With grand furnishings, sculpted gardens and superb views, this upscale country hotel is the former pile of Bolton cotton magnate James Leigh. The 14 rooms have a lavish old-world air, with all the 21st-century conveniences and four-poster beds in some. Standards are similarly high in Llygad yr Haul, the hotel's garden restaurant. It's 2 miles west of Dolgellau, off the A493.
Penmaenuchaf Hall
Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)