Ael y Bryn

‘Creative and immaculate’ gardens surround this luxury, adults-only B&B in tranquil countryside, outside the village of ‘Egg-lis-oo-roo’, with views to the Preseli hills and Carningli mountain. From the shell of a single-storey wartime hostel that once housed land girls, ‘consummate hoteliers’ Robert Smith and Arwel Hughes have created ‘a wonderful, spacious home’, with guest lounge/music room, library and conservatory. ‘I’m not surprised you receive rave reviews,’ writes a reader, who was warmly welcomed on arrival with tea and ‘a plate of delicious fancies’. ‘Beautifully furnished’ Carn Menyn suite had French doors to a private patio ‘where we could sit and watch the swallows skimming over the pond’. We hear perennial praise for the hosts’ ‘meticulous attention to detail’, which includes fresh milk in a mini-fridge. At night, by arrangement, the table is set in the beamed dining room for a dinner cooked ‘with love and skill’. Bring your own wine; they charge no corkage. ‘Breakfasts are superb with an extensive menu.’ (Sheila Mawer, Brian Hughes, and others)