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Ivy House
For bed and breakfast accommodation in historical surroundings and excellent access to Snowdonia, the Ivy House is perfectly placed.
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Bed and Breakfast Summary |
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Ivy House
Finsbury Square
Dolgellau
Gwynedd
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| Double from: | £27.50 pppn |
| Single from: | £37.00 pppn |
| Twin from: | £27.50 pppn |
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Bed and Breakfast Description
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Though approaching its 180th year, Ivy House offers 21st century creature comforts. These include full central heating, en-suite rooms, hair dryers and a television. Four out of six of our guest bedrooms offer en-suite accommodation. Our bed and breakfast also accepts payment with credit and debit cards, and caters for special diets.
Ivy House dates back to 1829 and is situated close to the centre of this ancient small town and its amenities. There are six guest bedrooms, four of which have en-suite facilities, all of them have a beverage tray, hair dryer and colour television.
There is a comfortable guest lounge and a spacious dining room where healthy or king-sized breakfasts can start your day. Dinner is also available by prior arrangement, there is a short menu of home prepared food, including vegetarian dishes.
Packed lunches available
Open all year
Full central heating
Cot and high chair available
Access to rooms at all times
Special diets catered for
Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Switch Credit Cards accepted
Safe storage for mountain bikes and parking for motorbikes
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Local Attractions
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It is an excellent base for touring, climbing, walking, mountain biking and fishing. The scenery is wonderful. The sandy surfing beaches of Fairbourne and Barmouth are only eight or nine miles away.
Our town’s history has its roots in the pre-Roman period, with three hill forts remaining. Within a short distance from our guest house is the 12th century Cymer Abbey.
Dolgellau is a market town in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, lying on the River Wnion, a tributary of the Mawddach. It was the county town of Merionethshire (Welsh: Meirionnydd).
The name of the town is of uncertain origin, although dol is Welsh for "meadow", and gelli is common locally in names for farms in sheltered nooks, and this seems the most likely derivation. There is also a word celli (pl. cellïau), which means "grove" or "spinney", while cell means "cell", and it has been suggested that the name translates as "Meadow of Groves" or "Meadow of [monks'] cells", but this seems less likely considering the history of the name.
The area upon which Dolgellau stands was, in the pre-Roman period, part of the tribal lands of the Ordovices, who were conquered by the Romans in AD 77/78. Although a few Roman coins from the reigns of Emperors Hadrian and Trajan have been found near Dolgellau, the area is marshy and there is no evidence that it was settled during the Roman period. There are, however, three hill forts in the vicinity of Dolgellau, of uncertain origin.
After the Romans left, the area came under the control of a series of Welsh chieftains, although Dolgellau was probably not inhabited until the late-11th or 12th century, when it was established as a "serf village" (or maerdref), possibly by Cadwgan ap Bleddyn - it remained a serf village until the reign of Henry Tudor (1485-1509). |
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B&B Location
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Dolgellau is situated in the Snowdonia National Park at the foot of Cader Idris in the valley of the River Wnion.
Getting to Dolgellau is a straightforward and scenic journey by road. If you are coming in from the north, you will take in the delights of Bala on the A494, or the southern fringes of Snowdonia from the south via the A470. The nearest railway stations are Barmouth, Morfa Mawddach and Fairbourne on the Cambrian Coast line to Pwllheli and Shrewsbury. By bus, the X94 calls at Dolgellau, continuing to Barmouth and Wrexham.
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