Best hotels in Pembrokeshire 2022: Where to stay for Welsh coastal charm

With an insanely wave-battered, cove-riven, cliff-lined coast that looks like something out of an Enid Blyton novel, many a pretty fishing village, a sprinkling of puffin-filled islands and an interior of moors and crags where some of Britain’s most ancient stones stand, Pembrokeshire is beautiful, wild and mysterious.

And you’ll find some of Wales’ most enticing places to stay right here: be it a Georgian manor romantically ensconced in wooded grounds, a Norman castle with a pinch of 21st-century cool, a slick spa hotel with big sea views, or an architect-revamped windmill. Read on for our absolute favourites.

The best hotels in Pembrokeshire are:

Location: St Davids

The welcome is perfectly pitched at this gorgeous country manor, run with love, a sharp eye for detail and a passion for home-cooking by Janet and Perkin Evans, who bought the place to farm beef and cereals back in 1987. Nowadays it’s a classy old-fashioned escape, decorated with flair and an eclectic mix of antiques, local art – including some fabulously moody Pembrokeshire coastscapes – country cottage colours (sage greens and cornflower blues), heritage print wallpapers, heavy drapes and Melin Tregwynt cushions and throws. Each room is wholly individual, whether it’s Room 1, with its king-sized four-poster, fireplace and copper bathtub, the Cottage Suite in a renovated barn, or the stone-clad Coach House (big enough for families), with floor-to-ceiling windows, spa bath and bed made from wood sourced from the grounds.

There’s lots of history, too: Crug Glâs was mentioned in the 12th-century Black Book of Carmarthen, and Janet’s ancestors lived here as tenants in the 1600s. Location? Fab. You’re just a pebble-throw away from St Davids and Abereiddi’s iridescent Blue Lagoon. Green credentials? Outstanding. They…