Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 01248-355161; 129 High St; mains £7; 10am-5pm Mon-Sat; )
Kyffin is a true gem at the less
salubrious end of the main street: a fair-trade, vegetarian and vegan cafe with antique-
shop fittings and a deli counter crammed with organic goodies. As well as serving excel-
lent coffee, it has a large selection of teas - or you can sink into a sofa with a glass of
wine while the jazz music plays.
Entertainment
Pontio
(
www.pontio.co.uk
;
Deiniol Rd)
By the time you're reading this, the university's ambitious new
multimillion-pound arts and innovation centre should have opened. The 450-seat main
theatre, 120-seat studio theatre and cinema are expected to stage all manner of performing
arts events.
ARTS CENTRE
Information
Police
(
121;
www.north-wales.police.uk
;
Deiniol Rd)
Ystyby Gwynedd
( 01248-384384;
www.bcu.wales.nhs.uk
;
Penrhos Rd)
Located 2 miles southwest of
the city centre; this is the regional hub for accident and emergency (A&E) treatment.
Getting There & Around
BUS
The
bus station
is located behind the Deiniol Shopping Centre.
National Express coaches head to/from Porthmadog (£7.90, one hour), Caernarfon (£6.40,
25 minutes), Holyhead (£20, 50 minutes), Birmingham (£27, 5½ hours) and London (£34,
nine hours).
Bus routes include 5/X5 to Caernarfon (30 minutes), Conwy (35 minutes) and Llandudno
(56 minutes); 53-58 to Menai Bridge (11 minutes) and Beaumaris (30 minutes); 85/86 to
Llanberis (27 minutes); T2 to Caernarfon (25 minutes), Porthmadog (one hour), Dolgellau
(two hours), Machynlleth (2½ hours) and Aberystwyth (3¼ hours); and X4 to Menai
Bridge (12 minutes), Llanfair PG (18 minutes), Llangefni (36 minutes) and Holyhead (50
minutes).
Snowdon Sherpa S6 has a morning service to Capel Curig (33 minutes) and Betws-y-
Coed (45 minutes).
