Stay at this superb former chapel in Llanelltyd, 2 miles from Dolgellau in North Wales and take a pair of happy hounds with you. Sleeping eight guests, plus two canine companions, the impressive four-bedroom, holiday home, with its original features, is set within the dramatic surroundings of the Snowdonia National Park. Strike out from here on hill and forest walks or venture approximately 8 miles to the coast at Barmouth where furry feet can run free on swathes of the sand all year round.
Open the door to the historic building, leave dog leads in the hall and head into the open-plan lounge/kitchen/diner with its high ceiling and great arched window. Find there is everything you need in the kitchen to help you prepare tasty meals for humans and hounds alike with the ingredients you have brought with you, plus a useful washer/dryer for those damp doggy towels. Spend your evenings in front of the Smart TV while your contented canines recline in the glow of the wood burner. Discover you also a utility room, with WC, and a king-size bedroom, with en-suite shower room at ground-floor level. The family bathroom, another king-size bedroom with en-suite shower room, and a twin and a double, are upstairs. Take your furry friends into the enclosed garden in the morning. Have your coffee out here and perhaps a BBQ in the evening. Find you have parking for three cars.
From Llanelltyd, take your energetic pups on a 4-mile circular walk through woodland and past a lake to the ruined goldmine of Foel Ispri. It also follows a section of the famous Precipice Walk, with its sweeping vistas. Venture 6 miles from your base into the splendid Coed y Brenin Forest Park for leafy trails and footpaths and to see the Rhaeadr Mawddach waterfall.