Dog Friendly Cottages in Newport

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Keith - Verified booking

  Were to begin?

  As reported back in June 2023, the kitchen cupboard under the sink absolutely stank and the smell permeated through the house unless you kept the lounge door closed all the time. We had to leave both outside door in the kitchen area open to actually go into the kitchen to do anything. There were cobwebs on top of the kitchen units (which we removed), but the actual unit tops are filthy dirty with grease and grim. The oven is filthy and can not be used in that condition. The shower was black with mould all along the door bottom runners and in the corners and again had to be cleaned thoroughly before use. To the main bedroom, there is bedding stored in the clothes hanging area. Whether this was clean or dirty is anybodies guess. As for the cleaning equipment stored in the utility/cloakroom, well the vacuum cleaner looked like it had never been empted, so not really useable. The garden table and chairs are so rusty you would stain your clothing if you sat down and used them, so were useless. The internet was practically useless as connection was intermittent and for the most part not connected. We took our first day and and a half giving the house a clean, but still could not get rid of the smell/stench in the kitchen cupboard under the sink Its a shame as the house could be very nice if it was thoroughly cleaned and maintained. It was in a nice area with shops and eating places nearby.

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• Tracy - Verified booking

  Absolutely fabulous week of glorious weather in a glorious setting.

  Bwythan Bach cottage was spotless and had everything we needed. We got a lovely warm welcome from Anona and her mum who live onsite, even the cats came to say hello. The beach which has the amazing Witches Cauldron area is about 45 minutes walk away from the cottage and is a must see, it’s spectacular and a great excuse to leave the car! It’s the first time in all the years of holidaying that I’ve felt so completely and utterly relaxed! Everything was just so easy with the open plan one level layout. There was a burst water main one day so consequently no water for a few hours. Anona came round with a box of chocolates despite it being totally out of her control to apologise to us. Can’t sing this place’s highly enough. The only thing I might change if it was my property would be to maybe put a little bit of privacy screening up as this cottages garden was at the front and as such I didn’t feel I could sunbathe there despite it being the weather to do so. It would not stop me returning though as I would love to come back again very soon. Thank you Anona and Andrew.

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• Rachel - Verified booking

  Bwthyn Bach was one of a small number of other converted farm buildings within a working farm.

  Although there were other guests around, this didn't feel intrusive. The old, thick brick walls meant that the sound proofing was excellent, helpful when you have 2 dogs. We had an issue with the shower and bath, but we informed the owners, so I'm sure this will have been sorted. WiFi was very slow and only really able to access emails, so if anyone is wanting to work from home on their holiday (why would you!?), then this will need to be taken into account. The farm is situated a bit out of the way, so we drove to places we wanted to go to and walked from there. Nevern is a beautiful place and we found a stunning walk, discovering the river where we saw Kingfishers and Dippers. Newport is the nearest small town and there is where you can walk along Newport Bay, as well as do your shopping. The beauty of staying in Nevern/ Newport area, is that it is only 20 to 40 mins drive away from all the coastal walks we wanted to do. Porthgain, Fishguard, St David's and Dinas Island. The cottage had everything you need for a comfortable stay in a beautiful part of Pembrokeshire.

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• Kayleigh - Verified booking

  Thank you so much for letting us stay in your property.

  We have had a fantastic holiday. The cottage is in a great location, near to our points of interest; Nevern and Fishguard. It is a 15 minute walk to the beach and has a few local shops and pubs (but most don't serve alcohol until 4pm). The facilities were good, plenty of pans, cups, cutlery, dishwasher, washing machine, freezer, etc. But the fridge didn't seem cold enough, even when turned up all the way. So unfortunately our meat turned bad and needed to be thrown in the bin. Also the scissors were broken and the knifes were blunt, which was abit of an inconvenience when cooking. Thank you for the welcome back. The local walks, recipes and Welsh language was a nice touch. It was great to have a contact book of health care facilities, vets, etc for if we needed them. The only negative really is that the Internet is really slow. Most of the time we struggled to use it. Because of this, the property could really do with a smart TV with access to more TV channels or a Netflix account. As we were quite bored in the evenings and wanted to relax in the property.

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• Annette - Verified booking

  Great location for village and pubs although as mentioned before, on a very busy junction.

  This was Sept so should imagine at the height of season, parking would be very difficult for the less confident, as have to reverse onto drive. House is compact but everything we needed in modern kitchen, lounge, double and single bedroom. Single sleeps two children as one bed is a trundle, but that is stated clearly on description. As previously stated, seating only for three in lounge, ok for us as a couple but for a family of four would be difficult. Generally clean but quite a few cobwebs. Probably the first property we have stayed in (and there have been a few) where there has been no welcoming pack, not even a bottle of milk and very sparse on soap, washing up liquid etc even in current times. Beautiful beach is a two mile drive away, passing the estuary on the way. Parking not a problem, stunning views and very dog friendly. Two or three good pubs a few minutes walk away. Definitely recommend The Castle for its food and friendly staff. Overall a very nice stay and would recommend this place for its location alone

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