NEWS Nearlywed All the latest from around South Wales AWARD-WINNING VENUE The Good Hotel Guide (www.goodhotelguide.com) has revealed its annual list of César winners with Penally Abbey Hotel and Restaurant in Pembrokeshire taking home the award for the Best Hotel in Wales. This year, the winners included a former motorway service station on the M6, a Grade I listed townhouse where the in-room coffee maker can be found in a doll’s house, a revamped 11th-century Cotswold stone inn and a 1950s Scottish youth hostel that is now a stunning hotel. Penally Abbey Hotel and Restaurant is situated on the coast and is owned by Melanie Boissevain, who has created stylish, relaxing rooms filled with antiques, French market finds, blowsy wallpapers and Persian rugs. To find out more about the property, visit www.penally-abbey.com FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD The King Arthur Hotel in Swansea are finalists at The Welsh Restaurant Awards (www.facebook.com/thewelshrestaurantawards) in the Hotel Restaurant of the Year category. Located in the heart of the Welsh countryside, this award-winning hotel is a hidden gem in the spectacular Gower peninsula. Family-run, it comprises of 18 en-suite bedrooms, an 18th-century Guinevere’s cottage and self-catering cottage apartments. Rich in history, the King Arthur Hotel’s wedding venue, Avalon, has been popular since 2003. The large room boasts a high-pitched ceiling with exposed French oak beams, Welsh slate floors and arched windows overlooking the surrounding landscaped gardens. Head over to www.kingarthurhotel.co.uk for more information. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Out Of The Box, a flower preservation artist based in Merthyr Tydfil, is celebrating one year of business and has also been nominated for an award at the Welsh National Wedding Awards. The owner, Kate Pugh, tells us: “I create timeless resin keepsakes from your wedding bouquet that you can cherish forever. I worked with my first-ever wedding bouquet just over a year ago and I’m so grateful for all the love and support I’ve received in that time. It’s been overwhelming at times but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I love working with your beautiful flowers as my full-time job. Thank you all so much! I have a lot more to achieve and I can’t wait for the next year to grow bigger and better.” Visit www.instagram.com/outofthebox_bykate for more information. www.mybigdayphotos.co.uk LOCAL NEWS 11
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