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Over the years, the following quotes have been made about Trefriw:
Trefriw is a large village, pleasantly situated under the tree-clad hills on the Western side of the Conwy River .... It is in the midst of romantic scenery and is a favourite resort of those requiring quiet quarters .... —Ward Lock's Red Guide, 1975 The village itself .... is seen to greater advantage from the eastern side of the valley ... due chiefly to the graceful curve of the Crafnant Valley, which forms a charming background to the picture. —Baddeley,"North Wales", 1950s (Trefriw is a) genteel resort for discerning sybarites. —a Victorian guidebook Trefriw is a picturesque little village umbrageous with shade and intricate with sylvan labyrinth, an ideal retreat from the din and bustle of commercial avocation. —Letter from a tourist to a local newspaper in 1907 Trefriw remains a resort for the discriminating, little altered from its Edwardian heyday. —C. Draper, "Walks in the Conwy Valley", 2002 Trefriw is a charmingly situated Caernarvonshire village. —Baddeley, "North Wales", 1950s It is a pleasant village along the wooded foothills of the great range rising to the Carneddau. —M. Fraser, "Gwynedd", 1978Read more about this topic: Trefriw
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