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Snowdonia is a major tourist attraction in Wales and is actually the first of the three national parks to be designated and was made a national park in 1951.

The English name for the park actually comes from the highest mountain in Wales which is of course Mount Snowdon but in Welsh it is named Eryi and it is often argued if this comes from the word eagle or it means highlands. The terms Prince Of Wales and Lord of Snowdonia were both used in the middle ages.

The park is huge and is actually 838 square miles in area and is governed by the national park authority which is made up of the government and national representitives. Most of the land in Snowdonia is actuallty private and makes up 69.9% of all of the shares. All of the other parts of the area is owned by forestry commission, national trust, CCW, national park authority and water companies.

62% of all of the people that live in the are speak welsh and there are 26,000 people there altogether. The park gets 6 million tourists a year and is split equally between day visitors and visitors that stay overnight.

Many people actually go to climb the mountains of the area and Mount Everest training is sometimes known to happen here as it prepares future climbers for the perils that lay ahead of them.

Snowdonia is one of the wettest and coldest parts of the British Isles and Crib Goch in Snowdonia is actually the wettest point in the entire UK with an average rainfall of 4,472 millimetres a year over the past thirty years.

These are just a few reasons why you should think about going to Snowdonia on your travels. Once you get to the top the views in which you can find are simply amazing and will certainly take your breath away, although one of those UK family holidays may not be something you are interested in doing, at least take the time to have a family days out.