Mercure Swansea Hotel
Lakeside hotel with restaurant and gym
About this hotel
Mercure Swansea Hotel sits on its own lakeside grounds, with some rooms looking directly over the water rather than a car park or street, a small point of difference on a family trip built around LC Swansea's pools. The Feel Good Health Club gym gives teenagers somewhere to burn off energy that a swim alone did not use up, and the Brasserie Restaurant's seasonal Welsh dishes mean dinner does not need to be planned elsewhere after a long day. Swansea Castle and Swansea Marina sit within three miles for an easy half-day out, and the Gower Peninsula's beaches are close enough, at around nine miles, for a full day trip if the family wants a break from the water park. 24-hour room service covers a late arrival after a delayed journey, and free high-speed Wi-Fi keeps everyone connected in the evening. The lakeside setting is the detail most families remember.
- Lakeside grounds
- On-site gym
- Brasserie restaurant
- Near Swansea Castle and Marina
Our take
Mercure Swansea Hotel suits a family wanting a proper hotel restaurant and a lakeside outlook without straying far from Swansea Castle, Swansea Marina or the Gower Peninsula's beaches. The gym is a useful extra for teenagers with energy left after a water park day, though families chasing a hotel pool of their own should book Village Hotel Swansea or Towers Hotel & Spa instead, since swimming here means the lake view rather than a swim in it.
- ✓Book a lake-view room early in your stay, since these sell out before standard rooms.
- ✓Reserve a Brasserie table ahead on weekends, when the restaurant gets busy with local diners too.
- ✓Plan a Gower Peninsula beach day midweek to break up back-to-back LC Swansea water park sessions.
Why we love it
- Lakeside setting with water views
- Gym for burning off extra energy
- Seasonal Welsh dishes at the Brasserie
- Close to Swansea Castle and Marina
Why guests love itThe lakeside setting here is a small but genuine point of difference after a day spent chasing flumes at LC Swansea, and having a proper restaurant on site with seasonal Welsh dishes means dinner is sorted without another decision at the end of a tiring day. The gym gives older children an outlet if the pools were not quite enough energy burned, and the short distance to Swansea Castle and Swansea Marina makes for an easy, low-effort half-day when the family wants a change of pace from swimming.