St Brides Spa Hotel Shortlist*

High above the town, a modern hotel with ‘exceptional’ seascapes, as restorative, perhaps, as the calm that washes over guests in the award-winning spa. Four terrace areas overlook the beach, harbour and Carmarthen Bay. Light floods in through floor-to-ceiling windows; fresh sea air through glass doors. Bedrooms are breezily styled in blue and white; some rooms have a balcony. Residents get a 90-minute session in a thermal suite and marine infinity hydropool in the spa; ocean-inspired treatments can be booked. In the restaurant and bar, or on the terrace, Pembrokeshire produce and locally landed fish feature. A downhill stroll away, a chippy and beach barbecue in the village are offshoots.