The Foelas Arms
Betws-Y-Coed, Conwy

Having recently undergone a change of ownership, this comfortable, old coaching inn has an excellent reputation for good food, fine wine and a relaxed atmosphere. The Foelas Arms at Pentrefoelas is your gateway to near Betws-y-Coed and Snowdonia National Park. Originally a farm which received its coaching licence in 1839, the Royal Mail coach once stopped here on its way from London through Betws-y-Coed to Holyhead. Today the coaching route is the A5. As a small family-run business, we offer a warm welcome, very reasonably priced bed and breakfast accommodation and good food. Nearby activities include golfing, fishing, go-karting, horse riding, white water rafting, walking and climbing mount Snowdon (or you could take the train).

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Betws-y-Coed is the principal village of the Snowdonia National Park. The Snowdonia National Park in North Wales covers more than 800 square miles, it is a region of haunting beauty and grandeur, of wild rocky mountains, hidden valleys, cascading rivers, still glacial lakes and deep forests. North Wales is an old country; geologically old, with some of the most ancient rocks in the world; old in its economy, based still on the immemorial pastoral or sheep-rearing way of life; old in culture, with traditions in poetry and music that may date back to the Bronze Age; and old in language, for the Welsh you will hear spoken everywhere in the mountain villages is Europe's oldest living language. No wonder the deep valleys seem still to hold the echo of the myths, legends and bardic traditions of the past.