Croeso, Would you like to relax and recharge your batteries? If so, come and experience our warm hospitality! Our emphasis is on comfortable informality and relaxation and our menus try to be fresh, hearty and healthy A stay at Cobdens will help you leave behind the stress of every-day life and regenerate, and we have a newly installed Sauna to aid the process. Cobdens stands in the very heart of Snowdonia at the foot of Moel Siabod (872m) and Snowdon is only a couple of miles down the valley. We have 17 en-suite Bedrooms which comprise 4 Family rooms, 6 double rooms, 5 Twin rooms and 2 Single rooms. For many years we have looked after Management Training Groups. Our delegate rate includes Accommodation, Breakfast, Packed lunch, Dinner, Coffee and Tea and V.A.T. Drying facilities are also available. We are well known and well placed for film crews and photographers owing to our location, close to Snowdon and the Ogwen valley. Dogs are most welcome as long they are house trained. Bed and Breakfast (per person per night). Children aged between 2 and 12 (per Child). 3 course dinner, BB. Please get in contact for further details

n the roof of Cobdens during the summer months reside the largest roost of Pipistrelle bats in Wales, over 1500 at the last count 18/06/00. An extract from BBC Wildlife Magazine (July 1997). One hot, sultry Friday Night at the height of the 1995 Heatwave - the type of evening that demands cool drinks, cotton clothes and a portable fan - Jean Mathews and I were standing on the wrong side of the door to a hotel bar, clothed from head to foot - hats, gloves, scarves, socks, shoes, jackets - and drenched in Jungle Formula. It was a choice of cook in our clothes or be eaten alive by midges. Drinkers and residents drifted in and out of the bar, casting odd glances in our direction. Were we trainee jungle survivalists? Mad women on a bet? Religious fanatics? All the time we stood, our eyes cast heavenward, muttering a mantra under our breath 437680750822930 untill we reached the magic number: 998. By this time the management training conference inside the hotel and local drinkers had decamped onto the pavement, initially intrigued by our behaviour, but soon drawn into the chanting. And they weren't disappointed. For that night, they were participating in the recording of Wale's largest bat roost - the biggest family of pipistrelles (pipistrellus pipistrellus) in the Principality and one of the biggest in Britain, rediscovered and larger than before, after mysteriously disappearing the year before. The Bats Conservation Trust where you will find further info on our bats.

Deserve your Dinner! After a day out on the hills and many epic adventures, every explorer needs a delicious reward, and at Cobdens you'll certainly get one, cooked by head chef Darren and his team using local produce. All our food is freshly prepared and since Darren took over 5 years ago we have become famous for it. The menu is sophisticated but not 'fussy', satisfying the appetites of mountain groups large and small, rugrats included. As we cook your meal to order, good food not fast food is the order of the day so booking is advisable and parties of 10 or more should definitely warn us. By popular request we have a no smoking area. p.s. In these allergy conscious times, feel free to have a chat with the Cobdens team and we will do what we can to keep you happy.

Please get in touch with us via the following methods. Phone : +44 (0) 1690 720243 Fax : +44 (0) 1690 720 354. Mail : Cobdens Hotel Capel Curig, Snowdonia County of Conwy LL24 0EE

 Clothes dry cleaning
 Credit cards accepted
 Dinner may be served in the room
 Heating
 Smoke-free guest rooms
 Pets are accepted
 Private/Ensuite bathroom
 Tea and coffee making facilities
 Phone at reception
 Phones in rooms
 TV sets in rooms