Congratulations to all the winners at the A&B Cymru Awards 2019 which was held at the Wales Millenium Centre last week. Celebrating Creativity and Excellence in Partnership – for over a quarter of a century, A&B Cymru have encouraged, acknowledged and celebrated exemplary and innovative partnerships between the private sector and the arts that benefit …
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The BespOAK Clog
what a day it was – a fabulous celebration of all things Welsh and Patagonian! The community came together to support our joint venture with Ysgol Bro Gwydir’s Dance and Clog Team’s fundraising event called -The BespOAK Clog. The team who have been invited to perform and teach dance skills to the local community and …
the Patagonia Connection
Sunday 23rd June from 3-8pm The traditional dance and clog team of Ysgol Bro Gwydir, Llanrwst have been invited to perform and teach their skills to the local community and schools across Patagonia. In order to accept this exciting invitation, the children need to raise funds towards their travel expenses. So we’ve decided to host …
Woven Wales
Some of our Standard rooms have recently had a makeover and during our search for Welsh influenced design we came across the wonderful work of Cefyn Burgess. Born and raised in the slate quarry village of Bethesda, Cefyn graduated from Manchester with a BA (hons) in woven textiles. He then went on to gain an …
Good Gifting
Thank you for exchanging gifts, spending time with family and sharing food here with us at the Royal Oak during the festive season. For the last 10 years we’ve been donating our Christmas card and postage money to Plan International UK. Plan International UK is a children’s charity who strive to advance children’s rights and …
Festive Lunches
We’re starting to feel a little bit festive now the nights are drawing in… …it led us to thinking about sparkly festoon fairy lights, log fires, hot chocolate, warm cinnamon rolls, spiced apples and mince pies… so to kick off our Christmas feasting season here’s our first menu a scrumptious daily festive lunch menu being …
12th October 2018 – Flair
Our next BespOAK event is a popup entitled … Flair! The creative talents of Catering Manager Paul Adams and Head Chef SamP bring you Flair – our next culinary adventure encapsulated in a thrilling selection of interactive dishes on our specials list Alongside the delectable delights of seasonal foods let our guest Flair BarTenders dazzle and amaze you with …
Holly went walking
A lake in the forest, nestled 200m above Betws-Y-Coed, Llyn Elsi is one of the walks you can embark on straight from our front door (no vehicle access required for this one and kudos for reducing your carbon footprint!) Llyn Elsi was once two lakes, however in 1914 Lord Ancaster allowed the building of the …
Wales’ Plastic Free Future
With Visit Wales’ Year Of The Sea underway it brings to mind the topic that’s high on everyones agenda at the moment…………. single use plastic. #PlasticFreeSnowdonia is a campaign pioneered and launched this year by the outdoor adventure company Breese Adventures who are based here in Betws-y-Coed. The aim is to bring together local tourism businesses who …
Fortune favours and Asian flavours
Our first BespOak event! Combining the skills of catering manager Paul Adams and Head Chef Sam Plester and their two passions- travel and food we bring you our first Pop Up event on the 11th May 2018… Asiana Sam’s travels across Vietnam, India, Cambodia and Thailand have introduced her to new flavours and subtle spicy …