Isles of Scilly Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Mrs Dixon - Verified booking

  Orchard cottage is a beautiful period property with lovely proportions. It was perfect for our group of 2 families of four with tweens/teens. The youngsters loved the hot tub, the large TV and their equal sized bedrooms. Kitchen is beautiful and well equipped for cooking for 8. Beds are all comfy. We ate Sunday lunch at the fisherman's arms in Newlyn - food was delicious and the staff were really helpful fitting us all in. This is a great location for exploring West Cornwall. Mousehole, St Ives, Sennen, lands end, Minnack all within 20-30 mins. We particularly loved Porthkidney beach for the dogs- you can park for free near St Uny church. Gwithian towans beach is also gorgeous but dog friendly section cannot be accessed on a high tide. Nanjizal beach is really quirky with breathtaking cliff walks to access but definitely no longer a “hidden” gem! Newlyn has a lovely cinema with a bar. Penzance has a great range of useful shops and some nice independent shops too. Decent playpark for under 11s and a skate park. We would definitely love to return!

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• Mr Pearce - Verified booking

  We had a lovely stay at Orchard Cottage in August 2024. We were 4 adults and 4 children and found the property very spacious. The kitchen is well equipped, and we were able to cook nice dinners in there. The rest of the cottage is decorated really nicely, and the lounge is large. We had good weather, but there are plenty of DVDs/games/books should the weather be bad. The views from the terrace are amazing, and it is nice to sit out there. The hot tub was a treat, and the children really enjoyed this. It is only 5 minutes walk into Newlyn, where you can find fresh fish, fantastic ice cream, galleries and other nice shops. The walk back up to the house is steep but not too bad. The entrance to the driveway is quite tight, but it was fantastic to have a driveway for 2 cars given the roads are all very narrow and busy. Would thoroughly recommend. Original Cottages were also very helpful and attentive to our needs.

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• Carolyn - Verified booking

  Absolutely Fabulous in every way possible.

  Just back from a 10 day stay. Such a beautiful setting and very comfortable accommodation. The bed is amazing we had the best sleeps so comfortable but lovely with the door open to hear the birds early in the morning. We walked into Penzance for the ferry to the Isles of Scilly and also along the coast to Mousehole. Also walked to St Michaels Mount. The village has a great pub loved the Korev Cornish Lager and watching the cars negotiate the junction outside the pub. Haydee and John have an amazing barn and the welcome pack was also brilliant especially the apple juice from their orchards. We also had beautiful cornflowers and potatoes freshly harvested from the farm to enjoy. We loved our stay and want to return again soon. Thank you so much for one of the best holidays we have had. Carolyn and Dave

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• Ian - Verified booking

  This is a lovely cottage, with all of the home comforts to make our stay enjoyable.

  There were 2 issues, one of which was within the control of the owner and the other not. Parking was an problem. Shortly after arrival, we found a parking space right outside the cottage. However the 1st time we went out in the car, we lost it and were never able to regain it. This meant for the rest of the week the car was left in restricted parking areas, but fortunately we did not get a ticket! The other issue was there were areas, in particular under the beds, where the cleaning left a little to be desired - it looked a little rushed. The bedding and soft furnishings were impeccable, but the general cleaning left us wondering how much attention had been given to the current pandemic. Having said that, we all very much enjoyed our stay at Mackerel Sky.

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• Hazel - Verified booking

  We were a bit worried about a previous report that it was not as clean as it could have been.

  We did not find this to be the case. The house was also very well appointed and lots of thought gone into the decor to make this an attractive and comfortable holiday home. I cannot think of any facility that was lacking. Beautiful bathroom. It was in a residential area, close to the station and all that Penzance has to offer. We parked in the road and did not use the car for the time we were there. Walked to Mousehole and took the stunning rail journey up to St Ives. Large living space for 5 people. Did not use sauna or laundry facilities at the back of the house, but they looked in good order. Can recommend if you don’t mind being away from the seafront.

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