Hotels in Penybontfawr

Hotel and guesthouse options directly in Penybontfawr are limited, in keeping with the size of the village, so many visitors base themselves a short drive away at Lake Vyrnwy, where a long-established hotel sits overlooking the reservoir with views across to the surrounding hills, or at farmhouse B&Bs and small guesthouses scattered through the Tanat Valley around Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant and Llangynog. These tend to be family-run rather than part of larger chains, reflecting the rural character of the area, and often make a virtue of quiet, uncrowded surroundings rather than resort facilities. Booking ahead is worth doing for summer weekends and rugby international weekends, when demand across the valley's small number of rooms rises sharply. For those who prefer a wider choice of hotels with more standard amenities, Welshpool and Oswestry, both under half an hour away by car, offer a bigger selection, making a reasonable base for day trips into the Berwyn Mountains and around Lake Vyrnwy while staying somewhere with more facilities on the doorstep. Wherever you stay, the appeal of this part of Powys is the same: proximity to genuinely dramatic scenery — the Berwyn hills, Pistyll Rhaeadr and the lake — without the crowds that similar landscapes attract elsewhere in Wales.