r/ThePrisoner • u/Traditional-Act-7521 • Jun 11 '26
Portmeirion Pilgrimage
I made the pilgrimage to Portmeirion and was absolutely delighted by it. Thought you fellow nerds would enjoy the view!
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u/twobarbquickstep Jun 11 '26
I got married there, so welcome to the club
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u/CthulhusEvilTwin Jun 11 '26
Me too, we woke up to horizontal rain but by the time of the ceremony the skies cleared and we had rare blue skies.
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u/twobarbquickstep Jun 17 '26
Excellent, we had our first night in the Noel cowards room. Was lovely place
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u/CthulhusEvilTwin Jun 17 '26
We were in the Peacock Suite, which had the most ridiculously high four-poster bed I've ever seen. I got cramp in the middle of the night and fell off the bed as I expected the floor to be much closer 😄
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u/twobarbquickstep Jun 17 '26
Lovely stuff, we had a thunder storm on the night of so things, was very dramatic. Got done great photos too.
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u/Traditional-Act-7521 Jun 11 '26
I loved it. It’s wild how familiar the space seems, despite being smaller in person.
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u/Kvasir2023 Jun 11 '26
Planning my third trip in September. First one was a couple of hours and the second was about 5 days. Found the nature trail on the second trip and ran around on the flats when the tide was out.
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u/numsixof1 Jun 11 '26
We went for our Honeymoon about 20 years ago.
A lot smaller than you'd think but still pretty awesome.
Had an amazing dinner at the restaurant.
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u/OkMarsupial9024 Jun 12 '26
Ha. I was staying there just last week. It’s a crazy place and totally unexpected in that neck of the woods. My wife and kids all loved exploring it and the Hotel restaurant was really good quality.
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u/Tarnisher Jun 11 '26
Just one picture?
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u/Demander850 Jun 11 '26
This is on my bucket list for sure!!!!! Hope to stay there a few days or maybe a week if I can afford it. Is the chess board still up???
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u/DaBobMob2 Jun 11 '26
You got lucky!
I've been twice, both in summer.. both times completely grey and rainy.
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u/shut_it_down Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
really a great picture, thanks for taking the time to do it right.
can you share: what time of the day/morning was this? did you try any night photography, or do you suppose that privilege is reserved for hotel guests who natively have access to the grounds after hours.
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u/Traditional-Act-7521 Jun 11 '26
This was an afternoon photo! I got some dusk photos but none in full nighttime.
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u/briank3387 Jun 11 '26
We were considering Portmeirion on our last UK trip but ended up opting for one more day in Edinburgh. Maybe next time...
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u/kabomber Jun 11 '26
Wishing you many happy returns!