moel Hebog to the north; don’t miss the bronze statue of Gelert hidden in stone ruins of Beudy Buarth Gwyn, just past the grave.