Visiting and staying at Craig y Nos Castle on a Special half-price B&B Deal
Tags: B&B, Breaks, Brecon, Beacons, Wedding, Venue, Viewings
If you are from London or England, we are not that far away. In 2000 - 2010 I used to regularly drive from London to Castle in 3 hours, though now we are slowed down by the 50 MPH sections. I drove from Maida Vale in West London, only 20 minutes from the M4. If you are coming from further west, such as Bristol or the West Country, then the journey will be easier. We are an hour and a quarter from the bridge (roadworks on Heads of the Valley Road are a delay factor).
By having your wedding at the castle, you will make considerable savings over some other venues and get a whole castle to yourself, exclusively, under our Wedding Offers,
Do you have enough friends and relatives willing to make the journey to South Wales and stay overnight with you at your wedding.
Is it worth coming down for a viewing?
As a B&B and holiday location, there's plenty to see and do in the area. You are in the heart of the Brecon Becons National Park.
Our fantastic Wine & Dine offer, with B&B, is just £149 for two people sharing an en-suite, instead of £200 on the Dog Friendly Wales Dinner, B&B deal - saving you £50 on the one night D,B&B stay, plus a free glass of champagne each!
(a) check out dog walks here.
(b) Driving past Cardiff you will be well advised to turn off at J33 of the M4 and visit the Museum of Welsh Life at St. Fagans. You will spend hours walking in and out of the many ancient properties, stepping back through the centuries. It is a most amazing collection of old Welsh houses - each one has been dismantled and transported from all over the country and carefully rebuilt here. Dogs are allowed here. It costs £2 to park (when I last went) and is free to enter the actual museum and grounds. Pop in for a couple of hours either en-route to the castle or on your way back home.
(c) If the weather is good and you are travelling down on a fine day, or are staying in good sunny weather, take a trip out for the day to one of the beaches of the Gower.
(d) Virtually next door to us, literally a few hundred yards up the road turning right out of the castle, you will come across a small sign on the left advertising the Dan yr Ogof Welsh Show caves. These are well worth a visit, though it will cost £10 or so per adult to get in. There are dinosaurs and coffee shops and a huge caving system where you are able to walk arouind deep in the caves with falling waterfalls and stalagtites and stalagmites.
At Christmas the whole place is turned into a fantastic grotto full of elves and Father Christmas. It's a real hit with the kids (though my four year old was scared of all the elves last year and could not wait to leave - typical contrarian not to like Christmas).
(e) You have probably heard of the town of books - Hay on Wye. Just do not take your Kindle - they are banned in the town. Hay on Wye is worth visiting on a rainy day as you can pass away hours and hours browsing through the millions of books on sale, some for as little a a few pence. You are bound to come away with a bundle of books which, even if you never read them, at least won't cost an arm and a leg.
(f) If you are into the wild outdoors and dog walking, there are numerous excellent short and longer walks nearby. In fine weather (as the path is steep and slippery when wet) it is worth visiting one of the UK's largest waterfalls in terms of the drop - Henryhd Waterfalls.
An easier walk is to be found at the Brecon Mountain Centre - all plains and sheep and a lovely view over the town of Brecon if you walk around the edge of the mountain top.
There is a good two hour circular waolk around the Usk reservoir which I quite like, and like the Mountain Centre paths, it is reasonably level.
For a longer walk with some impressive waterfalls, try Ystradfelte waterfalls.
Using these links and others on our sites, you will be able to plan an action filled trip selecting all the things you would like to do, and allowing for some days inside and some outside according to weather conditions.
More locally, if you do not feel like taking the car out, we have our own Country Park, see the meadow field for walks and also loads of woodland walks in the Country park which joins on to our lower gardens.
Our dog friendly Wales site has a number of useful dog walks locally, so if you have dogs, bring them along too. We are a dog friendly hotel and do not charge extra for dogs.
See our lower gardens and the Craig y Nos Country Park for dog walks and the suggested dog days out on our Dog Friendly website with lots of ideas for dog walks and outings / day trips with your dogs.
Please check availability first, as many weekends dates are taken up with exclusive weddings.
The beauty of making the trip to Wales is that you are killing several birds with one stone.
(1) you are enjoying a B&B break at a discount, so it is like a mini holiday.
(2) You will have a chance to sample some of the food when having your bar meals. Check that Beth and Simon are working though as they are the chefs who do the Wedding Breakfasts.
(3) You will be able to view the venue
(4) You will have found a nice place to visit for B&B breaks. You will have discovered an interesting part of the world with friendly staff and oodles of history and scenery.
(5) Try and coincide your stay with one of our Castle Dinner B&B events.
So there is plenty to do in the castle and in the Brecon Beacons area generally.
Please now complete the B&B request form here, and we will confirm availability for you, or if we cannot make the dates, suggest an alternative date to stay.
Kind regards,
Martin Gover.
