Need to know

Rooms

17 suites, including six Mezzanine rooms.

Rates

£265–£450, including full Welsh breakfast and afternoon tea.

Check-out

11am, although this is flexible; check-in, 3pm.

Facilities

Helipad, library of books and DVDs, spa, gym and heated indoor pool. In rooms: flatscreen TV, DVD player, free WiFi, Frette linen, underfloor heating, REN toiletries.

Children

Welcome, but no special provisions. Extra beds and cots available. Babysitting can be arranged.

Hotel closed

The hotel will close for maintenance work from 3 January 2010 until 7 January 2010.

Also

There's a two-night minimum stay at New Year.

In the know

Our favourite rooms

Each room contains a kingsize-or-larger antique Indian or Lombok bed. We love penthouse-suite Room 104, in the main house’s attic, for its evocative views of the marsh. Room 106, a private cottage, has a roll-top bath and wood-burning stove, which comes into its own in winter. Families or groups of friends should book the self-contained, four-bedroom Byre.

Packing tips

Welsh-English dictionary.

Also

Hurst House can arrange clay-pigeon shooting and quad biking, among other activities. The bijou spa offers massage, beauty therapy and holistic remedies, such as reflexology, and features luxury products, including the Elemental Herbology range.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant

Pass through towering Moroccan hand-carved doors into the expansive Hurst House restaurant to sample star chef Michael Bulnos' Modern British cuisine. Local produce’s the thing here: expect lashings of salt marsh lamb and sea trout.

Dress code

Be extraordinary... anything goes, especially if it can be layered (this is the coast, after all).

Top table

Pick any window table for tranquil views over the walled garden, where many of your greens will have grown.

Last orders

The restaurant is open for breakfast from 8am to 10.30am; last orders, 10.30pm.

Room service

A 24-hour, reduced-menu service and snack menu springs into action between meal times. If you’d rather laze low, breakfast – or even afternoon tea – can be taken in bed.

Hotel bar

A homely and relaxing oak-floored space that juxtaposes a landed-gentry fireplace (ideal for lolling beside with a tumbler of whisky) and dark tan leather sofas with a contemporary-cool bar layered with chrome and stained glass.

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Smith concierge

If you'd prefer to talk to someone, or don't want to book online, call our travel team on 1 866 610 3867. We guarantee you’ll get the best available rates, and we don’t charge a booking fee.

Hurst House on the Marsh

East Marsh, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire SA33 4RS