• Delightful eco friendly guest house in the heart of breathtaking welsh countryside.
• All rooms have been tastefully decorated and are heated from 100% renewable sources.
• All rooms have outstanding views of the lake or the gardens and mountains.
• Enjoy a peaceful night and wake up to stunning scenery.

Bryn Elltyd ECO Guest House - North Wales & Snowdonia

Leading eco friendly Recommend in Guardian in beautiful alpine location. 1883 building. Fairtrade hospitality tray, renewable energy Guide available hill/canoe

Bryn Elltyd is a unique 1883, ECO six bed B&B that prides itself on being extremely environmentally friendly. Located rurally at a lakeside at the bottom of the Moelwyn mountains. We offer homely, quality 3 Star accommodation with very little carbon footprint. The Guardian quote "one of the greenest guesthouses in Europe", and we are proud winners of the Green Dragon ECO award. All electric is 100% green, some rooms are sheep wool insulated. We have turf roofs with wild flowers, water heating by solar panels, log burners or green electricity, a pond that is home to native brown trout, and some loos are flushed by harvested rain water. Guests will be welcomed by a hospitality tray of Fairtrade tea /coffee/ chocolate. Additionally, breakfasts include local bacon,veg, eggs. In season we have our own fruit, veg and duck eggs Ceilia and John are both qualified teachers and mountain leaders and have a grown up disabled daughter. With notice, John is available for canoe/kayak/ mountaineering/disabled guiding/heritage/nature/mountain bike & walking drop offs etc. We have been coming here for 20 years plus. Local knowledge is key.

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LOW carbon footprint with 3 star quality. Mainline train/ bus is 3k away and we will pick you up. Open access to the mountains and gated private mountain roads (used by TOP GEAR for hillclimbs) walks by the lake. Take part in outdoor activities such as lake fishing, rambling, caving, mountaineering, canoeing, kayaking, rock climbing or hiring a bicycle. Chill with nature within 3k are mountains, oak and pine forest, meadow land and uniquely Victorian slate tramways to access the mountains. Within 400 metres, guests can access the steam train which has a 13 mile route to the coast. Stroll along uncrowded "Cornwall type beaches/bays". 2k away from there is a massive beach you can drive on. Nearby there are caves, mines castles and historic sites to explore. This is the ideal destination for a holiday in the heart of the stunning Welsh countryside. There are six guest rooms in total, all of which are en-suite. Each room is equipped with a wardrobe, easy chair, CD clock radio, hospitality tray, hairdryer and small halogen heater. Each room has a lovely view of either the lake or the gardens and mountains. There are a variety of room sizes including single, twin, double and super king size. Some rooms are suitable for disabled guests. The owners of Bryn Elltyd have a disabled daughter and therefore have knowledge of disability and details of suitable activities. All staff have had disability training and some are sign language qualified. Well behaved dogs are welcome. Wireless Internet Connection is available in some rooms. Bryn Elltyd is the holder of a Green Dragon Energy Award and has also been listed as one of 8 ECO guest houses in the Guardian.

Rooms Description

Our rooms date from 1883 to 2001. The last two are detached, sheep wool lined with turf roofs with wild flowers. Some have solar panels. Some collect rainwater for loo flushing and veg plot irrigation. All our rooms have en-suite, awarded 3 stars and with stunning views. We have room to breathe. Two conservatories, two dining rooms, two free view TV rooms(depending on Disabled guest allocation), sauna /drying room, two log burners, duck pond with ducks, mountain stream, acre of garden...veg plot..mountainside with 5 carefully chosen bench spots. PLUS two level crossing and a station that the steam train toot at within 300m.

Specialities

OUR special local knowledge is key to your enjoyment. Wheelchair users, the less energetic rambler, ramble down the railway line ramblers, rockhounds, cavers, fishermen, twitchers, heritage lovers, canoeists, mountain bikers, big mountaineers, beech lovers, nature lover and just tourist. We like to think we can help them get the most from their break. Our greatest advantage is the variety of landscapes, not just mountains you spend all day climbing and descending. This is all enhanced by the Victorian miners tramways.

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