The Diplomat Hotel Restaurant and Spa

“Elegant Victorian mansion with well-presented rooms.” - AA Inspector

LOCATION

LLANELLI, CARMARTHENSHIRE

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Our Inspector's view

The Diplomat Hotel is a Victorian mansion, set in mature grounds, that's been extended over the years to provide a comfortable and relaxing hotel. The well-appointed bedrooms are located in the main house and there is also a wing of equally comfortable modern rooms. Public areas include Trubshaw's Restaurant, a large function suite and a modern leisure centre.

The Diplomat Hotel Restaurant and Spa
Felinfoel, LLANELLI, SA15 3PJ

Features

Rooms
  • En-suite rooms annex: 8
  • En-suite rooms: 50
  • Family rooms: 4
  • Bedrooms Ground: 4
  • Free TV
  • Broadband available
  • WiFi available
Children
  • Children welcome
  • Laundry facilities
  • Ironing facilities
  • Cots provided
  • High chairs
  • Children's portions or menu
Leisure
  • Indoor Pool
  • Gym available
  • Spa Available
  • hot tub/Jacuzzi
  • Weekly Entertainment
  • Christmas entertainment programme
  • New Year entertainment programme
Facilities
  • Lift available
  • Night porter available
  • Outdoor parking spaces: 250
Accessibility
  • Accessible bedrooms: 1
  • Walk-in showers
  • Steps for wheelchair: 6
Prices and payment
  • Single room, minimum price: £75
  • Double room, minimum price: £95
Opening times
  • Open all year
Weddings
  • Holds a civil ceremony licence

About the area

Discover Carmarthenshire

Carmarthenshire is the largest of the historic counties of Wales, and known to have been inhabited since prehistoric times. Carmarthen, its county town, with its Roman fort, claims to be the oldest town in Wales.

Carmarthenshire was a heavily disputed territory between the Welsh and the Normans in the 12th and 13th centuries, and many of the castles and forts dotting its landscapes date from this period. They include ruins at Carreg Cennen, Dinefwr, Dryslwyn, Laugharne, Llansteffan and Newcastle Emlyn, as well as the slightly better-preserved Kidwelly Castle. Carmarthen Castle, meanwhile, saw further fighting during both the Wars of the Roses and the Civil War, when it was captured twice by the Parliamentary forces, and ordered to be dismantled by Oliver Cromwell.

In these more peaceful times, the economy of the county is mainly agricultural (the 19th-century Rebecca Riots, in which local farmers and agricultural workers protested against higher tolls and taxes, started in Carmarthenshire), and its fertile farmland is known as ‘The Garden of Wales’. A more literal garden, the National Botanic Garden of Wales, opened in 2000.

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