Holiday Cottages In Gairloch

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• William - Verified booking

  Nice, geneerally well equiped house in beautiful surroundings.

  Very clean and tidy on entry. Excellent heating. Kitchen adequate but very small and not very well arranged. No dishwasher, which mattered more since sink and drainer very awkwardly placed for hand washing up. Owner VERY helpful indeed over e-bike storage -- much appreciated. Three minor failings: 1) only one bathroom in the house situated downstairs but all bedrooms situated upstairs. This should really be made clearer in the description -- and the provision of chamber pots in the bedrooms, old fashioned as it might seem, could be very useful. 2) we were seriously too hot in bed under a duvet which felt both over heavy and needlessly warm. Only on stripping the beds to leave did we discover that the duvet was in fact 2 10 tog duvets one held on top of the other by poppers. If we had known this at the start of the week we could have discarded one duvet and spent more comfortable nights, 3) Parking area is claimed to have room for two cars. It's adequate for one, but two would be very tight indeed. Moreover entry to the parking space is awkward and when arriving from Poolewe requires either reverse entry from a surprisingly busy road or a 300 yard drive to find space to turn round so as to enter the space forwards. Needless to say leaving the parking space onto a band in a single track road only permits departure in one direction and requires a turn-around to go in the other.

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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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• Pamela - Verified booking

  We throughly enjoyed our break.

  Having stayed at the Garden Lodge a few years back, we knew what to expect. It is very quiet and peaceful, especially after the Visitor Centre closes it’s doors for the day. The gardens themselves provided many walks during our stay, as we were blessed with dry, sunny weather for the majority of the week. The cottage was clean and very comfortable. After reading previous reviews, we had taken some cleaning supplies etc., but there were plenty available when we arrived. They pretty much had thought of everything and the welcome tray was very much appreciated after a long trip north. It was interesting to see the changes in the area over the last few years. We noticed a few places had closed but a few new ones had opened too. Any disappointments? Yes, yet again we failed to see the local pine martens! Plenty of other wild life on view but these little creatures didn’t make an appearance. Would we come back? Very definitely. A lovely cottage in a beautiful location.

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• Sharon And Mark - Verified booking

  We have stayed at many LHH properties but this was one of the best.

  From the moment you start on the twisty turny road to Daibaig you know this is something special! The house is set in the woodland overlooking the loch, the views are amazing! You can lay in bed and look at the view or sit at the table or sit on the settee, there is no tv but there really isn’t a need for one! There are bird feeders outside the window with a constant stream of birds visiting them. I did spot a pine marten and mountain goat in the garden and a mountain hare on the way back to the property one evening. This place really is magical and has everything you could ever need for an amazing holiday. The lemon drizzle cake was delicious and the coffee and tea was very welcome when we arrived. This really is how a holiday home should be, everything was first class. A real place to unwind and get away from the stresses of everyday life!

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• Sharon Wildsmith - Verified booking

  We stayed at down house early May and it was absolutely stunning!

  The views are amazing, you can see through the trees to the loch and it was so relaxing to sit in bed watching the birds and admiring the view in the morning. It is beautifully furnished and the bed was very comfortable, the kitchen had all we needed for our stay, we like to cook. There is a deck with outside seating which was a lovely place to sit with coffee or wine in the evening. The location is very private and you can walk down to the little rocky beach in the village where there is a very good restaurant (check opening times). The local area is simply beautiful, lots of walks and stunning drives. The hosts were very friendly, helpful and made us feel at home, we would certainly recommend Down house and hope to return one day. Thank you for a wonderful holiday.

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