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10 quirky and unusual hotels in Wales
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Bodysgallen Hall and Spa
Llandudno, Conwy
'Three Nights for the Price of Two' Special Offer
This Tudor Gothic-style Elizabethan mansion, extended over centuries, overlooks parkland with a rare 17th-century parterre, walled rose garden, cascade, lily pond and follies.
Porth Tocyn Hotel
Abersoch, Gwynedd
Guide readers are unswervingly loyal to this family-friendly country house by the sea, with peerless views to Snowdonia across Cardigan Bay, run by the Fletcher-Brewer family since opening in 1948.
Twr y Felin Hotel
St Davids, Pembrokeshire
Overlooking St Bride's Bay, a 19th-century windmill tower forms the centrepiece of this contemporary art hotel with a wide choice of generously supplied bedrooms, and a restaurant serving creative, modern dishes.
Hotel Portmeirion
Portmeirion, Gwynedd
Bedrooms are spread between properties in Clough Williams-Ellis's extraordinary Italianate resort village, but this hotel centres on a Victorian mansion with Art Deco bar and fine-dining restaurant.
Llanthony Priory Hotel
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
Currently closed for updating by its new owners, this hotel huddles under the Welsh Black mountains, where peace, stillness and surroundings removed from the buzzing demands of the modern world are guaranteed. The hotel is due to re-open in April.
From a retreat favoured by Dylan Thomas to a suite in a windmill, views of Snowdonia to a former priory inhabited by Augustinian monks, a holiday in Wales is never just an ordinary escape at these hotels. Each beautifully decorated and offering its own unique brand of warmth and hospitality, here the we share 10 of our top quirky hotels in Wales…
