Romantic Cottages in the UK

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Pam - Verified booking

  Unfortunately there was no guest book to write comments in as there should have been!

  The accommodation was adequate for 12, apart from only 2 showers and 2 toilets and one of the showers was through a bedroom so was a bit awkward! They were good toilets and great showers, just not really enough of them for 12! Beds were comfortable, but the beds above the twin beds in the family room was not suitable for adults and very awkward to crawl into especially if you were tall! One of the double bedrooms had no bedside lights and the plugs were on the wall at the foot of the bed and was awkward for charging phones, etc. This needs to be addressed, particularly the bed side lights as there was a bedside light on each bedside table in the twin room, and the other double and the family rooms! Kitchen large and well equipped, dishwasher very handy as was the washing machine! Saucepans could do with lids as they do tend to make a mess of the stove top. The lights above the cooker needed replacing as did not work! Apart from that great! The play station was not working so a bit of disappointment there! The games room was handy for rainy days, as were the board games provided! Overall a very comfortable cottage to stay with all you need for a good holiday! Portmeiron close by makes for a great day out, as do the caverns with zip wires, underground golf and deep mining experience! Snowdon easy to get to also, but a long steep walk to the top, good for hikers in particular! Some good restaurants not too far, one being the Grapes, and another close to that, both being excellent and do great food, proper food also, with potatoes and vegetables, gravy etc! A lovely change from peas and chips all the time, which were on a lot of the meals! Owner lovely, very helpful and basics provided, which was a welcome start pack! Would definitely recommend!

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• Victoria - Verified booking

  Lovely big and spacious lodge in a great location.

  Would definitely benefit from one less bedroom to accomodate another bathroom upstairs. We managed as there was only six of us, but at full capacity would in my opinion struggle a bit. Cleanliness could have been better, don't really expect to have to be cleaning the oven on arrival? All in all though the house was great, perfect location (with fab views) and lovely garden for the children to play, just don't forget the repellent as it seems the midges can be a bit bitey at this time of year and the weather being so warm. Overall our boys really enjoyed their holiday though, and looking forward to returning in the future (mainly for Surf Snowdonia which they absolutely loved!) Snowdonia is truly a stunning place with so much to do for children and adults of all ages. Blaenau Ffestiniog itself is steeped in history and just this town alone has so much to do from lovely walks, zip lines, undergroung golf, bounce below, caverns, quarry karts down hill mountain biking to a tour of the deep mines ( which i personally recommend to give you an idea of what this town was/is all about). All this is literally on the doorstep of Stiniog Lodge. If you want a more sedate holiday, you just need to venture a bit further away and you are spoilt for choice of beautiful beaches and mountain walks.... what's not to love. Lovely holiday, thanks.

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• Tony - Verified booking

  We all enjoyed our stay at 1 Alston Farm cottage.

  Very clean and cosy cottage. Ideal location for visiting and exploring surrounding areas. The only issue we had with Sykes was the key code they had originally sent us.After receiving this code,Sykes then sent us a second code saying that this code was the correct one and to ignore the first one. When we arrived at the cottage it was pouring with rain and only to find the key code we were told to use was did not work. I managed to look through my emails from Sykes which luckily I had kept and used the first code they sent me,that turned out to be the right one in the first place. By this time we were all soaking wet and not amused. I spoke to Sykes during our stay and told them what had happened,they did not apologise for their mistake but said they would pass on what I had told them to the owner. I did not feel it was the owners fault but that of Sykes. The owner contacted me the same day to apologise for the mess up but I told her I didn't think it was her fault but that of Sykes. The owner and myself had a very nice conversation over their cottage and said we had enjoyed our stay and Antonia said she was pleased to hear that.I thanked her for contacting me and she thanked me for being understanding. I hope that Sykes resolve the key code problem.

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• Lucy - Verified booking

  We have just returned after a week stay in Stiniog Lodge.

  We enjoyed our first big family holiday at the lodge which suited us as a large family and we felt we had lots of space. There were however some issues. We felt mislead by photos online which didn’t meet expectations. There is a very big problem with mould and damp throughout the house, the games room was unusable due to the horrible smell of mould which we felt was unsafe for the children. The double bedroom had mould under the window above the headboard so the family in this room had to sleep the other end of the bed. The master bedroom was extremely cold due to a poorly working radiator. General cleanliness of the house was poor with cobwebs throughout, a dirty oven, under beds covered in dust, one of the provided blankets in the living room stank of sick and the downstairs toilet radiator was covered in urine. The garden has very little privacy due to the hotel backing onto the garden. This should have been included in the information online.

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• Sarah - Verified booking

  Our cottage was really fabulous, everything worked, everything was comfortable, warm and welcoming.

  We had a fabulous holiday and would definitely use Cornish Cottage holidays again. One peculiar experience was on Tuesday a gentlemen came into the garden un-announced, didn't say hello to my mother who was standing by the open back door, he continued to spray the garden with a chemical for a short period of time and then left. We hadn't been told we'd have any trades visit or maintain the cottage while we were staying so it was very disconcerting to have him arrive and do what he needed to do. When he left my mother couldn't sit on the garden for a some time as the smell of the chemicals that had been used were too strong. If trades do need to visit the house, it would be nice to have them there when guests are not there or guests should be made aware that a tradesman will be calling, when, why and for how long.

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