{"id":1022,"date":"2020-07-27T08:15:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T08:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2020-07-27T08:15:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T08:15:07","slug":"portmerions-beauty-will-take-you-prisoner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1022","title":{"rendered":"Portmerion’s beauty will take you Prisoner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last summer we visited Portmerion.<\/p>\n

\"Portmeirion
Portmeirion – photo by Juliamaud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Portmeirion<\/h2>\n

Designed and built by the architect, Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, between 1925 and 1975, Portmeirion is an architectural icon that has often been used as a real-life film set. It is currently a holiday village containing 2 hotels, 13 self-catering cottages and 33 \u201cvillage rooms\u201d. There are numerous shops, restaurants and caf\u00e9s dotted throughout the 70 acres property.<\/p>\n

It is constructed in an Italianate style, drawing inspiration from Portofino. All the buildings are Grade I or Grade II listed. Sir Clough Williams-Ellis incorporated rescued treasures into his creation, to prove how a naturally beautiful location could be developed without spoiling it.<\/p>\n

But stunning as the architecture is, that is not what persuaded us to make the trip to Snowdonia.<\/p>\n

Well, I suppose it was in a way.<\/p>\n

You see we were drawn to see the place where the 1960s television show \u201cThe Prisoner<\/a>\u201d was filmed. Portmeirion was used as “The Village” in the series. Although the \u00a0interior shots were filmed at\u00a0MGM-British Studios, Borehamwood\u00a0the external shots were filmed in Portmeirion between 1966 and 1968.<\/p>\n