Portmeirion

In North Wales lies this spot, certainly one of the most unusual I have ever visited. It is called Porteirion, and it is a village that was created between 1925 and 1975 by the Welsh architect Sir Clough William Ellis, who bought the land, the sea, in a kind of estuary, and literally created his own town, just as he desired it. With a neo-Italian Renaissance style, the colors and motifs, Portmeirion, came from an architectural visit to the Italian city of Portofino. But if we look closely we can find oriental elements as well as British influence, mostly in Victorian style. The whole village is now a huge museum, with a number of hotels and shops, very expensive.