Holiday Cottages In Newport

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Lindsey - Verified booking

  Minafon is comfortable, cosy spotlessly clean and well equipped.

  It is perfectly situated to explore the local area of outstanding natural beauty, with plenty of easy access walks to the nearby coast path, beach ‘s and golf course. The town and pubs/ eateries being a short walk up the hill..But beware the speeding milk tankers down the little lane! Jo, the owner, met us and made us feel welcome. The yummy cake, and stocked beer/wine fridge was a lovely addition and most welcome after a long journey. There were plenty of fresh clean bath towels and a thoughtful basket of dog and beach towels. The showers are particularly good with plenty of hot water… however the en-suite shower cubicle is quite small, the downstairs shower is spacious enough with lots of room to manoeuvre. The beds are comfy with good quality bedding and a choice of pillows, all smelling clean and fresh.The view from the main bedroom giving lovely views of the estuary. The garden is pretty and dog friendly, providing a space to eat outside or just sit with a cuppa and a book. I think the only thing we missed was a long mirror and a radio/speaker in the kitchen and a bbq.. (Although costly to install, a wood burner in the lounge would make a cosy place to cwtch and snuggle down in winter). We enjoyed our stay even if the weather wasn’t the best..The house made up for it and the young adults in our party had no complaints about the WiFi! We will return .. Thank you so much.

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• Mike - Verified booking

  We had a comfortable stay in this cosy little building in a lovely little town in a beautiful area.

  .. with free parking. We had a few (hum-drum but potentially frustrating) minor issues within our first couple of hours, but, the owners, once we were able to contact them [our signal was very very poor/patchy in the vicinity! :-( ] were very swift and efficient in sorting them out for us. Some of the previous reviews raise other issues, & the owners are clearly keen to take these comments on board & further improve guests' experience. They are very amenable & friendly. The TV offers Netflix & Amazon Prime as well as iPlayer & many stations...but we are low-tech, so couldn't get the former two to work as they required apps that we didn't have access to...so, advice regarding this for old duffers like us (no smart phones!) would be beneficial. The locality is full of super independent shops, pubs, cafes & restaurants, as well as wonderful walks in spectacular scenery. We had a lovely short break despite the predictable Feb'-like weather... :-/ ... and would recommend Ty Rydd, which is well on the way to being an exceptional little gem. :-)

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• Stephen - Verified booking

  We arrived on 25/3/23 to be greeted by Anne and David.

  David showed us to the accomodation and we found a traditional welsh Barra Brith cake, fresh milk in the fridge and tea & coffee. What a welcome. Well that went down very well indeed. Yummy. The property itself is set in a very quiet cul de sac and it is beautiful. A very comfortable annexe style place. With all the bits n bobs you need for a great holiday. Very comfortable bed. Lovely garden. And a shower room that was just so dam good. The lounge had a lovely feel also. Decorated with Davids amazing photos on the wall. Yes he is a pro. The kitchen was well equipped modern and very clean. The bedroom had wonderfull patio style doors leading on to a patio area and garden. Marvelous in the warmer months. But the weather was not so kind for us. But nonetheless once again very clean and comfortable. The local area is wonderfull to visit with some really nice places and eateries nearby. But for us the star/stars of the show were David and Anne whos hospitality were beyond compare. We will be definately coming back.

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• Mike - Verified booking

  The cottage was well located, though, as we expected, extremely small but was fitted out in a quality way.

  We did feel that there were a few minor items which could have been improved on, as follows:- 1) There were no instructions, or at least we didn't find any regarding things like the TV and re-cycling (other than an outside box for glass). 2) The toilet seat worked loose during the week and kept slipping. We think this was reported by a previous occupant. 3) The kitchen would have benefited from a few additional utensils, such as kitchen scissors, tongs, a wooden spoon and cheese grater. 4) There was no mention of the regular (apparently every Monday) market nor the excellent butcher/greengrocer, which was a shame. 5) Whilst it didn't affect us (staying at the end of September) we felt that the lack of skylight blinds would be a serious problem in the May-August months so we would not consider staying there in this period. Other reviews have mentioned this. Having said this we would consider staying again (outside the months mentioned above).

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• Graeme - Verified booking

  It’s definitely the nicest holiday home we have ever stayed in , it’s new and beautifully finished with a lovely kitchen and light airy open living space.

  The beds are comfy and the bathrooms are immaculate . There are two seating areas on the terraces and we caught some sun having a coffee. We took our two little dogs and the lodge is quiet and peaceful in the evening but close to everything. Locally, you can walk to a Onestop shop and pubs ( 10 mins walk ) and there is a station in Newbridge for a train to Cardiff. If you want to explore we went to Caerleon ( Roman Amphitheatre ) and had great food there at the Hanbury Arms ( they are super dog friendly! ) Abergavenny and Usk have places to eat and shopping with lots of independent businesses. All are worth a visit and very close to the lodge is Cwmcarn Forest - which has varied walks and bike rides - the views were spectacular and there’s info at the Forest Park Centre. We had a lovely break in the Lodge really enjoyed our week there , I’d definitely go again.

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