When I'm at home I live not very far from Beddgelert where Gelert's Grave is situated and have visited it many times when I walk along the neighbouring Aberglaslyn Pass. It's located in a beautiful spot by the river within one of Snowdonia's many valleys and mountains. Very picturesque.

Gelert's Grave itself isn't actually much. It's a fenced off area with a couple of trees and a plaque that tells of a story about a former prince of North Wales and his dog, the dog was loyal, Prince Llywelyn came back from hunting to find his son gone from his cot, Gelert the dog had blood all over his mouth, so Llywelyn plunged a sword into him but his son was fine and Gelert had fought off a wolf. The story is pretty well known to me as we've done it in school. It's a nice or sad little story whichever way you look at it, but unfortunately it's a story that was made up in order to encourage visitors to Beddgelert. Nothing is buried there. It worked though as Beddgelert draws in thousands of visitors a year, tourist season is a nightmare there, but they're mainly there for the scenery, sadly not for Gelert's Grave.

Apart from that there isn't much there. I wouldn't recommend going to Beddgelert just to see the grave, the village has much more to offer. I go to Gelert's Grave every now and again as it's en-route when I walk along the Aberglaslyn Pass.