Laid out in 1875 and painstakingly landscaped over 150 years, Bodnant is one of Britain's most beautiful gardens. Lord Aberconway of the McLaren family (which once lived in the gracious late-18th-century pile here) bequeathed the lush 32-hectare property to the National Trust in 1949. Italianate terraces overlook the River Conwy and Snowdonia's Carneddau Mountains, and rectangular ponds descend from the house into the picturesque wooded valley and wild garden.
Bodnant is 4 miles south of Conwy, just off the A470.
There’s something to see in every season. Highlights include the 55m laburnum tunnel, a blaze of yellow when it blooms in May and June; fragrant rose gardens; great banks of azaleas and rhododendrons; and some of the tallest giant redwoods in Britain. Autumn is a riot of blues, pinks and reds, courtesy of the still-blooming hydrangeas and tree leaves changing color.
