WELCOME... OR AS WE SAY IN WALES – ‘CROESO’


Since we launched the scheme in 1994 we’ve travelled countless thousands of miles the length and breadth of Wales to seek out the very best small hotels, inns, farmhouses, restaurants with rooms and guest houses. GLPs are the kind of places in which we like to stay. We hope that you get as much pleasure from discovering them as we did.


Great Little Places enjoys a reputation in Britain and worldwide as the collection of small and friendly places to stay in Wales. Small is beautiful – but such places, unlike the best hotels (which are listed in almost every guidebook), are much more diffi cult to fi nd. Locating small establishments that really stand out from the huge choice is much more of a challenge – but it’s what GLP is all about.


Like most respected guidebooks, the contents of GLP represent a personal selection. Membership of the scheme is by invitation only. If you think along the same lines as us, you’ll love Great Little Places.


So what did we look for when we selected our members? We looked for hosts with personality, enthusiasm and uncompromising informed awareness of the needs of today’s more discriminating travellers. We looked for characterful buildings, beautiful locations, houses with a sense of history, warm welcomes and relaxing atmospheres. We looked for comfortable


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accommodation and superior standards without snobbery or strained formality.


We appreciate attention to detail and those little touches – the fresh fl owers, the fl uffy towels, the log fi res, the well-stocked libraries – that separate the best from the rest. Another great strength of the scheme is its variety, for with Little Places you’ll fi nd quality in farmhouses or restaurants with rooms, country inns or coastal hideaways, B&Bs or guest houses. And this year, yet again, we have unearthed some stunning newcomers whose standards rival those of the fi nest country hotels.


This wide choice is refl ected in the price. GLPs range from an inexpensive £55 per night for a double room to over £290 at the luxury end of the market. But it’s value for money that counts, and we believe that you won’t fi nd fi ner accommodation, pound for pound, anywhere else in Wales (or Britain for that matter).


Go on, take a look.


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