Beach Villas In Wales

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Kristal - Verified booking

  The cottage is in a nice location.

  It is in a quiet lane. No parking on that street for this cottage? But other cottages park on the street Parking is difficult, but a permit is provided. This didn't work well for us as my mom is 80 so there was a lot of moving of the car to make sure she didn't have to walk too far. Cottage was well equipped in the kitchen. Has everything you need. Bedroom with bunk bed was good and comfortable. Main bedroom was clean but bed was very uncomfortable. You can feel slats of bed through mattress. Bathroom is small but clean. Shower didn't work well for my 6foot3 husband. He couldn't stand up straight in the shower. Floors downstairs on arrival weren't cleaned well but overall was clean. May need the rug in living room cleaning as smelt of dogs. I personally moved it so my dogs didn't wee on it to cover other smells. Garden is small but useable. Shame there was no access to shared larger garden. Harlech is quiet. Has a few shops and chemist. No general store. Has Indian, Chinese and chip shop but only open certain days. Café on main square was really nice and did really good hot chocolate. Would we stay again? Probably not as not really suitable for our needs. Information folder in cottage needs a complete overhaul. Not been updated for a great deal of time. It looks as though other users of the cottage have done updates themselves!

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• Elaine - Verified booking

  The cottage was listed as being 10mins walk from the beach.

  However it was actually 10mins walk down very steep roads then, 15 mins walk through the golf course and sand dunes. The walk back up was challenging unless you are super fit. One of the roads to the beach bears a sign saying "The Steepest Street in the World" and has a gradient of 37.5. The closest convenience store and the pub had closed down and the restaurants and takeways in Harlech were not open every day so it was necessary to drive somewhere to eat. The cottage was comfortable but in need of some refurbishment and there was no welcome pack or anything like that. There was some sketchy information about the local area but more detail would have been helpful if, like ourselves, you are new to the area. There was no visitors book with tips and info from previous guests. Although we wouldn't stay in Harlech again due to the lack of amenities, we would definitely visit the area again.

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• Geoff - Verified booking

  The listing is for a "ground-floor apartment" with "ground floor accommodation" and a "ground floor bedroom", but the property is a basement flat.

  The listing is thus inaccurate and misleading. If the flat were a ground floor property then the lighting would be sufficient, but it is not: the property was dark. We normally run our home central heating at 18 degrees, but found the property cold. This is probably because the radiator temperature on the boiler is set to around 33 degrees, with a notice stating "PLEASE DO NOT ALTER THESE SWITCHES". The small lounge heater was insufficient to compensate for the crippled central heating; the evidence of damp problems throughout is thus unsurprising. The lounge carpet is not particularly clean (lift the doormat to see what colour it's supposed to be).

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• Sally - Verified booking

  When I arrived the property was really cold so I turned the thermostat up but nothing happened.

  After a couple of hours after a phone call the owner appeared and it transpired the heating boiler had been turned to low and she hadn't thought about someone coming to stay so it was cold. Overall the flat is very sparse and seems unloved. The kitchen is very minimally equipped, for example there was no kitchen knife and to cut vegetables I had to use a 8" knife! The chairs by the only table to eat off are very hard. The plastic plants are dusty and the welcome kit was some Tbags, a pack of Welsh cakes and a pint of milk. It just all seemed like no one could be bothered or cared and in the tourist business you can always tell. I won't be returning

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• Storm - Verified booking

  My family and I really enjoyed our stay.

  The cottage was all we needed for our trip. The kitchen was well equipped with what we needed. There was lots of information about the sights and surrounding area although a lot of it needed up to date information. The welcome pack contains very old / outdated information and needs to be addressed. The double bed is very uncomfortable. Although the parking is at the long stay car park which can be a nuisance with off loading the car, shopping etc the parking permit can be used in a lot of parking areas around the area. The courtyard is small but pleasant however not a garden as advertised.

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