Best luxury and boutique hotels in West Wales

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Porth Tocyn Hotel

Abersoch

There is a deceptive ‘wacky’ quality to the Fletcher-Brewers’ ‘lovely’ hotel overlooking Cardigan Bay, a casual vibe that belies the professionalism of the operation.

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Trefeddian Hotel - Winter Breaks Special Offer

Aberdovey

‘It was fabulous to gaze across the dunes and golf course to the sea, with the sunset,’ writes a reader who ‘much enjoyed’ this year's break at the Cave family’s hotel.

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Twr y Felin Hotel - Blas Restaurant Dining Club Special Offer

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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Roch Castle Hotel - 'Murder Mystery' Special Offer

Haverfordwest

A 12th-century castle graced with 21st-century design. In a dramatic setting on a rocky outcrop high above the Pembrokeshire landscape, the commanding property has panoramic views over St Brides Bay and the Preseli hills.

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The Grove - Three for Two Special Offer

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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Cnapan, Newport

‘Hospitality of the highest quality lies behind the front door of this outstanding B&B.’ A Guide inspector had ‘a most rewarding stay’ at this pink-washed, Grade II listed Georgian house.

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Plas Bodegroes, PWLLHELI

In a sylvan setting on the remote Lleyn peninsula, Gunna and Chris Chown’s Georgian country house has had an entry in the Guide for many years.

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Penbontbren, Llandysul

Leave the West Wales coast road, head down a country lane, and you’ve suddenly arrived at this ‘superb’ B&B, a former Victorian farm among ‘delightful grounds’ in ‘complete silence’.

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Castle Cottage, Harlech

Spread across two of Harlech’s oldest houses, Glyn and Jacqueline Roberts’s restaurant-with-rooms won approval from Guide regulars this year, with ‘an excellent room, and lovely dinner on both nights’.

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The Old Rectory, Pwllheli

‘Lindsay is one of the most welcoming people I’ve ever met; the breakfasts, all freshly cooked by Gary, are delicious.’ Praise for the Ashcrofts, your hosts at this Georgian rectory on the beautiful Llyn peninsula.

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The Manor Town House, Fishguard

In a market town by the Preseli hills, this ‘superbly located’ B&B in a powder-blue Georgian town house delighted readers this year. ‘It is an exceptional establishment. Every need we had was happily met.’

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Harbourmaster Hotel, Aberaeron

‘An old favourite, a lovely place for a calm and grown-up break.’ It proved a happy return for readers to Glyn and Menna Heulyn’s vivid blue former harbourmaster’s house on the Georgian quayside.

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Y Goeden Eirin, Caernarfon

The promised welcome in the vales is extended by Eluned Rowlands at this converted granite cowshed-turned-characterful B&B with views to Snowdonia and the Menai estuary

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Gwesty Cymru, Aberystwyth

On the Victorian promenade of this university town, Huw and Beth Roberts’s small hotel is fronted by a small lawn with outdoor tables and seating – a fine place to be on a sunny evening’ .

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Plas Dinas Country House, Caernarfon

‘An absolute gem!’ wrote a reader, of this ‘stunning country house’, the former home of the Armstrong-Jones family, with views to the Menai Strait and Snowdonia on the doorstep.

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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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Llwyndu Farmhouse, Barmouth

In 'the most fabulous location', at the foot of the Rhinog mountains, overlooking Cardigan Bay, Peter and Paula Thompson’s guest house is ‘full of character’.

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Ffynnon, Dolgellau

Up a ‘testing’ country lane beneath Cadair Idris, this quirky bolthole is run by the ‘impressive’ Angela and Bernhard Lanz, who ‘could not be more friendly or obliging’.

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Dolffanog Fawr, Tywyn

‘Alex and Lorraine's 18th-century farmhouse offers a level of hospitality to rival many of the best small hotels in the UK.’

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Ael y Bryn, Crymych

‘From the moment we arrived, we knew this was special’; ‘the hospitality is outstanding’; ‘Robert and Arwel are perfect hosts’. Another year, another trove of praise for Robert Smith and Arwel Hughes's ‘delightful B&B’.

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The Falcondale, Lampeter

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

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Caemorgan Mansion, Cardigan

‘This a place to which we would happily return,’ write trusted (and exacting) readers, after a visit to David and Beverley Harrison-Wood’s 19th-century mansion turned eco-friendly guest house.

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Coes Faen, Barmouth

Coes Faen means ‘leg of stone’, bringing to mind Shelley’s Ozymandias, but there is no vainglory at Sara and Richard Parry-Jones’s adults-only hotel overlooking the Mawddach estuary.

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Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel, Nant Gwynant

At the foot of Snowdonia, the Pullees’ ‘eccentric’ hotel is run by the same family who hosted Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay as they trained to climb Everest, and not a lot has changed since.

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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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Penally Abbey, Tenby

‘Worth the journey!’ Overlooking the Pembrokeshire coast, the Boissevain family’s 19th-century neo-Gothic house is ‘an attractive building’ in a ‘beautiful’ location.

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Crug-Glas, St David’s

On their Pembrokeshire working farm, the Evans family ‘warmly welcomes’ visitors to their laid-back, restaurant-with-rooms.

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Hotels not in the Guide that you may want to consider

St Davids Cross Hotel

St Davids

Opposite the stone cross on the square, a relaxed, cosy and dog friendly hotel in a well-maintained garden. Comforting dishes in the intimate dining room use locally sourced produce; the bar has an extensive cocktail menu.

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Billycan

Tenby

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Hotels in West Wales

Featured hotels with Special Offers

Hotels in West Wales

Porth Tocyn Hotel

Abersoch

Trefeddian Hotel - Winter Breaks Special Offer

Aberdovey

Twr y Felin Hotel - Blas Restaurant Dining Club Special Offer

St David's

Roch Castle Hotel - 'Murder Mystery' Special Offer

Haverfordwest

The Grove - Three for Two Special Offer

Narberth

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Hotels in West Wales

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St Davids

Billycan

Tenby

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