On Saturday 22nd September the Saturday Telegraph’s Travel team listed Britain’s Top 100 Affordable Hotels. We were really chuffed to be chosen and to be only one of five hotels singled out in Wales for being good value and a great place to stay. Channel 5′s Hotel Inspector, Alex Polizzi headed up the 4 page [...]

Brecon Baroque Festival – 26 -29th October 2012 Brecon resident Rachel Podger, one of the world’s finest violinists – credited by the New York Times this summer for her “magnificent violin playing” – is staging this year’s Brecon Baroque Festival between 26 and 29 October 2012 at Brecon Theatre, Christ College and Brecon Cathedral.  The [...]

Things really start to get interesting in the garden again about now. I wonder if it’s all the rain that has made the first berries so spectacular this year? The Viburnum rhytidophyllum (leather leaf) has been a sight to behold with bright red, almost shiny berries; and a little further West towards the hotel the [...]

Christmas at Gliffaes Christmas is a very relaxed and friendly time at Gliffaes with many of our regular guests returning year after year. The house is decorated traditionally with holly, mistletoe and ivy from the garden and a huge 18 foot Christmas tree dominates the hall. Festivities begin on Christmas eve with a round of [...]