20 of the most beautiful hotels in Wales
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Llandrillo
‘One comes for the food, and it doesn’t disappoint,’ reports a trusted Guide reader after a 2018 visit to Susan and Bryan Webb’s Michelin-starred restaurant-with-rooms in a ‘peaceful rural location’.
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Llandudno
‘Without exception the house and its antique contents are fabulous; it’s an absolute gem,’ wrote a long-term Guide reader after visiting the National Trust hotel overlooking Snowdonia.
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Glynarthen
Surrounded by rolling countryside, yet just a hill away from the sea, this ‘first-rate’ former Victorian farm B&B ‘is a very special place set in beautiful grounds’.
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Fishguard
The Pembrokeshire Coastal Path runs through the valley below the rear garden terrace of Helen and Chris Sheldon’s Georgian town house in this market town between the Preseli hills and the cliffs of Strumble Head.
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Abergavenny
‘Faultless, elegant and comfortable,’ writes a reader after a visit to this ‘fine, family-run hotel’, forged from a 19th-century coaching inn.
Llys Meddyg
Newport
‘The best of its kind.’ Standing in an ‘appealing’ village is Edward and Louise Sykes’s small, ‘equally professional and personable’ Georgian restaurant-with-rooms.
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Narberth
Behind mature trees in 26 acres of gardens and meadows overlooking the Preseli hills, this whitewashed 18th-century mansion offers a ‘bucolic setting with that “away from it all” feeling’, reports a reader after this year’s visit.
Gliffaes
Crickhowell
‘Wonderfully located’ above the River Usk, this Victorian former vicar’s house has a ‘timeless quality’.
The Lake
Llangammarch Wells
Cocooned in ‘lovely, peaceful grounds in glorious countryside’, Jean-Pierre Mifsud’s ‘welcoming’ Victorian country house hotel continues to offer an enjoyable bucolic break.
Plas Bodegroes
Pwllheli
In a sylvan setting on the remote Lleyn peninsula, Gunna and Chris Chown’s Georgian country house has enchanted guests for over 30 years.
The Whitebrook
Whitebrook
Embedded firmly in the Wye valley, Chris and Kirsty Harrod’s Michelin-starred restaurant-with-rooms again delighted readers’ taste buds in 2018.
Llangoed Hall
Llyswen
A romantic Jacobean mansion, first opened as a hotel in 1990 by the late Sir Bernard Ashley, remains home to his ‘fabulous collection of paintings, sculptures and antiques’.
Penally Abbey
Penally
‘An attractive building’ in a ‘tranquil setting’ with view of Carmarthen Bay, Melanie and Lucas Boissevain’s 19th-century neo-Gothic house is today as a smart, ‘happy, well-run’, hotel.
The Felin Fach Griffin
Felin Fach
‘Our puppy absolutely loved the place!’ writes a reader, of this dining pub in a hamlet between the Brecon Beacons and the Black mountains.
The Bell at Skenfrith
Skenfrith
‘A great base for exploring,’ Richard Ireton and Sarah Hudson’s ‘pleasing, white-painted coaching inn’ stands overlooking an old stone bridge across the River Monmow, while ‘behind it, green hills gently rise’.
Osborne House
Llandudno
Blond sofas, fluted pillars, chandeliers, paintings, oriental rugs, gilded mirrors… Opulence abounds in this bay-fronted Victorian former gentleman’s residence on the prom.
Bryniau Golau
Bala
There are ‘stunning’ views of Bala Lake and Arenig mountain from the bedrooms of this Victorian house on a hillside in Snowdonia national park.
The Falcondale
Lampeter
Surrounded by ‘handsome’ gardens bursting with rhododendrons, this ‘striking’ Italianate villa is a peaceful spot in an idyllic setting.
The Bull-Beaumaris
Beaumaris
Behind the street front of a Georgian coaching inn, in its bones, timbers and staircase, this ‘well-run’ hotel is far older, with a history stretching back to the 1500s.
Ynyshir Restaurant and Rooms
Eglwysfach
In beautiful grounds near the Dyfi estuary, this chic restaurant-with-rooms occupies a 16th-century manor house once owned by Queen Victoria.
Wales is beautiful. From the glorious landscapes of Snowdonia to the Welsh seaside, there’s something for everyone. Whether you’re looking for a friendly B&B or a grand hotel, there’s a picturesque place to stay for you. This selection is taken from our hotels in Wales.