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Plas Dinas Country House
Caernarfon, Gwynedd
Two Night Spring D,B&B Special Offer
With its romantic bedrooms and views across the Menai Strait, the former country residence of the Armstrong-Jones family offers 'exceptional yet relaxed service and great food', writes a reader this year.
Trefeddian Hotel
Aberdovey, Gwynedd
'Family Beach Breaks' Special Offer
This traditional hotel is still 'well up to standard' and 'the situation of the hotel and its tremendous views are a major draw'.
Harbourmaster Hotel
Aberaeron, Ceredigion
Sunset Sundays Complimentary Bottle of Prosecco Special Offer
An iconic landmark on the harbour front, this bright-blue-painted former harbourmaster's house is home to a hotel with a great choice of individually styled bedrooms and an unpretentious restaurant, big on fish.
Bodysgallen Hall and Spa
Llandudno, Conwy
'Three Nights for the Price of Two' Special Offer
This Tudor Gothic-style Elizabethan mansion, extended over centuries, overlooks parkland with a rare 17th-century parterre, walled rose garden, cascade, lily pond and follies.
The Angel Hotel
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
'Spring Fling' Special Offer
Behind a neo-classical façade, this Georgian coaching inn is a happy mix of local drop-in, hotel and restaurant, with 'comfortable rooms, good food and welcoming staff', says a returning reader.
Penally Abbey
Tenby, Pembrokeshire
Three Nights for the Price of Two Special Offer
There are sublime sea views from this hilltop Gothic beauty, run by a dedicated and creative family, with elegant bedrooms and gourmet dining by candlelight.
Ty Mawr
Brechfa, Carmarthenshire
Stay and Dine Jan/Feb Special Offer
'A jewel set in glorious Welsh countryside', on the edge of Brechfa Forest, this 17th-century country house is 'one of the most outstanding small hotels we have stayed in', readers write.
The Felin Fach Griffin
Brecon, Powys
Winter Escape Special Offer
The Manor Town House
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
'25% Discount + Bottle of Prosecco' Special Offer
Helen and Chris Sheldon's Georgian townhouse is a 'well set-up, furnished and immaculate B&B' with a terrace that has spectacular views over Cardigan Bay.
Plas Tan-Yr-Allt Historic Country House B&B
Porthmadog, Gwynedd
'Three Offers in One' Special Offer
There's history a-plenty in this upmarket B&B, which has breathtaking views over the Glaslyn estuary to the Rhinog mountains. Its bedrooms are named after former famous residents.
Porth Tocyn Hotel
Abersoch, Gwynedd
Guide readers are unswervingly loyal to this family-friendly country house by the sea, with peerless views to Snowdonia across Cardigan Bay, run by the Fletcher-Brewer family since opening in 1948.
Penbontbren
Llandysul, Ceredigion
Bedrooms occupy converted outbuildings at this unusual B&B set in gardens ten minutes from beaches, each with outdoor space and kitchenette, where breakfast is served in the Victorian farmhouse dining room.
Pale Hall
Bala, Gwynedd
The chef holds a Michelin green star for his superb tasting menus at this neo-Jacobean Victorian country pile in wooded grounds on the edge of Snowdonia National Park, where past guests have included Queen Victoria and Winston Churchill.
The Bell at Skenfrith
Monmouthshire
Huddled below wooded hills, beside a stone bridge over the River Monnow, this whitewashed former 17th-century coaching inn is delightfully at ease in the landscape.
Dolffanog Fawr
Tywyn, Gwynedd
You could not wish for a more glorious location than you find at Lorraine Hinkins and Alex Yorke's 18th-century farmhouse B&B, with views to Cader Idris and Tal-y-llyn lake.
The Coach House
Brecon, Powys
A former coaching inn, this top-notch B&B with secluded back garden combines hotel-quality accommodation with the warmth and intimacy of an owner-run guest house.
Ael y Bryn
Crymych, Pembrokeshire
'If you have yet to discover Ael-y-Bryn then you are missing out on a gem,' reads one of many positive reports on this adults-only B&B in countryside outside the village of 'Egg-lis-oo-roo', with views to the Preseli hills and Carningli mountain.
Cnapan
Newport, Pembrokeshire
'It is a treat' to stay in this 'wonderful B&B', writes a reader of this Georgian house on Newport's main street. It makes an ideal base from which to explore the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and hosts Judith and Michael Cooper, who welcome guests with tea or coffee and home-made Welsh cakes, can advise on the 'fabulous walks nearby'.
The Whitebrook
Whitebrook, Monmouthshire
Tucked away amid woodlands in the Wye valley, Chris and Kirsty Harrod's restaurant-with-rooms is lauded for Chris's extraordinary tasting menus of locally sourced, home-grown and foraged ingredients.
The Albion
Cardigan, Cardiganshire
Occupying two waterfront former warehouses, part of the town's maritime heritage, this new hotel has bedrooms modelled on captains' cabins and lined with reclaimed timbers.
The Falcondale
Lampeter, Ceredigion
A 19th-century Italianate villa in 14-acre grounds, with views across the gently rolling Teifi valley, is today a hotel and popular wedding venue with an in-house beauty parlour and romance in its very fabric.
Riversdale House
Llangollen, Denbighshire
With the canal on one side and River Dee and steam railway on the other, this Victorian townhouse is a stylish, immaculately presented, adults only B&B.
The Bear
Cowbridge, Vale Of Glamorgan
This former coaching inn in the heart of Cowbridge, with its fashionable shops (and just a few miles from the Wales Coast Path, too), is popular with both locals and visitors.
Mansion House Llansteffan
Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire
Overlooking the Tywi estuary, this contemporary restaurant-with-rooms in a restored Georgian mansion is enjoyed for its 'really lovely hospitality, food and accommodation.'
The Cliff Hotel & Spa
Cardigan, Ceredigion
There is a spirit of inclusiveness about this family-friendly, singularly accessible clifftop hotel and spa, with a wide range of rooms and suites, from cheap and cheerful to luxury, and a menu to suit most tastes.
Hive Townhouse
Aberaeron, Ceredigion
Brothers Rhys and Rhodri Davies have created six beautiful, Scandi-chic bedrooms in a Georgian corner house across the road from their popular bar and restaurant, purveyors of the famous Hive honey ice cream.
Osborne House
Llandudno, Conwy
It might not be as grand as its Isle of Wight namesake, but this Victorian house is now an extraordinarily opulent B&B, and guests have use of the spa and other facilities at big sister venture The Empire.

Llanthony Priory Hotel
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
Currently closed for updating by its new owners, this hotel huddles under the Welsh Black mountains, where peace, stillness and surroundings removed from the buzzing demands of the modern world are guaranteed. The hotel is due to re-open in April.

Ty'n Rhos
Llanddeiniolen, Gwynedd
In the foothills of Snowdonia, this family-run country house hotel has comfortable, traditional bedrooms and imaginative dishes served by delightful staff in the restaurant or conservatory.

Parador 44
Cardiff
Caerdydd meets Cádiz at this boutique bolthole inspired by Spain's historic state-owned hotels, 'in the shadow of the Principality Stadium'.