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Dog-friendly hot tub cottages in Snowdonia
A whole week of walking for the dog, and a private hot tub to sink into once the boots are off and the paws are clean. The cottages run from the Barmouth and Harlech sands up into the quiet Eryri valleys, a shepherd's hut for two at one end, a house for twenty at the other.
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19 pet-friendly cottages: filter by dogs, sleeps and hot tub.
Ty'r Ysgol
Plas Amherst
Ysgubor Pwlliago
Ael Y Bryn
Isallt
Ty Mawr
Penholm
Aelfor
Muriau Park
Awelfryn
Bwthyn Pengwern
Collfryn
Eirlys
Gaerau Bach
Valerian Lodge
Celyn
Gwel Y Fenai
Gwynfa
Blackrock Gem
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The dog-friendly promise
Room for one dog in a shepherd's hut, or three up a quiet valley
From sea level to the summits
Beaches that take dogs all year, and the hills behind them
At Morfa Bychan, Black Rock Sands is a wide beach you can drive the car straight onto for a fee, dog-friendly all year apart from one marked end. Harlech has about four miles of sand with the dunes behind. The Gwynedd summer rule runs 1 April to 30 September and only covers marked stretches, such as left of the Pavilion at Barmouth, so there is dog sand somewhere all year.
The Mawddach Trail follows an old railway line along the estuary for about nine and a half miles, flat and car-free, from Barmouth across the bridge to Dolgellau. It is the easy pick for a long lead walk, a wet day, or an older dog, with the mountains standing over the water the whole way.
Dogs are welcome on the paths, including up Yr Wyddfa, but this is sheep country to the tops, so the lead stays on near stock. On the open ground above the paths a short lead is the rule from 1 March to 31 July for the ground-nesting birds. Plenty of lower valley and forest paths make for gentler days.
Coast or mountains first
By the sea, up a valley, or over towards Caernarfon
Snowdonia covers a lot of ground and the mountain roads are slow, so it is worth picking the corner that matches the trip you want.
Barmouth and the Mawddach
Barmouth sits at the mouth of the Mawddach estuary, with the flat Mawddach Trail from the bridge and the town beach close by. Gwynfa is the big group house; smaller stays sit up the coast at Llanaber and at Bontddu, including the two-person pod and shepherd hut above the estuary. Good for level walking with a town on the doorstep.
Harlech and Morfa Bychan
The biggest sandy beaches are along this stretch: Harlech has miles of dunes below the castle, and you can drive right onto Black Rock Sands at Morfa Bychan. The large Harlech houses sit here, Plas Amherst, Valerian Lodge and Aelfor, with Awelfryn round at Criccieth for sea views. Good for a trip built around beach days.
The quiet valleys
Inland at Ffestiniog, Penrhyndeudraeth, Mallwyd and the Pennant Valley, the cottages are more spread out, with walks straight from the door and real quiet at night. Ysgubor Pwlliago up the Pennant Valley sleeps eleven and takes three dogs, so it suits a big group that wants the mountains rather than the beach.
The north and the Menai
Up towards Caernarfon and the Menai Strait are the biggest houses, Penholm near Penmaenmawr sleeps twenty, alongside cottages like Gwel Y Fenai looking over the water to Anglesey. A good base for the castle town at Caernarfon, the north coast, and beach days across on Anglesey.