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• Category: News
  • Swinging into Autumn
  • Opening for Tea
  • Corona Virus Measures
  • Christmas Creative Retreat
  • Flooding on the River Usk
  • Flooding On The River Usk
  • Room For Trees
  • Room for Trees
  • Wine Dinner
  • Wine Dinner
  • What is happening to Salmon in the Usk?
  • What Is Happening To Salmon In The Usk?
  • World Sleep Day – win a pair of goose down pillows.
  • World Sleep Day – Win A Pair Of Goose Down Pillows
  • Things to do in the Brecon Beacons this winter
  • Things To Do In The Brecon Beacons This Winter
  • What have We been up to?
  • What Have We Been Up To?
  • Origins of the Christmas tree
  • Origins Of The Christmas Tree
  • Crickhowell High Street Wins Top Prize
  • Crickhowell High Street Wins Top Prize
  • Gliffaes At Brecon Beacons Food Festival
  • Gliffaes at Brecon Beacons Food Festival
  • Late Summer Recipe: Figs Two Ways
  • Late Summer Recipe: Figs Two Ways
  • Meet The Team: Chef De Partie
  • Meet The Team: Chef de Partie
  • Perfect Picnic Spots In The Brecon Beacons
  • Perfect Picnic Spots In The Brecon Beacons
  • Learning The Welsh Language
  • Learning the Welsh Language
  • An Action-Packed Summer in the Brecon Beacons
  • An Action-Packed Summer In The Brecon Beacons
  • Announcing our New Spring Menu
  • Announcing Our New Spring Menu
  • Room update April 2018
  • Room Update April 2018
  • Gliffaes Recognised In Harper’s Bazaar
  • Gliffaes Recognised in Harper's Bazaar
  • The Gliffaes Garden in Spring
  • The Gliffaes Garden In Spring
  • Gliffaes’ Own Wild Garlic Soup
  • Gliffaes’ Own Wild Garlic Soup
  • Things to do in Crickhowell this Spring
  • Things To Do In Crickhowell This Spring
  • Crickhowell Walking Festival 2018
  • Crickhowell Walking Festival 2018
  • Guest Review Award 2017
  • Guest Review Award 2017
  • April
  • April
  • Four ways to spend Valentine’s in Brecon
  • Four Ways To Spend Valentine’s In Brecon
  • Hotel Refurbishment 2018
  • Hotel Refurbishment 2018
  • 18 Reasons To Visit Wales In 2018 – Part Two
  • Things you mustn't miss in Brecon this new year
  • Things You Mustn’t Miss In Brecon This New Year
  • 18 Reasons To Visit Wales In 2018 – Part Two
  • 18 reasons to visit Wales in 2018 – Part One
  • 18 Reasons To Visit Wales In 2018 – Part One
  • Three Things To Do In The Brecon Beacons This Christmas
  • Three Things to do in the Brecon Beacons this Christmas
  • Have You Signed The Charter For Trees?
  • Have you signed the Charter for Trees?
  • A Guide To Abergavenny Food Festival 2017
  • A Guide to Abergavenny Food Festival 2017
  • Tawny Owls At Gliffaes
  • Tawny Owls at Gliffaes
  • Unmissable Events in Brecon This Autumn
  • Three Reasons Why Gliffaes Is The Perfect Place To Meet For A Meeting
  • Three Reasons Why Gliffaes is the Perfect Place to meet for a Meeting
  • The Rules Of Croquet
  • The Rules of Croquet
  • The Legend of Gelert
  • The Legend of Gelert
  • A Brief History Of Outdoor Dining
  • A Brief History of Outdoor Dining
  • Top Three Cycle Routes Near Crickhowell
  • Top Three Cycle Routes Near Crickhowell
  • Inspiration for your Summer Wedding
  • Inspiration For Your Summer Wedding
  • Fantastic Family Events In Wales This Easter
  • Fantastic Family Events in Wales this Easter
  • Spring Has Sprung At Gliffaes!
  • Spring Has Sprung at Gliffaes!
  • Treat Your Mum To A Glorious Welsh Treat
  • Treat Your Mum to a Glorious Welsh Treat
  • Fly Fishing Begins On The Usk
  • Fly Fishing Begins on the Usk
  • An Interview With Our Talented Ghillie: Frank Williams
  • An Interview with Our Talented Ghillie: Frank Williams
  • An Interview with Our Head Chef: Karl Cheetham
  • An Interview With Our Head Chef: Karl Cheetham
  • Things to do in the Brecon Beacons This Spring
  • Things To Do In The Brecon Beacons This Spring
  • Gliffaes Is Back Open For 2017 – Welcome One And All
  • Gliffaes is back open for 2017 – Welcome one and all
  • January Refurbishment
  • January Refurbishment
  • The Legend Of Llyn Y Fan Fach
  • The Legend of Llyn y Fan Fach
  • How To Make A Simple Wreath For Christmas
  • How to Make a Simple Wreath for Christmas
  • An Interview With Artist Harriet Lloyd
  • An Interview with Artist Harriet Lloyd
  • Cutting Down Gliffaes’ Christmas Trees
  • Cutting Down Gliffaes' Christmas Trees
  • James’ Famous Mulled Wine Recipe
  • Art at Gliffaes
  • Take to the Trees at Gliffaes
  • Ideas for Father's Day
  • Welsh Gardens to Visit this Spring
  • Easter Weekend
  • What are the prospects for the start of the Fishing Season?
  • 6 Reasons for an Early Spring Trip to the Brecon Beacons
  • Trouble Getting Out?
  • A House without Books…….
  • November & December Offer 2015
  • Photo Competition Winners
  • Great news for the River Usk
  • Myeloma Coffee Morning – Thursday 27th November
  • Good Hotel Guide Award for Gliffaes
  • Autumn Tree Walks
  • Summer Bounty
  • Abergavenny – A Mecca for cyclists
  • Spring Gardens
  • Spring Fishing Report
  • Gliffaes Tree Walk map launched
  • Tree planting at the Gliffaes
  • Britain's Remotest Hotels
  • Conservation in Action
  • Ideas for Christmas Presents
  • Coffee…good coffee
  • Abergavenny Food Festival 2013
  • What I did in my Holidays.
  • Tree Planting
  • Early November in the Gliffaes Garden
  • In the Garden – Early October
  • In the Garden – September
  • Why I hate Grey Squirrels
  • Giving the best rates
  • King of the Hill
  • Trees, Woods and Firewood.
  • Autumn still going strong
  • Driving Instructions to Gliffaes Hotel
  • Nick Brabner 1938 -2011
  • Going Digital
  • Nesting Swans on the Usk
  • New kid on the Block.
  • Spring is Here
  • Two new Pigs
  • What do you do when you close?
  • I am NOT dreaming of a White Christmas
  • Flies For Every Season
  • FAQs
  • Queen comes to Gliffaes
  • 33 Acres of lawns, shrubs, woodland and fields
  • A Useful piece of Timber
  • Crickhowell gets a Brasserie
  • National Garden Scheme & Timber Operations at Gliffaes
  • Volcanos, Earthquakes and other Tremors
  • The Sun has finally Arrived
  • 100% Pure New Wool
  • Spring Flowers at Gliffaes
  • Riverside Clean Up
• Category: Offers
  • Midweek Winter Break
  • 15% Off – Loyalty Vouchers
  • Spring Fly Fishing Offer at Gliffaes
  • Summer Guided Tree Walks
  • November Offer 2019
  • Autumn 2019 Tree Walks
  • Colourful Characters Walk & Lunch
  • Four Day Break in the Welsh Hills – Lose the Crowds
  • Creative Retreat Weekend – February 2020
  • November Bridge Break at Gliffaes
  • Backyard Lumberjack Day
  • Christmas Afternoon Teas
• Category: Expired Offers
  • Spring Break
  • Two Night Autumn Break
  • Welsh Hotel 3 Day Offer
  • Autumn Tree Walks & Lunch
  • Four Day Summer Offer
  • Sunday Grill and Overnight Stay
  • Early Season Fly Fishing Break
  • Spring Awakening – Two Night Break
  • Midweek Summer Offer
  • Advance Purchase Rates Offer
  • April – 2 Night Dinner, Bed & Breakfast Offer
  • Summer Sunday Lunches on the Terrace
  • Crickhowell Walking Festival 2016
  • Dinner with Stellenbosch Winemaker
  • June Weekend Special
  • Two Nights B&B with One Dinner
  • Landscape Painting – 3 Day Course in September
  • Early Spring 2 Night Break
  • November Offer
  • Catch the Tour of Britain at Gliffaes
  • 2 Day Summer Fly Fishing Break
  • High Summer Offer
  • Wine Dinner – Meet the Winemakers
  • October Special Offer
  • Champagne Dinner
  • Best Available Rates
  • Road Cycling Weekend Breaks – Spring 2015
  • Food Festival Offer
  • 3 Night Autumn Break Hotel Offer
  • Bat Encounter and Dinner
  • In and Out of the Studio
  • Early Season Casting Clinic
  • Fly Fishing Courses 2013
  • Guided Autumn Tree Walks
• Category: Press & Reviews
  • SOS Travel UK
  • The Welsh Rarebit
  • Saturday Times Travel Section – Saturday 13th May
  • Two Days in South Wales
  • Countryman's Weekly Review
  • Something for the Weekend
  • 9/10 From the Daily Telegraph Travel Expert
  • Top 10 Great Escapes for Dad
  • Top 20 Places for a Warm Welcome
  • The Sun on Saturday
  • Sixteen of the best
  • 9 out of 10 for Gliffaes
  • Britain's Top 100 Affordable Hotels
  • Olympic Performance?
  • Four Days at Gliffaes
  • Gold Award for Gliffaes
  • The Hotel Guru
  • Gliffaes wins Gold Award from Visit Wales
  • A Generous Host + Good Friends + Good Venue = A Great Party
  • Guest Report on a Fishing Break at Gliffaes
  • An Inspector Calls
• Category: Food & Drink
  • Karl’s Vegan Cheesecake Recipe
  • The Benefits of a Christmas Retreat
  • Summer Recipe
  • A Summer Recipe from the Gliffaes Kitchen
  • Matching our Wines to our Food
  • Autumn Walks & Afternoon Tea
  • Mother's Day Lunch – Sunday 15th March
  • Cooking Venison for Christmas
  • New Wine List
  • Tuscany in "Uskany"
  • Foraging at Gliffaes
  • Head Chef Karl Cheetham at the Abergavenny Food Festival
  • Abergavenny Food Festival 15th & 16th September
  • Home reared Pork
  • Early Summer Food
  • South African Wine Tasting & Dinner
  • On Show at Abergavenny Christmas Food Festival
  • Lunch at the Felin Fach Griffin
  • Leg of Lamb Cooked in Hay
  • Home Grown & Local
  • Enjoying Summer Food Outdoors
  • More Cheese than France
  • Singing for their Supper
  • Fresh and Local
  • Tinkering with the Wine List
  • Completing The Food Chain
• Category: Events
  • May Weekend in Bloom
  • Thinking of attending Hay Festival 2019?
  • A Walk in the Park
  • Introduction to Print Making
  • Autumn 2016 – Guided Tree Walks & Lunch
  • Hay Festival 21-31 May 2015
  • Landscape Painting Course
  • Corporate Cycling Day
  • Brecon Baroque Festival
  • Jubilee Weekend Exhibition
  • Vintage Bentleys at Gliffaes
  • Open Studios and Galleries
  • Crickhowell Walking Festival
• Category: Fishing
  • What’s the River Usk looking like at the start of the Fishing Season
  • A (bleak) summary of the Salmon Season on the Usk 2018
  • What's the River Usk like in this hot spell?
  • 5 Reasons to join our Improvers Fly Fishing Course
  • Spring Fishing at Gliffaes
  • 2014 Fishing Season – a short review
  • End of Season Trout Fishing
  • Salmon Catch and Release
  • Real Benefit From Fly Fishing for Improvers Course
  • Tips for Early Season Fishing
  • How's the River Fishing?
  • Fishing with Frank
  • Start of the Fly Fishing Season
  • Late Season Trout Fishing on the Usk
  • Success of May's Fishing Courses
  • Flies Everywhere
  • Fishing Seasons opens on the Usk
  • High Water on the Usk
  • Fishing Beats at Gliffaes
  • Skip dinner and go Fishing!
  • Evening Trout Fishing
  • Fly Fishing for Beginners at Gliffaes
  • Grannom & Stonefly on the Usk
  • High Water on the River Usk
  • Fishing in March
  • The Fishing Season is back
• Category: Walks & Bike Rides
  • A Circular Walk from Crickhowell and back in time for Lunch
  • The Two Rivers Bike Ride
  • Crickhowell Walking Festival 2015
  • Autumn Walk in the Black Mountains
  • Up The Tumble
  • A Walk around the Grwyne Fawr Reservoir
  • Spring Walking over Hay Bluff
  • 8 Mile Black Mountains Walk
  • Up Macnamara's Road
  • Winter Walking at Gliffaes
  • Autumn Walking in the Beacons
  • Hire a Mountain Bike
  • Enjoy a Bike Ride
  • A Walk around Cwm Mawr ( The Big Valley)
  • Waterfalls Walk
  • Best Walk near Gliffaes
  • A Dose of Winter Sunshine
  • The Gruffalo Walk
• Category: Days out
  • October is the time to visit our Arboretum
  • A four day stay itinerary courtesy of our Brecon Beacons hotel
  • A Welsh Road Trip
  • Planning on staying at our Hotel in Brecon this summer?
  • The Legend of Twm Siôn Cati
  • Take a Guide
  • Are you coming to Cardiff for The Rugby World Cup?
  • Totally Locally Crickhowell
  • The Secret Garden
  • Visit to a Welsh Lavender Farm
  • Talgarth Mill
  • A Good Autumn Day Out
  • Tretower Court
  • Beat the Bank Holiday Crowds
  • Clay Pigeon Shooting
  • A Welsh Road Trip
  • Tintern Abbey
  • Canoeing on the Wye
  • Picking Wimberries
  • Discover More of Wales
  • A Trip to Aberglasney Gardens
  • A Trip to Tanners of Shrewsbury
  • Seeing the wood for the trees at Powis Castle
  • A Day Out with The Lords' of The Marches
• Category: Gumboot Concierge
• Category: Uncategorized
  • Unmissable Events In Brecon This Autumn

Offers

• Early Spring Break (Feb & March)
• 4 Day Escape (May-Oct 2021)
• The February Creative Retreat
• Winter Break (Dec & Jan)
• 3 Night Autumn Break (Nov)
• Summer Guided Tree Walks
• Four Day Post Lockdown Escape
• Christmas Craft Retreat
• Wine Dinner
• May Weekend In Bloom
• Colourful Characters Walk
• Christmas Afternoon Tea
• Backyard Lumberjack Days

Events

• The Venue
• Testimonials
• Useful Contacts
• Exclusive Hire & Weekends
• Wedding Dining
• Venue & Ceremony
• Winter Wedding Package Offer – 2020/21
• Christmas
• Business
• Weddings
• Private Dining
• Wine Dinner

Foods & Drinks

• Christmas Afternoon Tea
• Wine
• Sunday Lunch
• Breakfast
• Book a Table
• Lunch
• Dinner
• Afternoon Tea

Rooms

• Petite Classic Double Garden View
• Classic Double Garden View
• Superior Double Garden View
• Four-Poster Room
• Superior Double River View
• Deluxe Double River View