Best hotels for Christmas in Wales

Christmas is an increasingly popular time for hotel breaks, so whether you’re planning to celebrate Christmas in Wales quietly or with a bang, here are our recommended hotels for the festive period.

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Llandudno

‘A highlight of our journey. It was everything one could expect, in a historic setting.’ A reader on a hotel tour this year was impressed by this Grade I listed Elizabethan mansion-turned-hotel-and-spa in parkland with views of Snowdonia and Conwy Castle.

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St David's

We don’t wish to blow our own trumpet, but we like to think the Guide played a small part in the runaway success of Wales’s first contemporary art hotel.

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Crickhowell

‘An amazing mansion set in equally amazing gardens.’ Praise from Guide readers this year, for this former Victorian vicar’s house high above the River Usk.

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Narberth

In a grove, indeed, surrounded by flower gardens, kitchen garden and meadows, with views to the Preseli hills, Neil and Zoë Kedward’s hotel is ‘a real haven’.

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Ty Mawr, Brechfa

The River Marlais runs by the garden of Annabel and Stephen Thomas’s 16th-century country house in a village on the edge of Brechfa Forest.

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The Bell at Skenfrith, Skenfrith

‘In a lovely location’, Sarah Hudson’s restored coaching inn on the banks of the River Monnow continues to delight readers.

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Llys Meddyg, Newport

‘You sense that hospitality comes naturally to the owners and their team.’ A Guide insider was impressed by Edward and Louise Sykes’s ‘personable’, family-run restaurant-with-rooms inside the Pembrokeshire Coast national park.

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St Brides Spa Hotel, Saundersfoot

‘An example of what a British seaside hotel can do.’ Trusted readers were impressed by Lindsey and Andrew Evans’s coastal property, created with an ‘ambition, vision and style one might associate with California or Australia’.

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The Falcondale, Lampeter

At the end of a long drive, Lisa Hutton’s ‘welcoming’ Italianate villa stands ‘in stunning grounds’, a mile outside Lampeter.

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Pale Hall, Bala

Rich in antiques, fine wood panelling and painted ceilings. this sumptuous, well-refurbished country house hotel, in a historic Victorian manor house, lies on the edge of Snowdonia national park.

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Mansion House Llansteffan, Llansteffan

‘Overall, a very enjoyable stay.’ With extensive views over the Tywi estuary, David and Wendy Beaney’s restaurant-with-rooms brings ‘stylish minimalism down to a fine art’.

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Llangoed Hall, Brecon

A ‘fabulous’ art collection still adorns this Jacobean mansion, which was opened as a hotel by the late Sir Bernard Ashley in 1990.

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Hotel Portmeirion, Portmeirion

Clustered on the edge of a spectacular tidal estuary, this mansion house hotel – the focal point of Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis's Italianate village – has welcomed guests including H G Wells, George Bernard Shaw and Bertrand Russell.

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Patricks with Rooms, Mumbles

Across from the seafront, this long-established, family-run restaurant-with-rooms is helmed by two husband-and-wife teams, Sally and Dean Fuller, Sally’s sister, Catherine Walsh and her husband, Patrick.

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The Kinmel Arms, Abergele

In the verdant Elwy valley, this handsome sandstone inn is well placed for country and coastal walks.

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Hotels for Christmas in Wales

Featured hotels with Special Offers

Hotels for Christmas in Wales

Bodysgallen Hall and Spa - 'The Great Half-Price Break' Special Offer

Llandudno

Twr y Felin Hotel - Blas Restaurant Dining Club Special Offer

St David's

Gliffaes - Winemakers Dinner Special Offer

Crickhowell

The Grove - Three for Two Special Offer

Narberth

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