Cofeb y Cyfieithwyr

You won't find crowds at Cofeb y Cyfieithwyr, the monument to the translators of the Welsh Bible. That's rather the point. This quiet memorial in Conwy honours a genuinely remarkable achievement - the 1588 translation that kept Welsh language and culture alive when everything else was being Anglicised. Walk around it and you're standing where something genuinely mattered happened, even if the monument itself is modest.

It's the kind of place history types will find genuinely moving, though families with restless kids might spend ten minutes here rather than an hour. If you're staying at one of the nearby caravan parks - Golden Sands is just five miles away, or Parkdean Resorts Ty Mawr slightly further - it's worth combining with a proper walk around Conwy's medieval town walls rather than making a special trip. The translators' work essentially saved Welsh from disappearing entirely, which is worth pausing to think about, even briefly.

Access details are thin on the ground, so ring ahead before you go - Rhyl's the nearest proper town if you need visitor information. It's free, obviously, being a memorial rather than an attraction with turnstiles. The real value is understanding why Wales has its own language at all, not queuing for anything. Genuinely interesting if you care about that sort of thing. Skip it if you don't.