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PORTMEIRION (GWYNEDD): 

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PORTMEIRION (GWYNEDD)

At the end of Cardigan Bay, 

against the backdrop of Snowdonia, 

a rocky and heavily-wooded peninsula 

just into the tidal estuary known as Traeth Bach. 

Here, between the two World Wars, 

architect Clough Williams-Ellis created Portmeirion, 

his Italian village in rural Wales. H

owever bizarre the concept, 

Portmeirion nevertheless complements the scenery 

with its domes and colonnades 

and its blue-washed buildings and balustraded terrace. 

There are good refreshment places, 

and visitors are welcome. 

If the weather is kind it is quite possible 

to imagine oneself under Mediterranean skies. 

 Photograph:

Spectrum 

Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd.,

Picture Card Dept. DC,

PO Box 216,

Croydon 

CR9 3TL