Monmouthshire, United Kingdom

The Royal George

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Style

Well-keeled quarters

Setting

Sylvan Wye Valley

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Moored beside the taled ruins of Tintern Abbey, The Royal George is bound for smooth sailing. Its name comes from the ill-fated warship, but these days there’s no squall in sight — just cosseting suites, a land-led restaurant, and a pub whose pints are poured beside a flickering fire. Summer brings fairer scenes still, with pop-up dinners hosted across leafy gardens, and wanders through the Wye Valley at their verdant best. 

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

19, including five suites.

Check–Out

11am, and check-in is at 3pm. Both are flexible on request, subject to availability and a £20 charge.

More details

Some rates include breakfast; otherwise, it's available to buy at the Lower Deck for £18 an adult (£9 for children).

Also

One of the ground-floor Garden rooms has been adapted for guests with limited mobility; there’s ramped access to the outdoor dining areas and to both restaurants. There are accessible bathrooms, too, and reserved parking spaces for Blue Badge holders.

At the hotel

Gardens, fire pit, pop-up dining spaces, living areas and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: smart TV, mini-fridge, homemade honey, Nespresso coffee machine, tea-making kit, free bottled water and 100 Acres bath products.

Our favourite rooms

The Royal George is rich with history, meaning each has a distinctly individual design. Lady Rhondda is the sweetest of the heritage rooms, with an in-room bath tub that ramps up the romance. Cranogwen and Beaufort Suite are set under the lowest part of the eaves, so best avoided by those who stand tall, but Gilpin’s soaring Georgian ceilings more than make up for it. If you’re staying during the winter, the Charles Deane Suite comes with its own collection of beanies to borrow as homage to its namesake brothers; and for summer sun, the Garden Balcony is our stand-out.

Packing tips

A knack for prized sightings and some binoculars: peregrine falcons nest high on the Coldwell Rocks, slightly further up the Wye Valley gorge.

Also

Local legend says some of the timbers (and even the Lower Deck’s final-orders bell) were salvaged from the wreck of HMS Royal George, the 18th-century warship that gave the hotel its name.

Pet‐friendly

Dogs and cats can stay in the Garden and Garden Patio rooms for £20 a night, each, and are welcome to dine in the Lower Deck Pub and Café. Beds, bowls and litter boxes are available, and pet-sitting can be arranged. on request. See more pet-friendly hotels in Monmouthshire.

Children

All ages are welcome; over-12s are charged as adults. There’s a single day-bed that can be made up for a third guest in the Garden Patios, cots can be added to most rooms, and both restaurants have kids' menus.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

Cosy Lower Deck dinners are best had beside the fire, and upstairs, you’ll want to secure a table nearest the open kitchen to watch your captains at work.

Dress Code

Fresh off the riverbanks works just fine for the Lower Deck and Café. Evenings at the Upper Deck call for something a touch more refined.

Hotel restaurant

Named for HMS Royal George, it seems only right that the hotel's duo of dining spaces is divided by deck. Downstairs, the Lower Deck charts a roster of favourites: breakfasts feature all your day-starting staples, before hearty pub classics assume the helm and pints flow until the last logs burn and the bell calls time.

The Upper Deck steers a more considered course, with elevated lunch and evening menus that spotlight regional produce (prime cuts from local butchers, glazes from the resident bees, vegetables from small-scale Wye Valley growers). Pairings are skilled, too, with a team of vine-versed servers on hand to find your perfect match.

For lighter options, the Café has a selection of buttery, homemade bakes (Welsh, of course), including its storied carrot cake which tends to sell fast. Outside, a stone pizza oven fires up doughy alternatives as the weather begins to warm.

Hotel bar

There’s no separate bar, but the Lower Deck’s enviable offerings of full-bodied bitters, crisp ciders and house-made spirits ensure that regulars stay loyal and newcomers are converted.

Last orders

Breakfast at the Lower Deck is 7am–10.30am (11am at weekends) and its all-day menu is noon–10pm. The Upper Deck's dinner is 5pm–9pm, Wednesday–Saturday; lunch is noon–3pm on Saturday and till 5pm on Sundays. The Café is open 8am–3pm (4pm at weekends).

Location

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Address
The Royal George
Tintern
Chepstow
NP16 6SF
United Kingdom

Not far from Chepstow in South Wales, The Royal George rests between the River Wye and its idyllic namesake valley in the small Monmouthshire village of Tintern.

Planes

Your nearest international landing spot is Bristol Airport, around 45 minutes from the hotel by car. Private transfers can be arranged on request, for an additional charge.

Trains

Chepstow station is a 10-minute cab-ride from the hotel and has direct routes to Newport, Cardiff, Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa. You can also reach Bristol by catching a connection at Severn Tunnel Junction.

Automobiles

A car isn’t essential, but it will come in handy if you’re hoping to explore more rural areas. There’s a free carpark on-site.

Worth getting out of bed for

The Wye Valley’s natural beauty has been recognised for decades, and The Royal George places you perfectly to explore its bounty. Watching over the River Wye and Tintern Abbey, the Devil’s Pulpit is a more scenic starting point than its name may suggest, and rumour has it that its towering limestone perch was where spirits once tempted the monastery's monks. Today, the mediaeval ruins below are best explored with guided tours, and neighbouring Abbey Mill has wiles of its own with a wealth of independent shops and cafés.

Avid ramblers will find their solace hiking the five-mile Angidy Trail, which circles around its eponymous glen and past the 17th-century Abbey Tintern Furnace. Summit Eagle’s Nest and you'll be rewarded with lofty views across the land, or follow the scenic Wye Valley Walk trail between Chepstow and Monmouth.

Local restaurants

The Rose & Crown is your local — and a particularly good one at that. Pints showcase regional ales, poured against striking views of the riverbank and served alongside a seasonal rotation of home-cooked pub grub. Set within its embracing vineyard, Parva Farmhouse fuses French and British influences across earthy, fine-dining dishes that come expertly paired with estate-made wines.

Local cafés

The scent of oven-fresh cakes and dark-roast brews wafts from Abbey Mill Coffee House, with produce from Welsh suppliers anchoring its heartier dishes. If you’re visiting during spring and summer, the seasonal Filling Station Café is a worthy stop for its alluring selection of homemade bakes and stacked sandwiches.

Local bars

If you take your beer more seriously than just sampling whatever’s on draught, head for Kingstone Brewery, where extensive varieties of hyper-local ales, hoppy IPAs and traditional bitters are poured with pride and best savoured slowly.

Reviews

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Anonymous review

By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this heritage-proud hotel in Tintern and unpacked their artisanal mead and valley-brewed beers, a full account of their quaint break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside The Royal George in Monmouthshire…

If William Wordsworth had spotted The Royal George during his pilgrimage along the River Wye, we’re quite sure he would’ve called off the final stretch and asked for a room. It may have been two centuries too early, but thankfully for us, this former family residence has since had a renovation worth writing home about. 

Behind a honey-hued façade that watches the water, this boutique hotel was carefully reimagined to fold contemporary comforts into its 16th-century shell. Modernised suites are dressed with individual designs, sitting beneath wonderfully wonky eaves and against mist-draped views of the valley. It’s a backdrop that the poet knew well, and one where searching is still simple, with nearby hiking trails and the abbey that lent his famed work its title close at hand. Chefs take the land’s lead, too, spreading their skills between a refined top-floor bistro, beloved pub and cake-stacked café for a stopover we’ll gladly stick around for.

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Price per night from $221.85