|
|
 Wales – West Hotels
Many people consider the true beginning of West Wales to be the Loughor bridge and the border of Swansea and Carmarthenshire when travelling west towards Carmarthenshire. At this point, road signs change from English before Welsh to Welsh before English. This is due to the vastly increased use of the Welsh language in the West Wales area. Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion truly feel far from the rest of the mainland and you can explore the beautiful Pembrokeshire coast as it sweeps via St David's Head past the candy-coloured harbour towns of Tenby and Aberaeron, where we list charming hotels, as well as others further inland. The hotels are listed by price category, and their order bears no reflection on our preference. |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
| Luxury: Slick yet friendly spa hotel on the Pembrokeshire coast |
| Location: Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire,on cliff top, overlooking Carmarthen Bay |
|
|
|
| 'West Wales first luxury destination spa hotel' right on the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path has an additional plus: it's privately owned, personally run and offers a warm Welsh welcome along with its new Marine Therapy Spa (salt grotto, rock sauna, adventure shower), sea-facing infinity pool, fine dining restaurant and 35 contemporary bedrooms (graded as Good, Better and Best). Turn a blind eye to the exterior, ascend, and indulge. |
|
|
 |
|
| Mid Price: Delightfully quirky, personally run small hotel |
| Location: Penally, Pembrokeshire: two miles south-west of Tenby, overlooking Carmarthen |
|
|
|
| Something exceptional happens here: you instantly relax and feel at home, thanks to owner Steve Warren's easy-going style and unflappable manner, underpinned by his wife Eileen's excellent menus in the elegant peacock- green dining room. Choose a contemporary room across the lane, a cottage in the old stables, or a traditional room in the charming Strawberry Hill Gothic house itself. A delight. |
|
|
|
|
| Inexpensive: Happy seaside hotel and restaurant in charming Aberaeron |
| Location: Aberaeron, Ceredigion: in town, on the harbour |
|
|
|
| In this delightful, multi-coloured Regency town, the former Harbourmaster's waterfront house continues the theme: azure blue outside, multi-coloured inside. Downstairs: eating and drinking at the curving bar or in the informal dining room with inventive menus. Upstairs: seven bright, modern bedrooms. From the topmost, the master could keep an eye on all three harbours under his control. |
|
|
|
|
| Inexpensive: Artistic family-run restaurant with rooms |
| Location: Newport, Pembrokeshire: in town |
|
|
|
| Another fine example of the new breed of restaurant-with-rooms in Wales, run by an enterprising couple, both locals, who have left their careers in London to open 'The Doctor's Court'. With local art on the walls, natural materials, six pretty bedrooms, a well-regarded restaurant ("classic food with a twist"), a garden restaurant in summer and a cosy cellar bar, it makes a fine, friendly base for exploring Pembrokeshire |
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
