New Year Breaks In Scotland

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Tim - Verified booking

  Sunshine on the Isle of Whithorn.

  A glorious seven days of weather (last week in August) made even better by our harbourside apartment accommodation, The Clamshell, a compact but comfortable getaway where you could relax and watch the tide ebb and flow and the harbour itself spring into life as the water level raised. Across the water you could see the Lake District and the Isle of Mann without leaving the apartment. And there were wonderful coastal walks, a little challenging in places, in either direction - left towards Garlieston or right towards St Ninian's Cave (filmed in the 1973 British horror feature The Wicker Man). We loved watching seals, sketching the vistas and viewing fishermen clambering over rocks and perching precariously over the Solway Firth to catch pollack, wrasse, gurnard and mackerel. I knew I should have taken some gear. As well as a big thankyou to owner Janine, who gave us the local knowledge when we arrived, a mention also for the Steam Packet pub/hotel restaurant next door - yep, next door - for its cracking selection of locally brewed Five Kingdoms beer, its extremely good and well patronised restaurant and for those tables along the harbour side where you could relax and while away the afternoon and early evening over a pint.

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• Rebecca - Verified booking

  We had a wonderful week (2 adults and a 3 year old) in the House Apartment, having stayed twice previously in the Garden Lodge.

  We return because we love visiting the garden and wider area, and it was great to stay elsewhere in the grounds for a change. The apartment is well set up, attractive and comfortable, with a friendly welcome from the team and a lovely taster tray of local treats. There is lots of info on the history of the garden, house and region for those interested in that side of things, and also plenty of up to date local info which helped us learn about events and facilities. The garden staff were always really happy to answer any questions or provide suggestions as to what we could do or where we could buy particular things locally. The central location within the grounds was great for garden adventures at all hours, particularly with having a pre-schooler and pregnant woman in the group, and the ability to bring our car to the house out-of-hours for arrival and departure made loading and unloading our luggage really easy. Although the property is on the first floor the shallow and wide stairs were easy to climb. We'll be back soon to stay in one property or the other in the Inverewe NTS Garden - it's now most definitely our family's favourite place to visit!

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• John Onslow - Verified booking

  The whole experience was both very good and very poor. The cottage was clean and well equiped. The parking space was useful. We had some issue with the bath which although was sorted caused disruption to our holiday. There was a great deal of noise from an adjacent property at one time which went on past midnight, loud voices and banging. The garden was not welcoming, there was what appeared to be a huge compost heap just inside the gate, It was am untifdy, unkwmpt area which had weeds and mess. See photo. We noticed other reviews were less than positive about the outside space as well. Not a place we felt we wanted to sit.. There were one or two issues with neighbours who we felt were keeping an eye on us. We raised a problem with ants in the kitchen with the owners which was ignored. It would have been very nice to have received a more positive customer experience, sadly it has ensured we wont be returning to this property although we would holiday in Kirkcudbright again.

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• Patrick - Verified booking

  An excellent, clean, modern and well maintained apartment with wonderful harbour views.

  Very well sited for local restaurants with the nearby inn and village hall facilities and for local walks. Lots to do and visit if you have a car. Travelling west via Port William, the coastal scenery is stunning and Loch Ryan (a birdwatcher's paradise), beautiful Portpatrick and the Mull of Galloway are easily reached. Heading north we found the mountains of the Galloway Forest Park. Lovely views of Loch Trool from Bruce's Stone and a starting point for heading up Merrick. Many small, interesting coastal villages (e.g. Garlieston, Wigtown & harbour) when heading east as far as Kirkcudbright. We generally visit Scotland for 2 or 3 weeks every year but head straight by this area on the M74 to the Cairngorms, the Highlands or the islands. For a change we decided to give the south west a go and had a truly wonderful stay and hope to visit the region again in the future. Many thanks Jannine for providing such a lovely base for us.

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• Pamela - Verified booking

  Almost perfect!

  The apartment is a wonderful place to spend a holiday. It is spacious, clean, comfortable and very well equipped. The little extras also helped make life a little easier. The ‘welcome basket’ containing bread and milk is a nice touch, as are the fresh flowers and fruit bowl. It is certainly a peaceful place. The freedom of being able to roam around the gardens in the evening is one of the things that we enjoy most. In fact we really didn’t travel far from the gardens throughout the week. We enjoyed watching the wildlife, from the friendly robins to the herons and their young down near the jetty but the stars were the pine martens, who visited every evening. The only downside side to the apartment is that it is becoming very popular and it is getting harder to book our return visits!

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