Sandwiched between Snowdonia and the Menai estuary, this B&B in a converted granite cowshed celebrates both its Welsh heritage and its eco credentials.

On a secluded farmstead, the Murphy family’s ‘friendly’ hotel is in ‘lovely countryside’ overlooking the Isle of Anglesey.

In a lively seaside town known equally for its medieval castle and its ice cream parlour, this ancient coaching inn is today a ‘friendly’ hotel with updated bedrooms, a stylish restaurant, and a well-preserved pub whose wonky doors, open fireplace and old photographs create much atmosphere.

A beach-house vibe breezes through Louise and Phil Goodwin’s restaurant-with-rooms, in a seaside village on the Anglesey Coast Path.

Built in 1810, this ‘eccentric’ hotel at the foot of Snowdonia retains the spirit of a mountaineers’ hostel, along with a wealth of memorabilia commemorating mountaineering’s golden age.

Surrounded by gardens and ancient woodland, with views over the Glaslyn estuary to the Rhinog mountains, this late Georgian villa-turned-B&B revels in its rich history.

Amid the architectural astonishment that is Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis’s Italianate village, on the edge of a tidal estuary, this early Victorian villa is today a ‘comfortably furnished’ hotel run with ‘friendly, welcoming’ staff.

On the remote Llyn peninsula, Gunna and Chris Chown’s Georgian country house, in a magical woodland setting, is run as a much-loved restaurant-with-rooms, offering ‘good food, a relaxed atmosphere, peace and quiet, and a beautifully maintained garden in an area of outstanding natural beauty’.