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Sylvia Thompsonstays at Quay Hotel and Spa, Conwy, north Wales

AS WE DROVE across the railway track into a newly built complex of houses, a marina and the Quay Hotel and Spa in the small town of Deganwy, I hoped that the low-rise bland building ahead wasn’t our hotel. However, first impressions aren’t always correct as we quickly realised that the timber-clad balconies facing the beautiful calm bay was the front of the hotel and bizarrely, you pass by the back entrance (including a half-filled skip) on your way to the car park – which also enjoys views across the bay to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the 13th Century Conwy Castle and town walls.