Why Is There an Italian Fantasy Town Hidden on the Welsh Coast? (opens in new tab)

🎨This colorful seaside village in Wales looks like it was pulled from a dream\. Portmeirion was designed by architect Clough Williams-Ellis to feel like an Italian Riviera town dropped onto the Welsh coast—complete with pastel buildings, hidden gardens, domes, towers, and winding pathways overlooking the sea\. 🌊 Built over 50 years, the village became both an architectural experiment and a cult destination, later serving as the surreal backdrop for the 1960s TV series The Prisoner\.