Corwen Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Shirley - Verified booking

  We were a party of five adults and three aged 10 to 17 with three cars for which there was ample parking.

  Good information before arrival including directions and access to the house. It is well set back from the A5 and therefore quiet and safe. We had our own patch of lawn for some games (frisbee, ball and goal provided) plus the hot tub which some of us used. Handy to have a rotary line and the BBQ plus the shed to store the seat cushions. Lovely views of territory we are very familiar with. Kitchen has table easily seating 8. Not sure how 10 would get on. A few items not in evidence such as sugar bowl, milk jug, pizza wheel. Plenty of cutlerly and plates. A small set of folding steps would be handy as top shelf of all cupboards well above my reach - hence not seeing the much wanted cafetiere until day of depature! Good sized fridge and the bottle cooler was a nice touch with welcome wine. The welcome booklet needs a refresh to provide some hints on use of hob - we figured it - and that the switches to the washing machine are in the adjoining cupboard. It should mention where the fire blanket is (cupboard to right of sink). We all felt towels should be provided. We needed ones for the down stairs loo, the kitchen, the hot tub and regular bathroom use which is a very large amount of 28+ to be transporting with the rest of one's luggage. Toilet paper plentiful and good quality. Bathrooms all very impressive and modern with good water flow. Beds considered comfortable by most. Bedrooms offered generous storage with chests and wardrobes but no seats or full length mirrors. No hair dryer that we could find. Upstairs oppressively hot and windows open only to a fixed point. Once open window insets need a very big clean - an area clearly overlooked. Bedding of good quality and very fresh and clean. No basic body wash for showers but liquid soap provided for hand washing. Generous hall way offered places for coats and shoes - we changed into slippers for upstairs but clearly others don't as stair carpet showing signs of much use which is a shame. We watered hanging baskets and dead headed the blooms. Lounge offers some jigsaws, leaflets and games with three large sofas but we felt a nest of tables would be so handy then everyone can reach their drink without all trying to get at the one small table. Main lounge TV worked very well but bedroom ones constantly buffered so strain on sat. too great. Owner very responsive when asked to sort lightbulb replacements. We were puzzled by need to not use hot tub on our final evening - the handover day seems logical for any such cut off point. Other cottages on same site look lovely and no party intrudes on another. I've booked with Sykes numerous times and spent many £s more this time so probably consequently highly aware of any failings - we had a generally good time and offer up these observations over fine tuning to be constructive not overly negative.

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• Emma - Verified booking

  We had a lovely family holiday at Ty Gwyn, staying for a week.

  The house was lovely and spacious, and the kitchen had everything we needed to cook most nights. Our only issue was that the hot tub was out of bounds from 12 noon on the last day (we were fully aware of this, as listed in the booking). However, the owners arrived at 11:30am to start the cleaning. With check in being quite late in the day, and check out very early on the final day, it felt like we were cutting our holiday short not being able to use the hot tub. On top of this, and without warning, someone came and started mowing the grass which took at least a couple of hours. This meant we couldn’t use the garden at all. So it very much felt like a day where all that mattered were the people checking in the next day, and not us enjoying the last full day of our holiday. Because of all this, a Friday - Friday holiday felt more like a Saturday - Thursday. I understand the need to clean hot tubs for the next people, but when check in isn’t until after 4, we felt like this could be done the morning of checkout. Or at the very least after a time in the evening not the morning. Put a bit of a dampener on the end of an otherwise pleasant holiday

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• Robin - Verified booking

  Neuadd Wen is a beautiful homely cottage, with a cosy living room to cuddle up in, a dining room to fit everyone, and a large conservatory looking out on the garden.

  It felt like a comfortable space: where some cottages can feel like you're intruding on someone else's home, Neuadd Wen really does feel like a home away from home! The beds are comfy, and the rooms are good sizes. Some of our party brought our own towels, because we have dyed hair, but the property has black towels - very smart! The kitchen is well stocked with pans and trays and utensils, which is great if you want to stay in and cook. But if you don't, the nearby Crown Inn, a stone's throw from the cottage, is a friendly place for a delicious dinner. The owners are very welcoming, and the locals we met were lovely, too! Overall, we had a great time! We drove into Cerrigydrudion for the corner food shop, Ruthin for the supermarket and curios shopping, and down to Corris for the attractions and craft centre (which were a highlight of the trip). Neuadd Wen is the first Sykes cottage that every member of our party said we'd love to visit again (and we stay in at least two per year, for a long time now, so that's saying something!) We loved it!

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• Judi - Verified booking

  This is a lovely cottage in a great location.

  The welcoming pack of treats was really appreciated and Jill (the Host) had kindly put together a dog pack too. There was obviously a lot of thought from the owners put into making the stay as enjoyable and comfortable for guests as possible - from the twinkly lights through to the amenities in the kitchen. Having the outside area / back garden to sit with the dogs was lovely, very peaceful and relaxing. The bedroom is comfortable and very clean, the bathrooms are great too. The Crown pub is worth a visit and the walk along the river in the village is lovely too. Jill communicates quickly if you need anything, or in our case left something behind. A tip that might be useful, using the postcode the Sat Nav took us up a windy track to the wrong house which after over 4 hours stuck on motorways was a bit infuriating so if you have the App What 3 Words please use 'Parkland. Curbed. Identity.' for an exact reference or be more mindful than we were to stay on main road. This was a perfect base for us and our two dogs and we look forward to returning.

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• Manuela - Verified booking

  We enjoyed every minute of our 2 weeks in Hen Dy Bryn Mawndy.

  All the rooms were very tidy and clean on arrival. The view from our upstairs bedroom was absolutely stunning and in the morning we have savoured the first sip of coffee in bed looking into the fields and hills, saying hello to the horse and sheep. Though the weather was'nt too good in the second week with temperatures between 7 and 13 degrees and a lot of rain, we made the best of it and discovered the whole area including Snowdonia and Llandudno. The heating in the house is very good and easy to handle, so it was very cosy. The only minor remark I can make is that there are only 6 mugs in a house for 6 persons (which means washing up a lot). When our holidays finally came to an end, we didn't want to leave and now being back in Germany the thing we miss most is the view from the window in the morning. It was our first stay in (North) Wales and it is so beautiful (sometimes I thought I was in the Shire from the Lord of the Rings) that we will definitely come again.

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