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Rare Hideaways 2020 Rare Hideaways The Rare Hideaways Guide Part of the Welsh Rarebits Collection Take me away Take THE RARE HIDEAWAYS GUIDE 2020 Tyglyn Aeron, Lampeter, Ceredigion SA48 8DD, Wales, UK Tel + 44 (0)1570 470785 Email [email protected] A unique collection of cosy cottages, romantic rarehideaways.co.uk Website bolt holes and exclusive private rentals. HH1908519085 RRHGHG 22020020 GGuideuide CCoverover 33_5mm_5mm sspinepine AA_W_W FFINAL.inddINAL.indd 1 003/02/20203/02/2020 115:245:24 HH1908519085 RRHGHG 22020020 GGuideuide CCoverover 33_5mm_5mm sspinepine AA_W_W FFINAL.inddINAL.indd 2 004/02/20204/02/2020 116:316:31 HH1908519085 RRHGHG GGuideuide 22020020 AA_W_W FFINAL.inddINAL.indd 1 003/02/20203/02/2020 115:365:36 THE RARE HIDEAWAYS Gift Vouchers Give an extra special Rare GIFT. From Cosy Cottages to Romantic Boltholes and Exclusive Private Rentals, Rare Hideaways Members are all different, but they offer the same thing – genuine, Welsh hospitality. 02 The Rare Hideaways Guide 2020 HH1908519085 RRHGHG GGuideuide 22020020 AA_W_W FFINAL.inddINAL.indd 2 003/02/20203/02/2020 115:365:36 This year, treat a loved one, a colleague or a group of friends with a stay to remember at one of our unique Hideaways by giving them a Rare Hideaways Gift Voucher. Choose from our collection of hand-picked and quality checked Cosy Cottages, Romantic Boltholes and Exclusive Private Rentals. Spoil that special someone. Gift Vouchers / Downloadable vouchers from £25. Any value £25 – £500 or more For more information rarehideaways.co.uk Email [email protected] Tel + 44 (0)1570 470785 E-vouchers available for last minute presents. HH1908519085 RRHGHG GGuideuide 22020020 AA_W_W FFINAL.inddINAL.indd 3 003/02/20203/02/2020 115:365:36 CROESO WELCOME Welcome to Rare Hideaways, a new venture with a long track record. If you know the luxury Welsh hotels scene then you’ll probably be familiar with Welsh Rarebits, a scheme founded over 35 years ago. Synonymous with quality, hospitality and value for money, its members include many of the top hotels in Wales. Rarebits was later adapted to a sister scheme, Great Little Places, a collection of smaller hotels, inns and guest houses which again has been most successful. We’ve now taken the Rarebits concept and How things have changed! We first applied it to self-catering, still focusing on noticed improvements in self-catering those essential virtues – quality, comfort, at the beginning of this century, but style, character, welcome and value – that have been gratified and surprised to are the cornerstones of the hotel collection. discover that this upward trend has And, as with Rarebits, membership of accelerated in the last five years. Rare Hideaways is by invitation only. Wales now has some of the most luxurious Over the last few years we’ve been busy and stylish self-catering properties on travelling the length and breadth of Wales the planet. And we’re also pleased to putting together this new collection, visiting report that the ‘people factor’ – that each one personally. It’s a varied bunch all-important element of hospitality (as all the most interesting collections that plays such a part in Welsh Rarebits should be) that includes converted continuing success – is also present in windmills, barns, country cottages Rare Hideaways, with owners going that and manor houses – but all sharing extra mile to look after their guests. those attributes mentioned earlier. It’s self-catering that caters for all tastes. We were asked several years ago why Included in this collection are historic we didn’t include upmarket self-catering mansions and tasteful barn conversions. properties in the Rarebits family. The Family gatherings and reunions have taken answer then was that they weren’t good on a whole new meaning and several of enough. Historically, it was the norm to our properties of character are booked out furnish the house or cottage you wanted for weekends months in advance. A chef to let with the dining suite you’d decided and catering staff can even be brought to replace from your own home, or in if you’re planning a special event. use a lumpy family heirloom bed. We’ve been amazed by the properties Then there was the fact that self-catering we’ve come across in the last few was all so impersonal, with little in years. We hope you enjoy discovering the way of welcome or hospitality – them as much as we did. you’d sometimes be asked to pick up the key at the local post office. Go on, take a look. 04 The Rare Hideaways Guide 2020 HH1908519085 RRHGHG GGuideuide 22020020 AA_W_W FFINAL.inddINAL.indd 4 003/02/20203/02/2020 115:365:36 CONTENTS 04 Welcome 06 Booking and Enquiries 08 North Properties 18 Mid Properties 32 South Properties 48 Festivals for Foodies 50 Recipes 52 Wales Way 54 Art Galleries 55 Woollen Mills 56 Accommodation Features 57 Wales Map HH1908519085 RRHGHG GGuideuide 22020020 AA_W_W FFINAL.inddINAL.indd 5 003/02/20203/02/2020 115:365:36 BBOOKINGSOOKINGS & EENQUIRIESNQUIRIES BBookook yyourour nnextext sstaytay oonlinenline aatt rrarehideawys.co.ukarehideawys.co.uk EEnquirenquire ddirectlyirectly wwithith TThehe RRareare HideawaysHideaways oonn þþĆþþÿþāĀĄĄþĆþþÿþāĀĄĄþ / [email protected]@rarehidaways.co.uk CContactontact ppropertiesroperties ddirectly,irectly, sseeee llistingsistings ffromrom ppageage 88.. SSTAYTAY UUPP TTOO DDATEATE WWITHITH TTHEHE LLATESTATEST NNEWS,EWS, OOFFERS,FFERS, CCOMPETITIONSOMPETITIONS AANDND LLAST-MINUTEAST-MINUTE AAVAILABILITY.VAILABILITY. @@rarebitsrarebits WWelshRarebitselshRarebits wwelshrarebitshotelselshrarebitshotels wwelshrarebitselshrarebits SSIGNIGN UUPP TTOO OOURUR NNEWSLETTEREWSLETTER PAGE ICONS On each member’s page there are icons giving you a guideline as to some of the features available. Electric Car Charging Swimming Pool WiFi Hot Tub/Sauna Family Friendly* Private Chef Available** Dogs Welcome Real Fire *Families – restrictions may apply. There may be an age Please check directly with the property at the time of booking. limit below which children cannot be accommodated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure accuracy in this publication, **Private Chef Available (on request). The Rare Hideaways Guide can accept no liability whatsoever for any errors, inaccuracies or omissions, or for any matter in any way connected with or arising out of the publication of the information. HH1908519085 RRHGHG GGuideuide 22020020 AA_W_W FFINAL.inddINAL.indd 6 003/02/20203/02/2020 115:365:36 RARE REWARDS JOIN OUR CLUB We value your loyalty and would be delighted if we could offer you our Rare RewardsERHSXLIVFVERHFIRIÁXW You can earn rewards through collecting points by booking your accommodation directly with us, receive regular offers and discounts, exclusive competitions and monthly prize draws, sale previews and upgrade membership tiers through collecting points when booking with us. Go straight to the top with our Platinum Membership and VIGIMZIEPPSJSYVWXERHEVHFIRIÁXWTPYWI\GPYWMZIVI[EVHW throughout the year, loyalty card, birthday gift and free room upgrades*. You will also be able to load your gift voucher credit onto your card with unlimited expiry. HERE’S HOW YOU CAN JOIN OUR CLUB: Go to www.rarehideaways.co.uk/rare-rewards and sign up by completing our online form. Sign up *Subject to availability, T&Cs apply. Part of The Welsh Rarebits Collection 07 HH1908519085 RRHGHG GGuideuide 22020020 AA_W_W FFINAL.inddINAL.indd 7 003/02/20203/02/2020 115:365:36 NORTH Mount Snowdon – Yr Wyddfa in Welsh – rears its head above all else. The highest summit in Wales and England gives its name to the Snowdonia National Park. But this big, FSPHĆĂăWUYEVIQMPI4EVOQIERWQSVIXLERQSYRXEMRW 8LIXIEQXLEXÁVWXGSRUYIVIH)ZIVIWXQMKLXLEZIXVEMRIH LIVIFYX]SY¸PPÁRHEPIWWQEGLSSnowdonia amongst its sheltered valleys, oakwoods, scenic lakes and sandy coastline. So white-knuckle climbers and laid-back country walkers [MPPEPPÁRH[LEXXLI][ERXSR7RS[HSRME¸WĀþþþQMPIW of routes and paths. The National Park is by no means the north’s only attraction. There are also three protected ‘Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty’ — the coastlines fringing the Isle of Anglesey and 0PńR4IRMRWYPE, and grassy, rolling hills along the borderland Clwydian Range and Dee Valley. With so much natural beauty it’s little wonder that North Wales has become the UK’s activities capital. 01 Llanfendigaid Estate Tywyn 02 Plasglasgwm Betws y Coed 03 Plas Gwynfryn Harlech 04 Portmeirion Cottages Near Porthmadog 05 The Tower Isle of Anglesey 06 The Windmill Isle of Anglesey 07 White Beach Cottage Isle of Anglesey 08 The Rare Hideaways Guide 2020 HH1908519085 RRHGHG GGuideuide 22020020 AA_W_W FFINAL.inddINAL.indd 8 003/02/20203/02/2020 115:365:36 LLLANDUDNOLANDUDNO PPIERIER þą HOLYHEAD þă þĄ CONWY BODNANT HALEN MÔN MENAI BRIDGE HORSESHOE PASS WREXHAM þĀ ERDDIG Mt. SNOWDON LLŶN PENINSULA þĂ SNOWDONIA PONTCYSYLLTE AQUEDUCT CADER IDRIS þā COED Y BRENIN BIKING þÿ TALYLLYN RAILWAY Part of The Welsh Rarebits Collection 09 HH1908519085 RRHGHG GGuideuide 22020020 AA_W_W FFINAL.inddINAL.indd 9 003/02/20203/02/2020 115:365:36 01 Book Direct 0800 103 2733 LLANFENDIGAID ESTATE Tywyn Rhoslefain, Tywyn LL36 9LS [email protected] Host Will Garton–Jones If you like your self-catering served with close to the mountain of Cader Idris, yet is a slice of history and ancestry you’ll love just half-a-mile from the sea, with access Grade II listed Llanfendigaid, the ‘Parish of to a secluded sand and shingle beach. the Blessed’. The substantial, stone-built The local area is full of interest – Aberdyfi house, dating from the 13th century and in (with its famous links golf course), the the same family for over 800 years, assumed narrow-gauge Talyllyn Railway and romantic, its present appearance following renovation ruined Castell y Bere are all close by. If you in 1746.The interior, of course, has been want accommodation that’s a little more subject to much more recent attention, intimate there are also three cottages, all though thankfully retaining all the expected beautiful barn conversions in the grounds. period features of a grand family house, with panelled walls, antiques, family portraits and artefacts.