There's a picturesque village in southern Snowdonia that isn't quite like the other villages in Wales. There are no permanent residents at Portmeirion as it's a uniquely constructed tourist village that looks like something out of a fever dream
Instead, visitors can pay an entrance fee to wander around colourful Italianate buildings that were created by Welsh architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, who believed that beauty is a necessity.
Clough Williams-Ellis had strong Welsh roots, descending on his father’s side from the Ellises of Glasfryn, Caernarfonshire, and from the Williamses of Plas Brondanw in Meirionnydd, while his mother’s family owned slate quarries at Blaenau Ffestiniog.
