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Rooms From: £ 58
Fford Newydd, Harlech, LL46 2UB
A small family run tavern situated under Harlech Castle, opposite Royal St.Davids Golf Course-a championship course. Accessible by picturesque country roads off all major motorways to the west.
Overlooked by the ancient fortress of Harlech Castle, the Rum Hole Tavern, offers Wales Tourist Board 3 Star, holiday accommodation in pleasant surroundings. Guests can enjoy excellent amenities and a friendly service under the personal direction of the resident proprietors Anne and Bob Sedgwick. The comfortable bedrooms (all with private showers or bathroom and all fitted with colour televisions) are equally attractive to the single visitor or family party. Each room has integral heating, with facilities for making the early morning cuppa or refreshing beverage as you like it. Visitors can relax in the Lounge Bar or the Games Bar whilst the (amber) nectar relaxes all and sundry. The Rum Hole is within easy walking distance of the sea and magnificent beach. The famous Royal St.Davids Golf Course is directly facing, Tennis Courts, Playing fields, and Harlechs heated indoor Swimming Pool are again directly opposite. The Hotel has its own ample car park and is conveniently situated 200 yards from the Railway Station and 200 yards from the Town Centre. Located in the Snowdonia National Park, Harlech is set amidst a breathtaking backcloth of mountains, lakes and bubbling streams and picturesque country where Hiking, Pony Trekking and Sea or Freshwater Fishing etc., are all readily to hand.PLEASE STATE IF DOUBLE OR TWIN ROOM IS REQUIRED.
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One of the undoubted highlights of the Cambrian Coast is charming HARLECH , 25 miles due west of Bala, with its time-worn castle dramatically clinging to its rocky outcrop, and the town cloaking the ridge behind commanding one of Wales' finest views over Cardigan Bay to the Llyn. There are good beaches nearby, and the town's twisting, narrow streets harbour places where you can eat and sleep surprisingly well for such a small place.
Harlech's substantially complete castle (June-Sept daily 9.30am-6pm, April, May & Oct daily 9.30am-5pm, Nov-March Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm, Sun 11am-4pm) sits on its 200-foot-high bluff, a site chosen by Edward I for one more link in his magnificent chain of fortresses. Begun in 1285, it was built of a hard Cambrian rock, known as Harlech grit, hewn from the moat. The sea, which originally protected one side of the fortress, has now receded, leaving the castle dominating a stretch of duned coastline. Harlech withstood a siege in 1295, but was taken by Owain Glyndwyr in 1404. The young Henry VII withstood a seven-year siege at the hands of the Yorkists until 1468, when the castle was again taken. It fell into ruin, but was put back into service for the king during the Civil War; in March 1647, it was the last Royalist castle to fall. The first defensive line comprised the three successive pairs of gates and portcullises built between the two massive half-round towers of the gatehouse , where an exhibition now outlines the castle's history. Much of the castle's outermost ring has been destroyed, leaving only the twelve-foot-thick curtain walls rising up forty feet to the exposed battlements . Only the towering gatehouse prevents you from walking the full circuit.
Harlech's train station is below the castle on the main A496. Most buses call both here and on High Street, a few yards from the tourist office (daily: June-Aug 10am-6pm; April, May, Sept & Oct 10am-1pm & 2-6pm; tel 01766/780658).
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