Holiday Cottages In Gairloch

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Janet - Verified booking

  This was our 2nd stay at Taigh Glas and we enjoyed it just as much.

  Taigh Glas is in a tranquil location and has all the facilities you would need with the most comfortable bed! The panormaic windows in the lounge give you views across the fields to the mountains and out to sea. Big Sand Beach is just a short walk down the lane. We shopped at most of the little nearby shops, we recommend Viral Spark (the vinyl shop), Crumbs (the little sandwich, pie, cake shop), Budda By The Sea and the Farm Shop. The Millcroft Inn Bar is friendly for a local drink. We recommend the Loch Kersary walk in Poolewe, seeing stag and deer. On returning from our walk we seen otter in Loch Ewe at Poolewe. A litte book in the property for coastal and country walks was useful: we visited Slaggan Bay with incredible views when you get there, idyllic. A short distance is Mellon Udrigle Beach which is also worth a visit, pristine. The Gairloch Explorer walk was also enjoyable. Additional places we recommend: Firemore Beach, the monument at Achnasheen further along is very poignant. Pleasant drives to Aultbea and Mellon Charles. It was lovely to meet Elizabeth who is very considerate and gives you all the privacy you need but is happy to help if you need anything, thank you for your kind texts before and during our stay - much appreciated and we hope to return in the future x

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• Peter - Verified booking

  A lovely little place that has a remarkable amount of space and is well equippes.

  3 bathrooms really make the difference if you have 8 people! Mattresses are a little basic, but they absolutely do the job. Heating system makes noise at night, so had to trip the circuit breakers; owner aware and has had multiple people around to resolve the issue. Still ongoing and only a minor thing overall Kitchen well stocked with crockery etc, but be aware nothing in cupboards from previous guests so bring everything you need. Living area is nice and spacious, with Lazy Boy chairs and the the WiFi is nice and quick. Great selection of classic books if you want to unplug too. Outdoors the beach is close and a brook is through the gate at the bottom of the garden (which is sealed for dogs). Enough to do for a chilled break - Boom Beach, Arctic Convoy Museum and brisk walks beyond the Perfume Studio. The store in Aultbea is better stocked than Gairloch, so don’t travel unnecessarily! Nice farm shop there though, next to the Chinese takeaway. Also, beach in Gairloch by golf club is lovely - perfect for wading and the cafe is fantastic. Decent food and really friendly proprietors. Overall, perfect for a week away with young kids to unwind but still have something simple to do each day.

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• Janet - Verified booking

  What an absolutely idyllic holiday we had at Taigh Glas.

  The cottage was immaculate and the panoramic views were fantastic. Watching the landscape of an evening across the sea, hills and mountains was mesmerising. The nearby village of Strath is very pretty with a selection of shops and Gairloch has everything you could need. We found the Farm Shop very friendly and had pretty much anything you needed. The beaches are lovely with a wide selection along whichever route you take. There's a nice little walk from Gairloch Beach to the harbour. Flowerdale Glen (Waterfall) was a lovely walk, seeing a stag (at the pond area near the entrance) was pretty special. Poolewe was beautiful, the local market on a Tuesday is recommended and the little cafe near the post office has delicious home made pies! Catching a sea trout in the estuary of Loch Ewe was a dream. Recommend walking the circular Loch Kernsary route, pure wilderness. Rubha Reidh lighthouse along the B8021 from the cottage is well worth a visit, passing through Melvaig and the vastness of the landscape makes it feel like the edge of the world! A walk over to Big Sand Beach to watch the sunset is only 5 minutes away. The directions to the cottage were perfect. Thankyou Elizabeth for a wonderful holiday.

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• Matthew - Verified booking

  This property is wonderful.

  The design and layout are fantastic, and the secure wrap around garden is perfect for the dogs. The garden is huge. There has been an addition of outside seating, which is a lovely place to sit at any time of the day. Inside is very spacious, and the kitchen is well designed and has everything you could possibly need. The beds are big and very comfortable, and all the bathrooms are wet rooms finished to a high standard. It was lovely to have bread, milk, and eggs waiting for us on arrival as well. Also, the welcome pack has lots of good tips, take time, and read through it. I do feel special mention has to be made of the level of cleanliness. It was first class. By far and away the cleanest holiday home we have rented, they do a great job here. Finally, i would like to say thank you for the beautiful styling of the house, this is evident throughout. In particular, I absolutely loved looking at all the art in the property, particularly the paintings in the living room and next to the kitchen table, I spent a lot of time looking at them. All in all this is a wonderful house for exploring a lovely part of Scotland. Thank you again and I really hope it would be OK to return.

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• Jim - Verified booking

  My son and I stayed there from 26th Nov.

  - 3rd Dec. It's in a beautiful location of course and the gardening staff I met were all very friendly. Basically, apart from dust build up on top of the fridge, we really liked the house and we would love to stay there again. However, the big let down was the internet connection. The bandwidth is very restrictive and connecting to the internet is also restricted to really just the sitting room. The situation with the TV compounds the problem.There is a wired connection from a satellite dish to a 'Freesat' box. However the output from that box is a scart connection but there is no scart connection available on the TV! All TV services are therefore provided via the internet. That would normally be fine but, because of the small bandwidth provided by the chosen ISP, watching TV and doing anything else on the internet is not really possible. A better internet connection is available locally via BT and indeed for the last 6 years my son and I have stayed within half a mile of the cottage and enjoyed excellent internet services. As I say, we would like to book again but not until access to a better internet service is provided.

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