Name: YHA Brecon Beacons Danywenallt - Hostel
Address: Talybont-on-Usk, Talybont, Talybont, Talybont, LD37YS, United Kingdom
Rating: 9

Smoke-free property

Heating

Garden

Television in lobby

Outdoor furniture

Reception desk

Electric car charging

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Non-smoking rooms

Family room

Indoor Fireplace

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Wheelchair Accessible

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Laundry

Dry-cleaning

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Breakfast

Common kitchen

Restaurant

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Taxi booking

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English

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Library

Barbecue grill(s)

Hiking

Picnic area

Barbeque

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Parking

Parking nearby

Cycling

Sports

First Aid Kit

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Playroom

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Temperature control for staff

Personal protection equipment for staff

Extra decontamination measures

Temperature control for guests

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

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At the hostel

Cardiff Airport

YHA Brecon Beacons Danywenallt - Hostel

Talybont

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canal-view

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garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

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safe

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pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

So this place is handy if you’re hiking Pen Y Fan or similar. Only 20mins from the trail head. Unfortunately it’s outweighed by the poor service and quality of the hostel.
We chose to leave early after 1 night.

Pros:
Location.
Price.
Drying room.
Large communal dining room.

Cons:
Long uncut grass making outside space unusable due to damp and bugs.
Poor water pressure causing shower to cut out mid shower; had to find a member of staff downstairs at 7am while wet and soaped up to get it fixed; staff member explained this happens often - so either get it fixed or leave instructions on how to reset shower in the room?
Mattresses in our room were plastic which were loud as we moved in our sleep causing disturbed sleep and were very warm to the point that we woke up sweating.
The duvets were inexplicably thick and rigid, almost like mattress toppers.
No bug net on the windows despite a noticeable presence of midges.
Very thin walls and doors meaning that all noises can be heard and resulted in disturbed sleep.
Our room was above the communal kitchen meaning that our sleep was disturbed by banging and talking late into the night.
Doors throughout the accommodation are either stiff, get stuck, or the door closers cause them to slam, again adding to the noise and disturbances.
Despite another reply from YHA in these reviews re decorating each year, our room was poorly decorated and not finished, there were marks on the walls, unpainted skirting boards, cobwebs, cracks in walls.
Despite the YHA website advertising that the accommodation provided pizza in the evenings, we were told upon arrival that only breakfast was being served; so coming unprepared to cook ourselves food we would have needed to find a local shop unexpectedly; the YHA staff member didn’t suggest local shops when advising dinner was not available.
We had some items in the fridge, the next morning the fridge was out of order and our items were kindly placed in a second fridge; unfortunately there was no note as to how long the first fridge had been broken or when our food was moved so we were unsure how long it might have been sat in a warm fridge before being moved; a note slipped under our door would have sufficed. 
Upon arriving our first interaction was from a chap in the staff accommodation asking that we move our car to make space for others (we hadn’t parked unreasonably and to move meant parking too close to another car); didn’t introduce himself; no pleasantries. 
WiFi didn’t work, only 3

Convenient location let down by quality

Visited with family, booked glamping tents. The camp site was nice, beautiful views around the hostel, the tents were clean and tidy. We self catered but chose to have breakfast from hostel on our first morning, good breakfast despite it being very busy, the service was great even under pressure. Indoor areas were nice, if some a little small. Kitchen was well equipped, due to size of room & our party we timed our meals around quieter times and it worked well for us. All areas we used were clean and tidy including the shower/toilet designated for camping area. Our family felt comfortable relaxing in the lounge area  on an evening. 
Good visit would book again.

Family break

Starting with the positives:

-  Stunning location, set within a scenic Brecons valley overlooking sheepfields. 
-  Great for access to the Brecons for outdoor activities.

The unfortunate aspects:
-  YHA is a dying organisation and this is evident in terms of the care and maintenance of this hostel and its heyday is clearly in the past
-  The kitchen was closed following the condemnation of equipment though the self-kitchen remained available though missing some basic equipment such as tin-openers!
- The plumbing is shot.  No hot water to the sinks in the rooms; the tap in the kitchen 'blew off' its fitting; the airlocked pipes reverberate around the building.
- The building is in clear need of a major refurbishment.

Its heyday is clearly in the past

Camped with my girlfriend and we loved it. Majority were families enjoying time away togther and escaping usual responsibilities. The orchard was a great camping spot, not too busy but a nice environment nevertheless. The food is good but get there early to make use of unlimitability. The mountains are amazing to walk as is the reservior if up for a proper circumnavigating expedition. Staff are friendly and all facilities do just fine and remind us of how lucky we are with our home comforts.

Outdoor Adventure Base

This YHA is in seriously need of some TLC.  The staff also have no authority to help so any problems is just 'Sorry' which of course is appreciated but doesn't help.  
Although in a beautiful location, this hostel is not relaxing;
Cold water in bedroom sinks
dirty - needed vacuuming and there was a used ear play on the little bedside shelves.  
Only 1 bedside light was working in a 6 man dorm.
Toilet roll dispenses kept jamming 
No hot water in downstairs toilet.
Only 1 cooker working, making it very busy in the self catering kitchen.
most frustrating for us was that although paying for such facility of an electric car charging point, they haven't worked for over 4 months (complete false advertising) We had to back track our journey the next day.  

Desperately needs updating

Youth hostel reached via fairly narrow and single traffic roads with some cautionary blind spots ie over steep canal bridge and turning onto talybont reservoir approach road leading to single tack dirt road down to Youth Hostel.  Very limited parking.   
Quiet location down in rural setting.  Nice cafe/restaurant also used for booking in.  Rooms over lounge area /kitchen are very noisy as few guests are quiet after 11pm.  Very loud talking and banging of doors, thumping up stairs to only one single toilet.  Much quieter stay had last year in other part of building.  Not a very big camping area and only has one toilet and shower outdoors in green portacabin for campers.  Probably will try another youth hostel next summer as can’t guarantee which part of hostel you are staying in when you book online.  Not a very restful week with all the noise from other guests - probably just bad luck as really enjoyed last year in quieter room.

Basic accommodation

Excellent camping, good facilities. Benches on each pitch with a firepit. Good facilities. One of the showers better than the other. 
Nice cafe on site with bottled alcohol . Lovely to sit outside on a warm evening.  

Fantastic staff , easy to book in. Had a good chat with most of the staff and volunteers. Very friendly. 

Location is brilliant. Leave your car all weekend. Just cycling/ walking/ fishing/ pubs in talybont . 



Excellent camping pitches and facilities.

A well kept Youth Hostel with a comfy lounge where we met some other people and soon got talking about the days events and much more besides.
And a friendly atmosphere.

Kept clean and tidy with a good choice of breakfast freshly prepared.

A two night stay here with my motor biking friends

Had a very pleasant stay here. Staff are friendly, food is great, the dining  room has a lovely view over the fields. Comfortable bedroom, good shower, very good value for money. Location is just right for exploring the Brecon Beacons.

Lovely weekend

Lovely little hostel, it had everything we needed for our stay after a long day walking.  Staff very friendly and helpful at check in keeping it all very simple.  Booked breakfast for the next morning and it all worked smoothly.  Although the breakfasts seem a bit pricey, the cooked version also includes for the continental items as well as lots of tea and coffee being available int he price.  A nice location to base yourself for exploring the Brecon Beacons with some lovely walks direct from the doorstep.

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