New Year Breaks In Scotland

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Ian - Verified booking

  Thank you Jannie for the warm welcome and the guide around the apartment.

  The milk and biscuits were appreciated. Super clean,fresh and modern with everything you basically need, even a few days of washing up liquid and loo rolls. Bed and linen very comfortable and clean. A great location for looking over the harbour, with the best sunset ever! Lovely walk upto the tower to look over the rocks and sea ( we even saw a couple of dolpins) very friendly locals in the pub and local cafe both very good lots to visit and see in the surrounding areas. We have an EV and found plenty of chargers in all the villages and towns. ( tesla chargers at the outlet village in gretna are open to all at a good 49p per minute) The only down side which we knew before hand no wifi and which due to a lack of phone signal would help plan days out and keep intouch with family. ( a bit of a signal in the window by the small tv) and on the bench on the harbour wall. The pub and the cafe have WiFi a part from that all perfect! If you are after a very calm relaxing break with little traffic on the area it's the spot for you! Will be going back another time ( we are off to the isle of Harris and lwis next year) Thank you

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• Andrew - Verified booking

  Comfortable, cozy yet spacious space with a great view of the castle.

  Lots of lovely walks around the property. The location is brilliant, with loads of castles and other historic properties an easy drive away, and the cottage itself is in a quiet and very dark location on the grounds. The staff we encountered were friendly and helpful. The cottage had everything needed for an extended stay, including a washing machine; however, it would have been helpful if the kitchen had been stocked with simple necessities such as salt and oil (will definitely remember this on our next stay, although the nearby grocery store had everything we needed). A change I would like to see is the check-in time: 5 p.m. seems late, especially with check-out at 9:30 a.m. Another minor annoyance was the nonstop emails regarding our stay -- in less than one month, I've received 18 messages regarding this one booking. It's nice to be informed, but this is too much. However, despite these minor complaints, my family and I were happy with our stay and this cottage in particular, and we're looking forward to booking again soon.

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• Brian - Verified booking

  Having booked a downstairs harbour apartment we could not have had a better view of the harbour.

  Whilst this was great at first, it soon became apparent that every dog walker, hiker and passer by could not resist staring through our living room window. As we have a nervous rescue dog this caused him to bark at every person passing. To prevent this we had to close our roller blinds. In late afternoon the roller blinds were no good in direct sunlight.We would recommend an upstairs apartment to any pet owners. If you have a 50 inch plasma tv you will struggle with the small tv in the living area. Isle of Whithorn is a lovely fishing village with a pub and a post office. If you are looking for a quiet, clean self catering apartment the moorings is the place to stay. However, be careful when exiting the rear car park as drivers pass by at excessive speed for the road conditions. A 10 mph limit needs to be set or else an accident is just waiting to happen .

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• Stephanie - Verified booking

  Pros - lovely location on the estate, with plenty of walks and gardens to stroll through.

  Clean throughout, and generally well equipped kitchen. Efficient heating (needed even in summer!). Comfortable beds, warm duvet covers. Cons - horrid horrid lounge furniture! In this day and age, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect a comfortable evening on a sofa which isn't a reject from an NTS property circa 1950. The sofa and armchairs in the property are awful! Uncomfortable, tiny, just impossible to relax in after a day hiking in the surrounding gorgeous countryside. We generally just went to bed early rather than try. This was disappointing, given we stayed for 2 weeks. I can't imagine what a few rainy days would have been like. Just awful, I imagine. Also, bring your own bath mat (as we did) as shower is an over bath type and extremely slippery. Also, surely, a hair dryer and iron are standard items these days?

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• Michael - Verified booking

  Just returned after a magnificent stay with our 2 dogs at 'The Moorings'.

  We highly recommend this property. What a view out of the kitchen/lounge window - directly out to sea! This was our main reason for booking the property, but we also weren't disappointed with the apartment itself! Stylish, modern, clean and well equipped. Perfect - helpful and friendly owner too!! Immediately next door to a pub which was a nice bonus. The area has outstanding scenery with breathtaking views out to sea, our 2 dogs fell in love with this place and 'adopted' one of the nearby little beaches. The locals are so friendly, especially if you have dogs, they loved them! All in all, a perfect stay in stunning surroundings. There are also many other areas locally to visit, we just didn't have the time to see them all. Thankyou very much Jannine, we're already missing it and will definitely return!!

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