Holyhead, Wales and the Castle in Beaumaris
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Sometimes you got to wonder why the Viking tours stop at some of these little places, but there always turns out to be something interesting here.
Despite remaining an unfinished masterpiece, it is considered the pinnacle of medieval military architecture due to its near perfect, highly advanced concentric design.
King Edward ran out of money to build this huge fortress. Not just because of the fortress itself, but because of his wars in Scotland were draining his bank accounts.
The castle was built on a marsh and that is where it found its name. The Norman French builders called it Bo Maru.
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In the Spring of 2026, we did a Viking British Isles Explorer cruise. We hit ports in London, Liverpool, Dublin, Holyhead, Ullapool, The Orkney Islands, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, The Shetland Islands, and ended in Bergen, Norway