With some great day trip options in the surrounding area, renting a car makes good sense. Without one, it’d be much harder to soak up everything that Betws-Y-Coed, 17 miles away, has to offer. Among the first stops you make here ought to be Swallow Falls, Dolwyddelan Castle and Gwydyr Forest. Locals will also probably point you toward Llangollen, 18 miles away. If you can only find time for one thing here, let it be Pontcysyllte Aquaduct. (But we’d also recommend Llangollen Bridge and Chirk Castle.)