Christmas Cottages in Ireland

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Brandon - Verified booking

  Everything was just brilliant.

  Cottage was amazing, spotlessly clean, so spacious and everything you could possibly need and more is provided. Loads of wee extras that you dont normally get when renting (soap powder/dish water tablets/condiments etc) Although the cottage is big, when the fire is on the whole place feels so homely and cosy. There's great views from most if not all windows, we could've spent all day watching the waves crashing over the rocks. The bedrooms are massive with loads of storage, 2 have ensuite facilities and there's extra blankets/quilts if you need them (we didnt) The pub (O'Donaghues), just a short walk away, is superb, the owner and staff are very friendly and welcoming. The food is excellent and I'd highly recommend the fish n chips and the crab claws, both were outstanding . Had the best night having a small libation or three with the locals, great craic as they say in Ireland! Genuinely cant recommend this Cottage highly enough. Fanore itself is very small, but beautiful, beach is stunning with loads of surfers using it, but plenty free parking. I'd also recommend visiting nearby 'Doolin' and looking for 'Dusty' the Dolphin! If considering renting this Cottage, go for it. I cant think of any negatives and wouldnt want to. For me it was just perfect

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• Allison - Verified booking

  My stay at Maifield with my family was a lovely and relaxed experience.

  Maifield was a beautiful, peaceful, comfortable and interesting home, with lots of space. It really was a home from home with all the facilities you would ever need. It was set amongst beautiful countryside, complete with stables, where we were lucky enough to witness the birth of a foal during our stay. Pat, the owner, was a great host. He greeted us at the property on arrival and showed us all around. We had access to everything at the property. Nothing was too much trouble for Pat, he was always very helpful. We loved spending time having a chat with Pat over a nice cup of tea. His partner, also called Pat, was a lovely lady who welcomed us to Maifield with delicious fruit scones on our arrival. They were a lovely couple who made us all feel extremely welcome. We all felt very much part of the family while we stayed there, and it was an absolute pleasure. The surrounding countryside was exquisite, and we enjoyed many country walks. The local village was about a mile down the road, with a shop and also an excellent bakery, with freshly made home baked bread and cakes every day. I would thoroughly recommend a stay at Maifield. Staying at Maifield was just wonderful, and I cannot wait to return for another holiday.

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• Helen - Verified booking

  Pros: Property in a beautiful location, clean and kitchen very well equipped.

  Cons: Despite being advertised as including all utilities, heating was rationed and fully controlled by the owners daughter (timer locked away) which was extremely frustrating as I could not set it to my convenience, this meant having to wait to shower until I could get warm enough to do so. First night I was absolutely frozen and had to go to bed at 8.15pm to get warm. Morning was freezing and had to wait until 10.15am (when owners daughter arrived to set the heating again) before I could shower, this meant I couldn't get out until later in the day when I usually go out around 8am. I couldn't get the fire going (never started a fire before) but was told to do that instead. Owner initially told me she had to lock the timer away because it kept getting broken by renters, but daughter told me the truth - her mother doesn't like the heating on for long because the oil is expensive. Sofa is rather uncomfortable Needs a coffee table badly Overall a lovely property but I wouldn't stay there again for the sheer fact the the owner controlling the heating, something I've never experienced before in many of the other properties I've stayed it.

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• Kofoworade - Verified booking

  It was an awful experience.

  From the listing information to the engagement from the Sykes cottages staffs and the host herself was nothing to talk about. Should I say we were treated awful because we are blacks or is it just their way of treating people. The cushions and blankets smells awful, the bar was dirty not clean, the room mattresses and sheets were awful and the worst of all the water supply is pumped. Therefore, you all can't have a shower at a go which means you have to take turns. And when we complained it was disastrous. Overall, it wasn't an holiday we went for it was a war. If not for the kids and the ferry that we've booked in advance we won't last days there. You know the feeling that your home is better than the holiday you paid a fortune for. That's how we felt and the host was like she rented the place cheap to us as if we were given some kind of discount. We paid the amount advertised on the website without any discount so how is it cheap?. To top it up it's in the middle of no where, literally nothing exciting for the kids to do.

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• Jimmy - Verified booking

  Hi we enjoyed our stay nice quiet location house was very clean and tidy ...

  Hi we enjoyed our stay nice quiet location house was very clean and tidy inside,kitchen was very well equipped and spotless, the beds were not the best to sleep on , shower heads were poor in some bathrooms our room was tied up with a shoe lace, it worked but we were all looking forward to a good shower and nice bed back home, outside was very overgrown and as we looked out windows there was a lot of overgrown weeds nettles etc, concrete outside patio area was very poorly finished as our youngest had a fall after tripping on rough surface and grazed her knees BBQ was a lovely idea and we did use it but there was no utensils so we did struggle a bit when using the bbq, the end of the lane turning out on to road was dangerous, somebody had to get out of the car each time to check the road, on the other small roads we did notice mirrors were used to see both ways this could work here as well, we loved our stay we spent most of our time in enniscrone village we loved it there,

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