Show llandudno atlantic city of wales now Is tourist magnet has become one of most popular sea resorts of britain american tourists who visit th the e british isles this summer may be drawn to llandudno beach which has been called the atlantic city of the british isles on the sand hills of llandudno beach lewis carroll an oxford mathematician whose real name was dr charles L dodgson once strolled with the children of his host dean laddell recently a white marble marker wits was erected at the famous welsh resort to commer commemorate these walks and the literary classic alice in wonderland they inspired although llandudno may stilt sound quite foreign to most americans it Is one of the chief seaside resorts of the british isles says the national geographic society SI situated tui on the he north coast of wit wales es facing the irish sea it may be cast easily ay reached by thousands of sum summer mer vil igors from liverpool manchester nod and the english midlands the town itself Is built around a vast semicircle of firm fl rm sandy beach I 1 with the ends of the crescent tipped with two towering masses ot of rock the great ormes head bead and the little orme neither nice nor deau ville nor biarritz Biar ritz nor scheveningen nor any of the lucli stinted middle europe europa bathing resorts on the shores of Hun garys lake balaton lias has B R situation comparable to this magnI magnificent fl watering place alae anil and the welsh people have made excellent use of the file opportunities 9 which nature presented A concrete boardwalk wider than new yorks broadway Cro adway follows the graceful curve of the beach tor for more than a mile and a halt half countless bathhouses bath houses on wheels follow the tide back and forth being drawn up and down the sands by horses droves of donkeys are provided for the childrens rides when they tire of dig digging ing in the sand a pier jutting out into the bay for half a mile Is the scene of daily concerts and dances while along its full length are booths of fortune tellers catchpenny catch penny venders benders ven ders and other othe r allurements allure ments which attract those who nho delight in such diversions while 0 on n holiday but it Is the incomparable le marine lne drive chiseled out of thee the S solid r rock 0 c k of f great ormes lead head wa winding nd ing b be e tween sea and sky midway along the precipitous cliff which brings distinction to over all other resorts no similar stretch of the Cor carniche nIche drive along the riviera can e excel it to in grandeur illiene Il liere are many many spots which lure the visitor happy val ley nestling in a hollow of the grent great orme presented to the lie town by lord mostyn as a memorial of the queen victoria jubilee the church of our saviour in whose grounds lewis carroll used to romp with his youthful friend alice the daughter of dean liddell whose residence was waa nearby and st church a medieval structure occupying the site of the cell of st budno a hermit of the seventh century who gave ills his name to llan ilan meaning church |