Llandudno works well for couples because it is easy to share without overplanning. A promenade walk, coffee, the pier, a Great Orme route and a quiet dinner can make a complete day without requiring the organisational apparatus of a military deployment.

West Shore is the strongest romantic spot, especially near sunset. It has space, light and fewer people performing seaside. The Conwy estuary, Anglesey and the mountains of Eryri visible to the west give the evening somewhere grand to go. This is useful when one wishes to say very little and imply rather more.

The Great Orme gives bigger views and better walking. Shared exertion can be revealing, particularly if one person discovers the other complains uphill. The headland is also large enough to find quiet without effort: a useful quality when the promenade is at its most performative.

The Great Orme Tramway, operating since 1902, gives the ascent ceremony. Ride up together, walk some of the quieter paths, find a viewpoint away from the summit car park. The Kashmiri goat herd may appear. Their indifference is refreshing.

Venue Cymru can turn a simple overnight stay into a theatre break. The venue is the largest arts centre in North Wales, with a capacity of 1,500 and a programme ranging from touring musicals to comedy and orchestral concerts. Dinner, a show and a walk back along the front remains a civilised arrangement, provided nobody chooses the restaurant carelessly.

The town suits couples who prefer conversation, scenery and gentle exploring over loud nightlife. It will not hurl romance at you. It will provide benches, views and opportunities.

Bodysgallen Hall, a mile outside town, offers the country-house version of a couple’s break: Grade I architecture, formal gardens with views of Snowdonia, a spa and a dining room with enough composure to slow the pace considerably. It is more expensive and considerably quieter than the promenade hotels. Whether that is preferable depends on the couple.

For an anniversary or a deliberate occasion, the West Shore sunset followed by dinner in one of the town’s better independent restaurants gives Llandudno at its most agreeable: natural, unhurried and honest.

Choose accommodation carefully, book dinner ahead at weekends and let the pace stay relaxed. Llandudno is better slow than rushed, as are many of life’s more memorable misjudgements.

The town asks relatively little of the visitor who comes in the right spirit. Come with curiosity about the headland, patience with the weather and a willingness to eat in a place that has been chosen rather than stumbled into, and Llandudno will provide the rest.