The New White Lion
Brecon Beacons, United Kingdom
Style Impeccable low-key glamour
Setting Little town of Llandovery
The Pritchards opened the New White Lion hotel in Llandovery to introduce guests to the local rural splendour they adore so passionately, creating a luxurious base from which country-lovers can explore Carmarthenshire and the Brecon Beacons national park. Beautiful antique furniture is offset by rich pickings related to the area’s heritage; old books, miners’ boots and local maps blend into a domain where every modern comfort is provided.
Need to know
- Rooms Six, named after local characters and legends.
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Rates
Double rooms from $156.64 (£100), excluding tax at 20 per cent.
Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency (£100), via XE.com, using today's exchange rate.
- More details Rates include full Welsh breakfast.
- Facilities Small courtyard, internet access, private parking. In rooms, flatscreen TV, Egyptian cotton sheets, H2k toiletries.
- Check-out Midday (but flexible, subject to availability); earliest check-in, 3pm.
- Children Cots are available for £10 a stay. Babysitting can be arranged with advance notice at £7 an hour. Physicians of Myddfai is a family room with a sofa bed.
- Also There's a two-night minimum stay at weekends and on public holidays. No pets.
Food and drink at The New White Lion
- Hotel restaurant The pretty little Dining Room is open for breakfast, and for dinner with 24 hours’ notice – expect Welsh home-cooking of the finest kind, made with seasonal, local, organic ingredients. Typical dishes include wild salmon and leek pie, Welsh black beef braised in red wine and wonderful wedges of apple pie.
- Dress code Thrown-together favourites, with shiny embellishments for dinner.
- Top table One of the back-wall tables on either side of the fireplace.
- Last orders The Brianne Bar in the lounge is open from midday till 11.30pm. Dinner (with notice) is served 7pm–9pm.
- Room service None, but with a little warning they can rustle up something for you.
- Hotel bar The Brianne Bar in the lounge is open from midday till 11.30pm; help yourselves to the honesty bar and pull up an armchair in front of the stone fireplace.
The New White Lion 43 Stone Street, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Brecon Beacons, SA20 0BZ
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Smith extra at The New White Lion
Either a gift set of Penderyn Welsh single malt whisky miniatures with a special ‘nosing’ glass, or a selection of handmade chocolates; you’ll also get 10 per cent off your first dinner at the hotel
In the know
Our favourite rooms
Physicians of Myddfai (Room 1) is the largest, with an ornately carved headboard, feathered lamps and a big corner bath. All the other individually decorated rooms are stylishly furnished, with ensuite power showers, but we particularly like elegant Lady of the Lake (Room 2), with its pale and interesting decor.
Packing tips
Sensible shoes for yomping up mountains and biking along mountain tracks. Or a good book, if you're not the outdoorsy sort.
Also
The hotel hosts monthly evening events in the ‘salon’ vein, featuring traditional folk singers, storytellers, local musicians and Welsh cuisine.
From the Guestbook…
The New White Lion is quite possibly the most perfect hotel. The proprietors Sylvia and Gerald make you feel so at home and cook so well, you don't want to leave. This was our sec...
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