Plas Dolmelynllyn Country Hotel

As active as you wish a visit to this part of wales is likely to raise your pulse as well as your spirits. But you can always just sit back relax and let time pass you by.

With the Welsh name of 'Eryri' meaning ' the place of the eagles', Snowdonia National Park is an area of outstanding natural beauty covering 838 square miles and containing some of the most magnificent scenery in the country, including the beautiful Cader Idris just 5 miles from the hotel just hidden from view but visible from the precipice walk which overlooks the hotel.

Pistyll Cain

In the southern part of the national park the Dolmeynllyn estate is next to the Coed-y-Brenin Forest, which translates as the Forest of Kings,and lies at the heart of the Welsh gold prospecting area and is the oldest and most extensive forest in Wales.

The forest covers 16,000 acres, (6,480 ha) There are 50 miles of marked tracks, ideal for walking and mountain biking, as well as picnic areas.

There are numerous trails through the forest, but the best forest walk is that across the bridge opposite the hotel to the atmospheric twin waterfalls of Pistyll Cain and Rhaeadr Mawddach, which are not accessible by road