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Hotels in the Westcountry - the south west of England
- Wiltshire,
Salisbury
The Cricket Field house hotel is a **** B&B hotel, offering a very friendly welcome and very good value for money. It stands a mile from the town centre, in spacious gardens. There is no bar or restaurant, but the Halfway House pub, selling real ales and good value pub food, is just a short walk. - Wiltshire,
Cholderton,
near Stonehenge
€ The Cholderton Youth Hostel **** is about 10 miles from Stonehenge. A top-of-the-range youth hostel, unbeatable prices. Rooms for couples, family rooms, group rooms. Bar, breakfast. Next door to a farm for the preservation of rare breeds. - Somerset
- South of Bristol and Bath
€€€ The Old Court. Quality ** guest house. Bed and breakfast. A remarkably unusual guest house, located in a former Victorian gothic magistrates courthourse. Three of the rooms are in old cells, complete with bars. Enthusiastic reviews from visitors, citing the comfort and the friendly welcome. Pub nearby serves evening meals. - Avon
- Bath
€€€ Bailbrook House is a Georgian Grade II listed country house, just a short drive from the historic city center. Set in its own gardens, the hotel offers a calm relaxing environment . A small hotel with just 15 bedrooms, Bailbrook House also offers free parking. - Dorset
- Blandford Forum,
True Lovers Knot Inn In the heart of Hardy country, in a quiet location. Old inn with garden. - Dorset, Ansty
near Dorchester,
The Fox Inn . Rural inn with restaurant, popular with local customers. Good value for money; peaceful location in the heart of rural Dorset away from main roads, nice spacious rooms, restaurant.
Small hotels in Cornwall
- Cornwall
- north coast, Delabole
€ The Poldark Inn - Wayside inn in a very rural location a mile from the sea and from the North Cornwall coastal footpath. This very friendly family-run inn has 10 rooms. Warm welcome, good food and selection of real ales in the bar. Rooms with views over the countryside or to the coast. Very good customer reviews, and great value for money. - Cornwall
- Bodmin moor
€ The Jamaica Inn - Imposible not to include this historic inn, made famous in the novel by Daphné du Maurier and the Hitchcock film. Supposedly haunted, the inn also includes a museum of smuggling. A required stop-off for travellers looking for out-of-the-ordinary places to stay. Deluxe rooms have four-poster beds. Plenty of atmosphere in the old bar with its beamed ceiling and large open fireplace. - Cornwall,
Washaway, near Bodmin
Trehellas house hotel *** is a family run hotel in an 18th century Grade II listed building just north of Bodmin. the hotel has a restaurant, heated outdoor swimming pool and gardens, and get excellent reviews for its quality and for the food. The north Cornish coast and south coast are easily accessible from this central location. - Cornwall,
Padstow
€€€ Molesworth manor Hotel. **** Lovely small hotel with 9 bedrooms / suites; classic English décor. The hotel is in a small 17th century manor house, and has a drawing room, a library, and "honesty" bar and gardens. Breakfast with local produce. Situated 2 miles from the little fishing harbour of Padstow on the north coast of Cornwall. Hiking trails close by. Ideal base for discovering Cornwall.
Hotels in Wales
- South
Wales,
Pembrokeshire, near Fishguard,
Gellifawr Country House Hotel. Superior ** hotel. This country house hotel is in a wonderful setting in the heart of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, 4 miles from Fishguard (ferry to Ireland). A haven of peace for walkers, hikers, bird-watchers and nature lovers. 21 rooms, bar, gardens, restaurant. Friendly staff. - Central
Wales, Aberystwyth
Conrah Hotel. *** A small country house hotel with 17 rooms, set in 10 hectares of grounds, three miles south of Aberystwyth. This hotel is well recommended for its warm welcome and friendly staff, bar and restaurant. - Central
Wales Llanwrtyd Wells
€ the ** Bellevue hotel, in the middle of the small town of Llanwrtyd Wells, offers excellent value for money and a warm friendly and authentic environment. The hotel dates back to 1843, and is also the village pub. The hotel is in walking distance of a train station, and a good location for exploring the Brecon beacons and fabulous local environment. - North
Wales, Gwynedd, Caernarfon,
Black Boy Inn - this 16th century inn is located within the old walled town of Caernarfon, close to the historic castle. Built in 1522, it is one of the oldest inns in Wales; while offering all modern amenities, this inn retains all its historic character. It is extremely well reviewed for quality, price and cleanliness, as well as its old world charm and cosy bar.
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Wales
and the
Westcountry are among the popular tourist areas of
Britain, and offer a good range of small independent hotels, including
many traditional inns. These regions have plenty of attractive
coastline, with popular seaside resorts, plus a very attractive rural
hinterland: the Westcountry is characterised by its old towns, small
villages and rolling hill country, Wales by its higher hills and
mountains, which are very popular with hikers.
For more information see South-west England on About-Britain.com.
For the purposes of this directory, the Westcountry includes the counties of Avon, Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devonshire and Cornwall.
Character, quality, value. iHi is a directory of small traditional independent hotels with character, offering good value for money and a friendly welcome. The selection includes traditional inns, pubs with accommodation, classic hotels, country houses,some b&bs and even a four-star youth hostel. iHi does not offer a vast choice of hotels, nor a narrow choice of chic and expensive boutique hotels, nor just a list of budget hotels.... but a carefully selected choice of addresses for all tastes, from refined luxury to rustic simplicity.
For more information see South-west England on About-Britain.com.
For the purposes of this directory, the Westcountry includes the counties of Avon, Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devonshire and Cornwall.
Character, quality, value. iHi is a directory of small traditional independent hotels with character, offering good value for money and a friendly welcome. The selection includes traditional inns, pubs with accommodation, classic hotels, country houses,some b&bs and even a four-star youth hostel. iHi does not offer a vast choice of hotels, nor a narrow choice of chic and expensive boutique hotels, nor just a list of budget hotels.... but a carefully selected choice of addresses for all tastes, from refined luxury to rustic simplicity.
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All hotels listed on iHi offer good or reasonable value compared to other hotels of similar quality in their area .
€ - Not too expensive: very good value for money.
€€€ Rooms for two usually over £100 / 130 € a night.
► Hotels with no price information are generally in between.
Pub / inn accommodation, the traditional British inn.
Hotel in a rural location.
All hotels listed on iHi offer good or reasonable value compared to other hotels of similar quality in their area .
€ - Not too expensive: very good value for money.
€€€ Rooms for two usually over £100 / 130 € a night.
► Hotels with no price information are generally in between.
Pub / inn accommodation, the traditional British inn.
Hotel in a rural location.
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