Come on in…..the water’s lovely. “Wild swimming’ is meant to be all the rage right now but to my mind nothing has changed, it is still just a lovely refreshing swim with in the wild, same as it ever was. No crowds, no chlorine, no ‘heavy petting’ and no bombing. Even though the river Usk [...]

Don’t just take our word for it. Gliffaes Hotel was reviewed in the ‘Sunday Telegraph’ Travel Section on Sunday 14th 2011 by the Hotel Guru, Fiona Duncan. We were very pleased to read her report on Gliffaes. The full review can be read on the Sunday Telegraph website. Here is a quick summary from her. [...]

Earlier in the Spring around April / May time we noticed a pair of swans right at the very limit of the Gliffaes water on a small island sitting on a nest. We kept an eye on them without going too close as they were very protective and territorial towards their nest. We found this [...]

Spring Bank Holiday Weekend 28th -30th May 2011 Crickhowell Art Trail Susie and I have been buying Welsh art for the hotel for over 10 years now and we try to support our local artists as much as we can. It is not a quick and cheap thing to do – building up an art [...]