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All accommodation in this site has been inspected and graded by the Wales Tourist Board.

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Hotels, Guest Houses and Farmhouses

If you're booking hotel or guest house-style accommodation in Wales, you'll need to know about the Wales Tourist Board's STAR QUALITY GRADING scheme:

	Exceptional quality
	Excellent quality
	Very Good quality
	Good quality
	Fair to Good quality

The type of accommodation followed by its Star rating will be displayed on the establishments own plaques and signs as well as within holiday brochures - for example

	Hotel
	Farm
	Guest House

Accommodation Categories

These are Hotels, Country Hotel, Guest House, Bed and Breakfast, Country House, Farm, Inn, Lodge, Restaurant with Rooms, Hostel-Bunkhouse-Camping Barn, Campus, Conference Centre and Activity Centre.

Self-Catering Accommodation

The star grades spell out the quality. They range from 1 star (fair to good quality) to 5 stars (exceptionally high quality). The grades reflect the overall quality of furnishings and decoration, not facilities. 3, 4 and 5 star accommodation will be entirely self-contained.

Caravan Holiday Home Parks

(including Touring Caravans & Camping Parks)

The star grade reflects the overall quality of the park. This scheme allows a small park to achieve a top grade if what it offers is of a very high standard. The 5 star grade is reserved for those parks of exceptional quality, and which also provide specific facilities or service.

Award Winners

 

If you want an extra special static or touring caravan site, look out for the places that have won the coveted Wales Tourist Board Award.

Cyclists and Walkers

Welcome Cycling and walking enthusiasts should look out for hotels, guest houses and farmhouses which have the 'bike' and 'foot' symbols. They are displayed by places which have undertaken to provide features which cyclists and / or walkers always find welcome.

Welcome Host

Welcome host training develops communication and customer service skills and places the emphasis on warm Welsh hospitality and first class service.