Palé Hall

About Palé Hall

Palé Hall is a Victorian mansion built in 1871 by the railway engineer Henry Robertson, set in fifty acres of grounds above the Dee valley on the eastern edge of Bala. Its guest list has included Winston Churchill and Queen Victoria, whose former bedroom remains one of the twenty-two individually decorated rooms and suites, split between Classic, Turret, Grand, Master and Superior categories in the main house and separate Garden Suites.

Dining is led by chef partner Luke Selby, whose restaurant became the first in Wales to be awarded a Michelin Green Star for sustainable, ethically sourced cooking built around the estate's own kitchen garden and produce from the surrounding hills. Guests can also book The Hearth, an intimate chef's table experience, or a more casual meal at the estate's own Bryntirion Inn.

Beyond the table, the estate runs a spa geared to rest and recovery, clay shooting and fly fishing on its own stretch of the Dee, and art and pottery studios housed in the old stable block. It makes an appropriately grand base for a special-occasion stay, a short drive from Bala itself and the shore of Llyn Tegid.