"Italiaans stadje is dé verrassing van Wales"

Name of traveller

*Nico van der Zwet Slotenmaker (1941-2014)

Reason for travel

• commissioned article about Portmeirion

Date of travel

1992

Content

• architecture: survey of the Italianate architecture of Portmeirion
• art:
  • a number of photographs and a map
  • reference to the holiday village having served as the set for the British television series The Prisoner (1966-67)
• people: short portrait about the architect, Sir Clough Williams-Ellis (1883-1978)
• recreation:
  • Portmeirion as a popular holiday destination
  • holidaying in Portmeirion as a sign of British excentricity
  • brief overview of the cost of booking the basic rooms
• terrain: conflation of Wales and England
• click here to read the full account

Nationality of traveller

Dutch

Language of publication

Dutch

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

report; essay; travel guide

Citation

*Zwet Slotenmaker, Nico van der. "Italiaans stadje is dé verrassing van Wales." De Telegraaf (5 Sep. 1992): TA 31. Print.