Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
This handsome stone-built Victorian town house has four comfortable, contemporary rooms (three, including the large family loft, have sea views) and an…
Must-see hotels in Wales
Swansea, The Gower & Carmarthenshire
Hidden (as any proper fairy place should be) down a narrow lane northwest of Reynoldston, this Georgian country house has a suitably magical setting and…
South Pembrokeshire
Austerely elegant from the outside, this large Georgian town house is a delight inside, retaining many of its original 18th-century features, including…
St Davids (Tyddewi)
The 10 bright, simple rooms at the Coach House are just part of its appeal. Friendly and helpful hosts, great breakfasts and the central location all…
South Pembrokeshire
If your image of B&Bs is tainted by creaky-floored, chintz-filled cottages run by cranky empty-nesters, prepare to have it challenged by this large,…
Southeast Wales
Quirky doesn't even begin to describe this restored 19th-century lighthouse offering views over the Severn Estuary. It's a little worn around the edges…
Swansea, The Gower & Carmarthenshire
Tides Reach has maintained the same friendly service and delicious breakfasts across the years and since the arrival of new owners. Some rooms have sea…
Llŷn Peninsula
The former palace of a slate magnate, set in 2 hectares of fabulously formal gardens, grand old Bron Eifion has been refurbished with flat-screen TVs…
Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog
Set above an acclaimed gastropub in Felinfach village 5 miles northeast of Brecon (just off the A470), the Griffin's quietly elegant rooms offer…
Swansea, The Gower & Carmarthenshire
Up the hill behind the pub of the same name, these two stone farm buildings have been simply but stylishly fitted out with modern bathrooms and underfloor…
Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog
A taste of the Great Plains in the verdant Welsh countryside, this little campsite offers comfortable lodging in Sioux-style tepees near the gurgling…
Anglesey & the North Coast
Located across the river at Deganwy Quay (and offering superb views of Conwy Castle illuminated by night), this modern hotel can feel a bit corporate…
Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog
A former inn nestled in the foothills of the Black Mountain, this wonderfully remote hostel and campground has no TV, wi-fi or mobile-phone reception. It…
Llŷn Peninsula
While the name alludes to a wooded glen, this 10-bedroom Victorian house is plonked right on the main road, gazing out to sea. The views through the bay…
Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel & Spa
Cardiff
The reasonably priced rooms here are large and modern with panoramic views. The optional breakfast has an impressive array of continental and cooked…
Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog
This solid 19th-century coaching inn is well attuned to the needs of walkers, with a drying room for hiking gear, generous breakfasts (including good…
Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
Spread over two restored 19th-century houses facing each other across Tegid St, Bala Backpackers has brightly painted dorms (with a maximum of four single…
Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
Right at the centre of things, this attractive stone coaching inn offers busily carpeted 1st-floor rooms that are comfortable, if a little dated…
Llŷn Peninsula
Sitting between Porthmadog and Borth-y-Gest, about half a mile from either, Penaber is a large, modern house offering scrupulously clean and very…
Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog
Set in 6 hectares of woodland, 6 miles southwest of Brecon on the A470, this 18th-century farmhouse hostel has had its facilities smartened up but it…
Craig-y-Dderwen Riverside Hotel
Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
This large faux-Tudor hotel has more spacious, luxurious rooms than you might expect, and the setting is idyllic – right by the river, near the Waterloo…
South Pembrokeshire
Rooms are spacious, comfortable and not at all chintzy at this friendly (and great-value) little private hotel just outside the town walls. Three of the…
Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog
Though set in an 18th-century listed building, the Dragon's 15 moderately sized bedrooms have a fresh, modern feel. The cheaper rooms at the top have…
Swansea, The Gower & Carmarthenshire
Nobody says the neon lights are bright in this Broadway, the tiny village immediately south of Laugharne, and it's arguable whether there's magic in the…
Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
Downstairs there's a restaurant and bar with a roaring fire – Capel Curig's liveliest spot after dark, with mains from £15 to £19. Upstairs the rooms have…
Swansea (Abertawe)
More modest than its name suggests, this three-storey suburban house has an old-fashioned vibe, with chandeliers downstairs and colourful leadlights. The…
Powys
This former 14th-century coaching inn is still in the eating-drinking-sleeping game, with a bar that opens all day and restaurant serving lunch and dinner…
Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
On the A4085, 5 miles north of Beddgelert at the trailhead for the Snowdon Ranger Path, this former inn has its own adjoining beach on the shore of Llyn…
Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog
Set down a narrow lane 3 miles west of Talgarth near the village of Llanfilo, this old stone farmhouse is the very picture of Welsh country comfort. There…
Powys
This substantial early Edwardian redbrick house, right on the brook that marks the England/Wales border in these parts, is the venue for a very pleasant…
Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
Originally a quarry manager's house, this no-frills hostel offers great views (from an admittedly scrappy hillside locale), a self-catering kitchen,…
Powys
Not far from the River Wye, this imposing 19th-century house has five comfortable, modern rooms with good beds and bathrooms. It's cosily modern rather…
Llandudno
This small family run hotel has no restaurant, room service or dedicated reception staff, but the personable couple who run it makes sure that it does…
St Davids (Tyddewi)
The young owners have created a fashionable boutique-style B&B in their duck-egg-blue house on the outskirts of the little city. The six rooms are all…
Swansea, The Gower & Carmarthenshire
Just a stone skip from the beach, this renovated 19th-century house offers eight self-contained apartments with all the mod cons. The upper apartments…
Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
Rooms are clean, warm and homey at this midrange guesthouse, renovated in 2015. The hearty breakfast will set you up well for a day of mountain striding,…
Southeast Wales
A picturesque village pub, the Bell has a popular restaurant and elegant rooms, all named after fishing flies. Some have four-posters but all marry an…
Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
Occupying slightly foreboding and spartan slate buildings, this remote woodland hostel has a gorgeous setting beside a stream, 2 miles from the Ty-Nant…
Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn)
Friendly former farmer Richard has done a great job transforming this heritage-listed early Georgian house into an upmarket B&B, retaining the period…
South Pembrokeshire
There's an old-fashioned feel to this friendly, family-run hotel in a Georgian town house in the old part of town. Don't expect anything in the way of…
