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Y Griffin

Griffin Terrace
Rated 8.1 in 223 reviews

Nestled in the picturesque village of Penrhyndeudraeth, United Kingdom, Y Griffin offers a charming retreat set against the stunning backdrop of Snowdonia National Park. This boutique hotel captivates guests with its blend of traditional Welsh character and contemporary comfort. Y Griffin is an ideal choice for those seeking an intimate and cozy escape, with its warm and inviting atmosphere complemented by attentive service.

The hotel’s decor reflects its rich heritage, featuring exposed stone walls, rustic wood beams, and tasteful furnishings that create a relaxed yet sophisticated ambiance. Each room is individually styled, providing a unique experience that harmonizes comfort and elegance. Guests can look forward to thoughtful amenities designed to enhance their stay, including plush bedding, modern en-suite facilities, and complimentary Wi-Fi.

Y Griffin takes pride in its on-site dining options that celebrate the best of local and seasonal produce. The restaurant serves a delightful array of dishes, highlighting regional specialties and offering a true taste of Wales. The cozy bar area, with its traditional wood-burning stove, invites guests to unwind with a selection of fine wines, local ales, and spirits.

The location of Y Griffin makes it a perfect base for exploring the diverse attractions of North Wales. Whether it's hiking in the nearby national park, visiting historic castles, or discovering charming coastal villages, guests will find plenty to engage their sense of adventure. Y Griffin promises a serene and memorable stay, making it a cherished destination for travelers seeking an authentic Welsh experience.

Michelin Restaurants in Penrhyndeudreath and near Y Griffin

Plas Brondanw
Plas Brondanw
Country house in Gwynedd, UK
3.2km / 2mi
St Tecwyn's Church
St Tecwyn's Church
Church in Llandecwyn, Gwynedd, Wales
2.4km / 1.5mi
Soar Welsh Methodist Chapel
Soar Welsh Methodist Chapel
Wesleyan chapel in Soar
3.6km / 2.3mi
Bryn Cader Faner
Bryn Cader Faner
Archaeological site in Gwynedd, Wales, UK
5.1km / 3.2mi
St Twrog's Church
St Twrog's Church
Church in Maentwrog, north Wales
5.4km / 3.3mi
Porthmadog Maritime Museum
Museum in Porthmadog, Wales, United Kingdom
4.3km / 2.7mi
Salem Welsh Independent Chapel
Salem Welsh Independent Chapel
Independent chapel in Porthmadog
4.4km / 2.7mi
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Grade II listed building in Gwynedd, on the SW side of the town centre on the road to Morfa Bychan
4.6km / 2.8mi
St Cyngar's Church
St Cyngar's Church
Church in Borth-y-Gest, Gwynedd, Wales
5km / 3.1mi
St Mary's Church
St Mary's Church
Church in Tremadog, Gwynedd, Wales
5.1km / 3.2mi
Y Lasynys Fawr
Y Lasynys Fawr
Located at the NE boundary of the community, set back some 250m from the road and sited against a rocky outcrop in the former flood plain; accessed from the road via an unmetalled track and set behind low rubble forecourt walls to the SE.
6.5km / 4mi
Harlech beach
Harlech beach
Beach in Wales
7km / 4.4mi
Harlech Castle
Harlech Castle
Castle in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales
8.4km / 5.2mi
Sarn Helen
Sarn Helen
Roman road in Wales
8.6km / 5.4mi
Sygun Copper Mine
Sygun Copper Mine
Copper mine and mining museum in Merionethshire
9.8km / 6.1mi
Rhosydd Quarry
Rhosydd Quarry
Disused slate mine in North Wales
8.8km / 5.5mi
Tomen y Mur
Tomen y Mur
Roman fort and motte-and-bailey castle in Gwynedd, Wales
9.3km / 5.8mi
St Cynhaearn's Church
St Cynhaearn's Church
Church in Ynyscynhaearn, north Wales
8.7km / 5.4mi
Priory and Parish Church of Saint Mary
Priory and Parish Church of Saint Mary
Church in Beddgelert, Wales
9.3km / 5.8mi
The Two Kings
The Two Kings
Sculpture by Ivor Roberts-Jones
8.5km / 5.3mi
Tomen y Mur amphitheatre
Roman amphitheatre in Gwynedd, United Kingdom
9.5km / 5.9mi
Saint Michael's Church
Saint Michael's Church
Church in Llan Ffestiniog
9.1km / 5.7mi
Engedi Baptist Chapel
Baptist chapel in Penrhiw-goch
8.9km / 5.5mi
Capel Rehoboth
Grade II listed building in Gwynedd, on a commanding, elevated site on the eastern edge of Harlech with fine views over the town and castle; set within its own walled graveyard and accessed via a steep lane leading up from the Stryd Fawr
8.4km / 5.2mi
Parish Church of St Tanwg
Parish Church of St Tanwg
Grade II Listed Building in Harlech, Gwynedd
8.6km / 5.3mi
Gelert's Grave
Gelert's Grave
Grade II listed building in Gwynedd. Located in a field approximately 350m SW of St Mary's Church, in an oval enclosure with plain modern railings.
9km / 5.6mi
Brynkir Tower
Grade II listed building in Gwynedd. The tower stands on the top of a hill 200m S of Old Brynkir Hall, in a plantation of trees, and can be reached from Brynkir Home Farm by a winding private farm road.
10km / 6.2mi
Criccieth Castle
Criccieth Castle
Castle in Criccieth, North Wales
11.3km / 7mi
Llechwedd Slate Caverns
Llechwedd Slate Caverns
Tourist attraction in Gwynedd, Wales
11.8km / 7.3mi
Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys
Iron Age hillfort and castle probably erected by Prince Llewelyn II to guard the road to the mountain pass of Snowdon
10km / 6.2mi
Salem Welsh Baptist Church
Salem Welsh Baptist Church
Baptist chapel in Llanbedr
11.7km / 7.3mi
Parish Church of St Tanwg
Parish Church of St Tanwg
Grade I listed church in Llandanwg, Wales, United Kingdom
11.6km / 7.2mi
Criccieth Golf Course
Criccieth Golf Course
Golf course in the UK
10.5km / 6.5mi
Yr Ysgwrn
Yr Ysgwrn
Farmhouse of the Welsh poet Hedd Wyn
11.6km / 7.2mi
Capel Gwynfryn
Capel Gwynfryn
Grade II listed building in Gwynedd. Set back from the W side of the road which leads E off the A496 in the village of Llanbedr and runs through the hamlet of Pentre Gwynfryn; the chapel is at the NE end of the hamlet
11.9km / 7.4mi
St Mary's Church
St Mary's Church
Church in Llanfair, Gwynedd, Wales
10.6km / 6.6mi
St Mary's Church
St Mary's Church
Church in Dolbenmaen, north Wales
11.4km / 7.1mi
Yr Ysgwrn
Museum in Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales, United Kingdom
11.9km / 7.4mi
St Catherine's Church
St Catherine's Church
Church in Criccieth, Gwynedd, Wales
11.2km / 7mi
Dolbenmaen Motte
Dolbenmaen Motte
Castle in Gwynedd, Wales
11.4km / 7.1mi
Grave of David Lloyd George
Grave of David Lloyd George
Grade II* listed building in Gwynedd.
13.7km / 8.5mi
Lloyd George Museum
Lloyd George Museum
Biographical museum in Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
13.7km / 8.5mi
Bryn-y-Castell
Bryn-y-Castell
Hill fort in Gwynedd, Wales, UK
12.2km / 7.6mi
Cwmprysor Chapel
Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Trawsfynydd
12.8km / 7.9mi
Church Of St Peter
Church Of St Peter
Church building in Llanbedr, United Kingdom
12.4km / 7.7mi

What to do in Penrhyndeudreath and near Y Griffin

Plas Brondanw
Plas Brondanw
Country house in Gwynedd, UK
3.2km / 2mi
St Tecwyn's Church
St Tecwyn's Church
Church in Llandecwyn, Gwynedd, Wales
2.4km / 1.5mi
Soar Welsh Methodist Chapel
Soar Welsh Methodist Chapel
Wesleyan chapel in Soar
3.6km / 2.3mi
Bryn Cader Faner
Bryn Cader Faner
Archaeological site in Gwynedd, Wales, UK
5.1km / 3.2mi
St Twrog's Church
St Twrog's Church
Church in Maentwrog, north Wales
5.4km / 3.3mi
Porthmadog Maritime Museum
Museum in Porthmadog, Wales, United Kingdom
4.3km / 2.7mi
Salem Welsh Independent Chapel
Salem Welsh Independent Chapel
Independent chapel in Porthmadog
4.4km / 2.7mi
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Grade II listed building in Gwynedd, on the SW side of the town centre on the road to Morfa Bychan
4.6km / 2.8mi
St Cyngar's Church
St Cyngar's Church
Church in Borth-y-Gest, Gwynedd, Wales
5km / 3.1mi
St Mary's Church
St Mary's Church
Church in Tremadog, Gwynedd, Wales
5.1km / 3.2mi
Y Lasynys Fawr
Y Lasynys Fawr
Located at the NE boundary of the community, set back some 250m from the road and sited against a rocky outcrop in the former flood plain; accessed from the road via an unmetalled track and set behind low rubble forecourt walls to the SE.
6.5km / 4mi
Harlech beach
Harlech beach
Beach in Wales
7km / 4.4mi
Harlech Castle
Harlech Castle
Castle in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales
8.4km / 5.2mi
Sarn Helen
Sarn Helen
Roman road in Wales
8.6km / 5.4mi
Sygun Copper Mine
Sygun Copper Mine
Copper mine and mining museum in Merionethshire
9.8km / 6.1mi
Rhosydd Quarry
Rhosydd Quarry
Disused slate mine in North Wales
8.8km / 5.5mi
Tomen y Mur
Tomen y Mur
Roman fort and motte-and-bailey castle in Gwynedd, Wales
9.3km / 5.8mi
St Cynhaearn's Church
St Cynhaearn's Church
Church in Ynyscynhaearn, north Wales
8.7km / 5.4mi
Priory and Parish Church of Saint Mary
Priory and Parish Church of Saint Mary
Church in Beddgelert, Wales
9.3km / 5.8mi
The Two Kings
The Two Kings
Sculpture by Ivor Roberts-Jones
8.5km / 5.3mi
Tomen y Mur amphitheatre
Roman amphitheatre in Gwynedd, United Kingdom
9.5km / 5.9mi
Saint Michael's Church
Saint Michael's Church
Church in Llan Ffestiniog
9.1km / 5.7mi
Engedi Baptist Chapel
Baptist chapel in Penrhiw-goch
8.9km / 5.5mi
Capel Rehoboth
Grade II listed building in Gwynedd, on a commanding, elevated site on the eastern edge of Harlech with fine views over the town and castle; set within its own walled graveyard and accessed via a steep lane leading up from the Stryd Fawr
8.4km / 5.2mi
Parish Church of St Tanwg
Parish Church of St Tanwg
Grade II Listed Building in Harlech, Gwynedd
8.6km / 5.3mi
Gelert's Grave
Gelert's Grave
Grade II listed building in Gwynedd. Located in a field approximately 350m SW of St Mary's Church, in an oval enclosure with plain modern railings.
9km / 5.6mi
Brynkir Tower
Grade II listed building in Gwynedd. The tower stands on the top of a hill 200m S of Old Brynkir Hall, in a plantation of trees, and can be reached from Brynkir Home Farm by a winding private farm road.
10km / 6.2mi
Criccieth Castle
Criccieth Castle
Castle in Criccieth, North Wales
11.3km / 7mi
Llechwedd Slate Caverns
Llechwedd Slate Caverns
Tourist attraction in Gwynedd, Wales
11.8km / 7.3mi
Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys
Iron Age hillfort and castle probably erected by Prince Llewelyn II to guard the road to the mountain pass of Snowdon
10km / 6.2mi

About Penrhyndeudreath

Penrhyndeudreath, located in the stunning region of North Wales, offers a range of experiences that capture the beauty and culture of the area. A visit to Portmeirion Village is a must for its unique architecture and beautiful gardens, inspired by Mediterranean influences and nestled on the coast. Nature enthusiasts will appreciate Snowdonia National Park, which provides a diverse landscape of mountains, forests, and lakes perfect for hiking and exploring. For those interested in railways, the Ffestiniog Railway offers scenic steam train journeys through the picturesque Welsh countryside. The village of Penrhyndeudreath also provides a charming experience with its local shops and eateries where visitors can sample local Welsh delicacies. Additionally, exploring the nearby Morfa Harlech National Nature Reserve provides an opportunity to see dunes and wildlife by the sea in a tranquil setting. Together, these activities provide a well-rounded visit that encompasses both cultural attractions and natural beauty.




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