Best hotels in Wales for a wild weekend break, 2026

Looking for places to visit in Wales? For a couples retreat, stay in one of the luxurious suites in the stunning Llangoed Hall, in Brecon, and receive the ultimate fine dining experience in their award-winning restaurant.

Or get the whole family together and rent a holiday cottage at the Trefeddian Hotel, based in the picturesque village of Aberdovey on the west coast of Wales. With gorgeous views and great food, there is something to suit everyone in our guide to the best Welsh weekend breaks.

Heading to the capital? Read our pick of the best restaurants in Cardiff, then check out the best restaurants in Pembrokeshire.

Best Welsh hotels for food lovers

The Grove of Narberth

• Doubles start from £285 per night, check availability at booking.com

Offering quiet, carefully considered luxury in a beautifully restored 15th-century house in the Narberth Hills, Grove is warm, calm and a place to completely switch off and relax. Warm, friendly staff and a labyrinth of cosy lounges make the space feel more like a home than a hotel. Hunker down in an armchair by an open fire or wander the wooded grounds to soak in views of the Preseli Hills. Add-on experiences include foraging and wild swimming for the adventurous, or a nearby vineyard tour for tastings of Welsh wines.

The two restaurants, Artisan Rooms and Fernery, are headed by executive chef Douglas Balish. The former is a more casual brasserie, while the latter offers an unmissable five- or seven-course tasting menu. Changing each season, it tells a story of local producers from west and south Wales, featuring ingredients from Grove’s kitchen garden. What makes it a truly exceptional experience is the infectious enthusiasm with which sommelier Cathryn Bell and the team lead guests through the menu, telling personal stories and highlighting the importance of everyone involved in making each dish come to life.

There are just 13 rooms in the main house, each adorned with warm, natural tones. Elegant individual quirks include freestanding lamps, four-poster beds with wraparound curtains, and exposed beams for those nestled into the eaves. For an extra treat, suites in the Herb Cottages outbuildings offer a little more space to relax, along with log burner and private garden. Most rooms come with freestanding bath, robes and slippers for the ultimate off-grid getaway.

Maintaining the focus on local produce, the two-course breakfast menu starts with lighter options such as yogurt and granola, charcuterie or fruit, followed by cooked dishes including a full Welsh breakfast, eggs benedict or french toast.

Doubles start from £285 per night, check availability at booking.com

Squirrels Nest Treehouse, Llandrindod Wells

• Treehouse available from £295 per night, check availability at Squirrels Nest

Set on a 130-acre working family farm and enveloped by the 900-acre Maelinaidd Hill, this hideaway exudes rustic charm in an idyllic setting. Each of the three treehouses has been designed by owner and carpenter John, who’s brought his knowledge of craftsmanship to life with locally sourced timber – oak, larch and western red cedar – colourful interiors and large glass windows that frame the picturesque countryside. From taking an afternoon siesta on a hammock elevated on stilts to soaking in a private outdoor hot tub with a view, there does not seem to be a shortage of ways to unwind. In-treehouse massage appointments can also be arranged for those looking to make the most of their countryside escape.

There’s a curated menu of hampers that showcase the best of Welsh treats. Firepits, BBQs and pizza ovens are also available for a bit of alfresco cooking. Or order in from Llatho Country Kitchen which delivers freshly made platters, cakes and bites straight to your treehouse door. The generous breakfast hamper is packed with local goodies such as sausages, bacon and eggs plus Welsh butter, honey and jam to slather onto homemade bread.

Treehouse available from £295 per night, check availability at Squirrels Nest

The Angel Hotel, Abergavenny

• Doubles from £220, check availability at booking.com or Expedia

This former coaching inn, now a characterful hotel, stands proudly in the historic Monmouthshire market town of Abergavenny, on the edge of the Brecon Beacons. Its 34 bedrooms, four of which are in separate cottages, are contemporary in design but complement the hotel’s main 18th century architecture. Cosy up on a leather Chesterfield sofa by the open fire in the main (Foxhunter) bar for drinks and more casual food, head to the Oak Room restaurant for more formal dining (you will be serenaded by a pianist on Friday and Saturday nights), or head to the dining room for afternoon tea (discover our best afternoon teas across the UK here). Fans of fine dining can also book a table at Michelin-starred sister restaurant, the Walnut Tree, five minutes’ drive away.

This is a hotel with its own, slightly offbeat, style and all the bedrooms have their own distinct feel – choices range from superior, deluxe and super deluxe rooms to the lodge (a Victorian house) and four contemporary cottages adjacent to the hotel - but try and book the mews (a former stables), set just off from the hotel for ultimate quiet and comfort in a simplistic modern styled room. Personal touches are everywhere, from the hotel’s own ground coffee produced by Round Hill Roastery in Bath provided with in-room tea trays to relaxing classical music played through vintage-style radios to the large walk-in showers and his ‘n’ her bath robes.

Breakfast is served in the main dining room - choose from local sausages, thick-cut bacon and creamy scrambled eggs or, for something lighter, homemade granola with yogurt, fruit and a moreish berry compote. The main event here, however, is the baked goods. The hotel also runs an artisan bakery, just across the lane, and this supplies them with delicious pastries and breads (including buttery pain au chocolates, mince pies, freshly baked candied grapefruit brioche, gooey Valrhona chocolate and hazelnut brownies and freshly baked potato bread).

Doubles from £220, check availability at booking.com or Expedia

Twr y Felin, St. Davids

• Doubles start from £191 per night, check availability at booking.com

Housing over 100 pieces of commissioned artwork, Twr y Felin is Wales’ first ever contemporary art hotel. From modern portraits of Tom Jones and Anthony Hopkins in their restaurant, Blas (meaning taste), to intense landscapes in the bar area, there’s a lot to see inside the hotel. The building is a former windmill situated in the picturesque city of St Davids in Pembrokeshire, West Wales. Rooms to the back of the hotel have stunning views of Caerfai Bay, one of the many outstanding stops on the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path. For those wishing to indulge even further, wellness treatments are well worth booking.

Blas Restaurant, inside Twr y Felin, aims to reflect the beauty of the hotel's surroundings on the plate. Changing with the seasons, the menu includes dishes made from local produce such as Solva crab (Solva is a short drive or a longer walk along the coastal path), which is delightfully fresh, and Welsh lamb served with beetroot and goat’s cheese. Most of the fish and seafood is caught locally, with meat and fowl farmed nearby. Pembrokeshire has a great foraging community with the chefs actively involved and including their wares on the menu – an example being the wild garlic served with the Welsh lamb. For many, St Davids is a special place full of fond memories; Twr y Felin is a great place to create even more.

Doubles start from £191 per night, check availability at booking.com

Llanerch Vineyard, Pontyclun

• Doubles start from £140, check availability at booking.com

A farmhouse hotel, restaurant, cookery school and vineyard in South Wales. Guided tours and tastings show guests how Llanerch’s Cariad wines are made, and how the local terroir affects the taste of each vintage, including the sweet Cariad sparkling brut. Celebrating seasonal produce grown, caught or reared in the region, try dishes such as curry spiced mushroom fricassee, roasted Welsh lamb cannon and rib, and pan-roasted stone bass with shellfish bisque in the fine-dining restaurant overlooking the vineyards.

Stay overnight in one of the comfortable rooms so you can enjoy the wine tastings without having to drive home, and wake up to sweeping vineyard views.

Doubles start from £140, check availability at booking.com

Palé Hall, Snowdonia

• Rooms start from £279, check availability on booking.com

Situated on the cusp of Snowdonia, Palé Hall occupies a breathtaking position overlooking the tranquil Dee Valley. Nestled within a 50-acre estate, this AA Five Red Star, Relais and Chateaux destination is ideal for a peaceful retreat. Sustainability is key to Palé Hall’s ethos. Impressively, the whole building is carbon-neutral, powered by an onsite hydro-electric plant.

This principle also extends to the fine dining restaurant – the first in Wales to receive a Michelin Green Star. Every effort is made to champion local, seasonal produce on the tasting menus designed by head chef, Gareth Stevenson. Expect dishes such as roasted squab pigeon and miso-glazed langoustine, plus inventive sweets like a ‘Moscow mule’ vodka lime jelly topped with ginger beer espuma. A more informal bistro also offers casual dining options.

The grand Victorian country house is immaculately furnished with period features, yet maintains a warm and welcoming atmosphere. All eighteen bedrooms are themed after Welsh counties and range from smaller Classic rooms to Turret and Superior suites. The exquisitely decorated interiors effortlessly blend antiques with modern elements such as ‘hidden’ television screens within mirrors. You can even stay in rooms formerly occupied by Queen Victoria and Winston Churchill! Additionally, there are four modern garden suites which are ideal for families. Any stay here is only enhanced by the team of attentive staff, who make every effort to ensure a memorable guest experience.

Rooms start from £279, check availability on booking.com

Parva Farmhouse, Tintern

• Doubles start from £90 per night, check availability at booking.com

Some might call this three-storey farmhouse a restaurant-with-rooms, on the grounds that it’s the food that’s the standout here – chef-owner Roger Brook previously headed the kitchen at the Michelin-starred Walnut Tree Inn near Abergavenny and has already been awarded a Michelin plate at Parva Farmhouse. But Roger and his wife, Marta, prefer to call it a gourmet bed-and-breakfast to emphasise that this is a small, friendly place run without fuss (Roger does the cooking while Marta hosts). Whatever you call it, it’s well worth making a detour to.

The 17th-century roadside building was once a farmhouse but in recent decades had been run as a bed and breakfast, and has been fully refurbished. We loved Room 4, tucked at the end of the corridor on the top floor, with fabulous river views. Although some of the inherited furniture remains, it’s now partnered with a contemporary bed, soothing moss-green walls and bed throws, and stylish lamps.

Doubles start from £90 per night, check availability at booking.com

Ynyshir, Eglwys Fach

• House room and dinner starts from £420 per person, check availability at Ynyshir

At first, on arrival, nothing quite prepares you for the surprises in store at Ynyshir. A stunning white mansion-style property in immaculate grounds close to Snowdonia, it looks like any other top-end country house hotel but then you step into the bar with its black walls, bare floorboards and sheep fleeces draped over chairs. And then you spot the twin decks and shelves of vinyl – essentially a DJ booth within the restaurant with its open kitchen facing the diners. Pure theatre.

Cornish crab arrives live and kept in tanks before being cooked and picked to order to retain freshness. The sauce made from the crab shells was intense and rich, the sweet crab meat and Singaporean chilli sauce was served with a hot steamed bun and coriander. A single Orkney scallop was barbecued only on one side so it was quiveringly fresh and opaque, topped with aged wagyu fat and elder vinegar, while made-to-order Montgomery cheddar macaroni cheese with Wiltshire truffles was simply off the scale. No macaroni cheese will ever get close to it.

House room and dinner starts from £420 per person, check availability at Ynyshir

The Royston, Llanbrynmair

• King doubles start from £116 per night, check availability at booking.com

If this splendid white house, perched on a mid-Wales hillside, looks incongruously urban, it’s because the building’s original owner built it to mimic his townhouse in Clapham; in went ornate staircases and fireplaces, generous bay windows and statement stained glass. Today it’s run as a relaxed guesthouse by Clive Sweeting and Rob Perham, creative and hospitable ex-advertising execs who moved here from Brighton, bringing with them a sense of fun, and playfully eclectic furnishings (top hats are a bit of a theme). Design junkies in search of a digital detox will love it.

All seven bedrooms are large, with Egyptian cotton bed linen, original art by Rob, and daringly smoky walls in olive or slate. Look out, too, for Danish-made Meraki smellies in the black-and-white metro-tiled bathrooms, and hand-woven Welsh blankets on the beds. But no TVs – you’re here to switch off. Winners for views and space are the first-floor “Superior” rooms (5 and 6), which have bay windows looking out to the Cambrian mountains (vintage binoculars and bird-watching guides are supplied) and armchairs by Italian designers Moroso.

King doubles start from £116 per night, check availability at booking.com

Highbrook Cottage, Powys

• Price from £100 per night (three-night minimum stay) or £700 per week, check availability at Kip Hidewayas

Spring is possibly the best time to visit this mid-Wales cottage, with daffodils blooming in the garden and lambs gambolling in the field beyond the brook. On sunny days, hike up the surrounding hills for magnificent views across Powys, or – if it’s cold – hunker down under Welsh blankets in front of the log burner.

The cottage is one of a number of holiday lets run by the Kinsey-Jones family, who have owned the nearby farm since 1913. As they diversify from sheep farming into viniculture, with 800 vines producing a variety of natural wines at the bottom of the drive, they’ve also put time and skill into decorating this homely and cosy building. It’s a 16-century stone cottage with a slate roof, wooden beams and the customary uneven staircase. The two double bedrooms are comfy, with scalloped linen bedding, Welsh blankets and matching hot water bottles. The only sounds from outside are the stream in the front garden, the occasional bleating sheep, and a particularly determined blue tit trying to access the kitchen window.

A 10-minute drive from the nearest village, Kinnerton, the cottage makes a good base for exploring the more famous towns of Ludlow, Hay on Wye or walking the Brecon Beacons.

Price from £100 per night (three-night minimum stay) or £700 per week, check availability at Kip Hideaways

One Cat Farm, Lampeter

• Cabins start from £250 for two nights, check availability at One Cat Farm

Weave your way down winding Welsh lanes, through the stunning Brecon Beacons National Park (in springtime past fields of lambs and forests of bluebells) and you’ll end up in a small valley four miles south of the harbour town of Aberaeron. Tucked away down quiet tracks woven among rolling fields is One Cat Farm. It was was set up by Jessie Roberts-Duffey and Lyndon Duffey, who returned to Wales with their young family in 2015 to build a small, unique glampsite (there are no tents here but four cosy cabins, designed and built by Lyndon).

Wheelbarrows are parked outside The Pig Shed (a communal kitchen and lounge area) so guests can leave their cars behind and cart their luggage down the narrow stone path that leads to the cabins (here known, playfully, as dens).

Baskets of freshly cut logs are waiting for you to start your first campfire and a pared-back but homely communal kitchen is kitted out with a fridge, hobs, a toaster and kettles (and shelves filled with jars of popping corn, bottles of balsamic vinegar and fresh eggs). On one wall, a mini honesty shop (you put your money in a tin can) offers glamping luxuries including packets of marshmallows, bottles of Fentimans ginger beer and bars of NOM NOM peanut butter chocolate (made in Llanboidy, an hour down the road).

Cabins start from £250 for two nights, check availability at One Cat Farm

Llangoed Hall, Brecon

• Doubles start from £280 per night, check availability at booking.com

A ‘white palace’ allegedly home to the first Welsh parliament. A Jacobean mansion won in a card game. A family home restored to its former glory by designer Laura Ashley’s family. The site that Llangoed Hall sits on certainly vaunts a colourful history. Now it’s home to a country house hotel with acclaimed restaurant, extensive gardens (walled, rose and fruit among them) and stunning bedrooms.

All 23 bedrooms were styled by Sir Bernard Ashley (husband of Laura and owner of the hotel in the 1980s and ‘90s) and have been painstakingly maintained by the current owners. The most beautiful are the master suites. In ours, tall, arched windows gave views of the croquet lawn and the idyllic Wye Valley beyond. A four-poster bed was carved with swirly details, duck-egg blue settees matched the wall behind, and an antique wardrobe and writing desk were artworks in themselves. Then there was the bathroom, which came with a stand-alone bath, parquet flooring and a corner armchair. It was the kind of room you fantasise about owning...

Doubles start from £280 per night, check availability at booking.com

The Trefeddian Hotel, Aberdovey

• Doubles start from £110, check availability at booking.com

Snowdonia's picturesque estuary village of Aberdovey, on the west coast of Wales, makes a peaceful weekend getaway. For a mixed generation get-together, we recommend one of the handful of cottages at the Trefeddian Hotel. A classic family-friendly retreat with a bit of old-fashioned grandeur still palpable despite extensive remodelling and renovation, it’s in a quiet position just outside the village, separated from the sand dunes by a golf course (visit off-season and you can watch its greens being dutifully nibbled by a flock of sheep).

Cottage guests can use all the hotel facilities, which include a great children’s games room and swimming pool. There is a restaurant too but, if you’re staying in a cottage, you can eat in and enjoy home-cooked family meals some nights and, if you have willing grandparents in tow, leave them to babysit on others while you enjoy a meal or two out.

Doubles start from £110, check availability at booking.com

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