Lovely converted farmhouse near the best beaches in Wales

When the owners of Penbontbren converted their farm buildings into a luxury B&B, they also developed the original farmhouse into a beautiful holiday cottage. Reverting to its traditional name of Y Ffermdy, this is a great place where a couple can relax in privacy and peace but is also ideal for groups of four or five adults – as well as a couple of children – to create a memorable family holiday.

Accommodation in Y Ffermdy starts with a prime bedroom with an en-suite bathroom. There’s a further twin/double bedroom, a twin suitable for children up to 15 and a single bedroom, conveniently sited on the ground floor. These share a family bathroom – again with both tub and shower – and a separate WC.

There’s a large and well-equipped kitchen with a farmhouse table, ideal for serving breakfasts or convivial evening meals. There are two sitting rooms, one with an Inglenook fireplace and wood-burning stove, a small conservatory and a private, enclosed garden. This makes it ideal for small children as well as pets: up to two dogs are welcome by arrangement.

Guests here are greeted by a welcome pack with bread, butter and other essentials. There’s a local farm shop for premium and local specialities, ideal ingredients for any meal. And you’re always free to wander around Penbontbren’s seven acres, with its streams, croquet lawn and rolling rural views. But the coast, with its spectacular coves, headlands and beaches, is just three miles away and inland there’s the whole of the Cambrian Mountain range to explore.