Royal Sportsman Hotel Porthmadog

General Information

Produce the Royal Sportsman Hotel part of your Gwynedd travel. This historic Porthmadog hotel was built in 1862 as a staging post for coaches on the turnpike highway to Porthdinllaen. It was constructed using local Blaenau Ffestiniog slate, which is quiet visible on the exterior of the hotel; the original stone and slate fireplaces able to be seen in the brasserie and the hall. Today the Royal Sportsman Hotel (Gwesty'r Heliwr in Welsh) is considered one of the best spot to visit in Porthmadog, with a quality three star rating from both the AA and Visit Wales. The inn features also been given two AA Rosettes or its fresh, up-to-date cuisine; the restaurant, Peppinos, is listed in the 2011 edition of The Good Food Guide. Peppinos is Porthmadogs only breakfast room, open daily for lunch and suppers with a conventional Sunday snack. You are able also unwind with tea and shortbread in Lorenzos Lounge, its specialty is a Welsh Cream Tea. Gelerts Bar is a independent cottage with locals, serving extra-cold lagers, keg bitters, and Purple Moose cask ales brewed in Porthmadog. The Royal Sportsman Hotel is situated at the quieter end of Porthmadogs High Street (Stryd Fawr in Welsh) the intersection of the major A487 and A497 highways. Within short distance is the local treveller news center, where the personnel able to point you toward the Picture Postcard Walk. A short amble farther is the terminal for the Ffestiniog Railway, a narrow-gauge history railway. Rides take you along the Cob (the embankment across the Glaslyn estuary) for 1 mile and than via the hills of Snowdonia to Blaenau Ffestiniog. Porthmadog is often used as a base for exploration Snowdonia National garden.

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Commanding a leading position, the inn stands in the very heart of Porthmadog at the quieter end of the High Street where the major A487 and the A497 highways meet; just several minutes stroll from the city's major sights.