Hotel Bar

The Helvetia Bar stocks a wide range of drinks, and stays open until midnight.

Enjoy pre-dinner drinks in the bar where you can reflect on your days sightseeing around the Gower Peninsula.

The friendly bar staff can also advise you on the hidden treasures of the Gower and Rhossili Bay area giving you suggestions of places to see and visit, including the quaint towns and villages such as Oxwich, Reynoldston and Mumbles and other local attractions not to be missed.

After dinner you can relax in the bar and plan your next days holiday sightseeing whether it be around Rhossili or the rest of the Gower Peninsula.

You may also enjoy a drink in the outside garden overlooking the fantastic Rhossili Bay Rhosslil Downs and Worms Head.

The Helvetia

The gales around the Gower coast on the 1st November 1887 caused the oak barque of the Helvetia, to be swept around Worm's Head into the shallow waters of Rhossili Bay. Hear the captain of the Helvetia dropped anchor and was taken ashore by the coastguard. However, he refused to abandon his ship altogether, leaving the crew aboard her, to stop anyone from stealing her. Unfortunately, the wind refused to die down and when it changed direction suddenly, it forced the ship to drag her anchor. With nightfall rapidly approaching, the decision was finally made for the crew to abandon ship. The tortured wreck of the Helvetia was discovered the next morning, laid to rest upon the sands and surrounded by her cargo of 500 tons of wood.