Bethesda
This busy slate-quarrying town at the foot of the Nant Ffrancon Pass, on the Bangor-Capel Curig road, is dominated by the huge quarries, among the world's largest, cut in the hillside opposite. These give the town a rather grim appearance. Bethesda makes an excellent mountaineering centre, convenient for an ascent of the Garnedds, or for the Llyn Ogwen or Snowdon group (Snowdonia).