Dog Friendly Aberystwyth Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Jeremy - Verified booking

  Really nice holiday place, we would recommend.

  Lovely Owners who were very helpful. Large hot tub, always on and well maintained by property owners. Great living spaces and bedrooms. Nice and warm if you want it to be, nice and cool and breezy if you want it to be. We had to have some wood for the burner on one night because "british summer" lol, we just messaged and the owner brought us some straight away. Towel radiator and plenty of other radiators to dry towels on when you've "hot tubbed". Plenty of hot water at all/any times. Really nice hot clean shower with rain head and normal head. Spacious and great. Surprising how a poor bathroom can ruin a holiday, well this one won't at all, did not disappoint in any way. Kitchen was good, plenty of equipment to cook and look after yourself and family. Only slight minor for us was no washing machine, but the linens and towels were changed for us on the Friday (as we were there for 2 weeks), and there's a launderette in Borth (and one in Aber). Dishwasher tablets were provided too, and a nice welcome basket with some great "just arrived" goodies until you can get yourself sorted. An easy walk down into Borth town (just out the front of the property, down through the neighbouring caravan park entrance, and along the river to the "animalarium", then along a road into Borth itself. Great with the 4 legged friend(s), and took us about 30 minutes including doggy sniffing and jumping in the river stops, to get to the main street. This is good, as the road way to walk in would feel a little hairy at parts. There is a road just by the property but honestly you can't really hear it. TV in main room and bedroom, both smart, and modern, so you can get your own stuff on or use the large amount of included entertainment. There's a neighboring cottage attached, their front door faces away from yours, and we only saw people a handful of times to say hello to and you couldn't hear anything from their side even if we were both out in our respective hot tubs. Plenty of parking out front a few short steps from the front of your cottage. I would recommend this to any friend or family, it's a great place and the owners were lovely.

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• Heather - Verified booking

  A lovely old cottage, furniture to match its age.

  Kitchen modern, could do with a small freezer as the little freezer in the fridge is so small and had not been defrosted there was not enough room for items I needed to freeze. Bedrooms clean and comfortable beds, bathroom clean the power shower brilliant. The lounge is quite dark but with the lamps on in the evening was very cosy. I brought some wood from the local shop at a very reasonable price and used the wood burner as it did get cold on the evenings, that made it even more cosier. The tv is a smart tv so plenty of choice for watching. Wifi signal good. A few downsides, the hot tap in the kitchen is just a trickle so takes ages to fill the sink to wash up, i dont use a dishwasher as there is only 2 of us. A bit of information on how the heating works would be helpful. The kitchen was surface clean but could do with a deep clean, i had to wash all pans before i could use them and some of the oven trys were very dirty. I put that down to visitors not bothering to clean them after using them but the cleaners should check them. The cupboards are full of plates etc may be far to many but that is not a problem. There were cobwebs on the inside of the bathroom windows that the cleaners had missed, again that was not a big problem for me spiders have to live somewhere. The biggest problem we encountered was the parking. The man who owns the church opposite parks his big car and van outside on the road and makes getting on and off the parking area difficult. The local pub shuts Sunday late afternoon and doesn't open again until Wednesday, that was a bit disappointing as it would have been nice to pop out for a drink on the night. Borth beach easy to reach just 3 miles down the lane off the main road. Overall had a lovely stay in the cottage. Just a bit about the garden. It was a bit over grown but accessible once the gate is closed behind you it is perfectly safe for dogs, totally enclosed. Lovely cottage lovely village. The village shop is well stocked and not over priced, and the staff are very pleasant and helpful.

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• Julie - Verified booking

  The accommodation was lovely and clean and spacious.

  .everything needed provided ..comfortable double bed and two very comfortable sofas...Great shower too....however on arrival stepping into the building it was dark and felt cold...the details in advertising the property stated a basket of wood for the log burner would be provided...as there wasn't one we rang the given contact number to be told they no longer provide it but the host said she would see what she could do...we decided to go out to try and source somewhere to buy fire wood...luckily we were given directions from a lady in the local shop and were able to purchase some ...despite it being late in the day ..once we got the log burner going it warmed our accommodation up so we were comfortable ..maybe in summer ..warmer months there may be no need for the log burner but during our stay we needed it as the underfloor heating is on a timer set by the hosts and is totally impractical for guests... without the fire the accommodation felt cold...we also felt that despite the comfortable mattress the actual bedding could do with upgrading ..the pillows were flat and the quilt didn't keep us warm .. In general we were happy with our stay ..there has obviously been a lot of thought and care into the layout and design of everything inside The only thing that would put us of staying again is the outside area ...there is a huge canopy/porch outside the double doors which makes inside very dark...the outside area for the accommodation is grim...and dominated by concrete slabs...gravel and a huge steel structure housing the hot tub...totally uninspiring and not inviting...and the view is of some sort of large maintenance yard ? Another not so good point is that the accommodation is right next to a busy and noisy road which could also be heard within the accommodation ...on the whole the actual accommodation was good despite the heating system however the outside area made you feel you were anywhere else but near the sea ..and wasn't a uplifting space to want to be in .

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• Peter - Verified booking

  The house was lovely and met our needs.

  We met the cleaners when we arrived and they were so helpful with recommendations of places to visit. The cottage was very clean and well presented. (I really loved recalling memories of Posy Simmonds contributions to graphic literature). The location was spot on for us. Walks from the house; with steeper climbs than we are now used to, living in Lincolnshire. (We once used to walk around Huddersfield and the Calder Valley with child carriers and pushchairs!) Loved visiting the Osprey centre, the Red Kite feeding and RSPB reserve. Had a train trip to Barmouth - would highly recommend. Aberystwyth is lovely. Bought some excellent honey, pies and pasties from the Saturday 'market'. We went Lindy Hop dancing with the local group on Tuesday evening and they were very welcoming and accommodating. The local village shop is well stocked and friendly. Driving around this part of Wales is lovely. The 20mph sections are really not an issue here (obviously, I can't comment on other areas) but they seem to be sensible and appropriate. The only down side was we felt guilty putting on the electric radiators and we really would have liked to use the multifuel stove, but it seemed like all the shops had given up on wood at this time of year. (It was unusually windy and relatively cold as everyone will be aware this year). It would have been useful to have a stock of wood to use (and pay for). Thanks though. We had a great time on our first visit to the Welsh West coast. Not our last

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• Richard - Verified booking

  A cosy, cottage style end of terrace in a small village off the main road halfway between Aber and Mach in the Dyfi biosphere area.

  The property was well presented with everything clean and tidy. There are two good-sized bedrooms, a shower room with electric power shower and a comfortable lounge/dining area downstairs. Lovely modern kitchen which inexplicably lacks a microwave (for reference, the switch for the hot water is on the wall directly opposite the side door and the 'external utility' is in the back of the garage). The neighbour has access across the back of the property to reach their garden. The garden was a pleasant place to sit but is not pet-secure. The village pub is very good and the village shop/cafe brilliant. Lovely area, he property is well positioned for RSPB Ynys-hir, the Dyfi Osprey project and Borth beach. Interesting walks into the woods and hills behind the village. Aberystwyth and Machynlleth are within easy reach. Additional observations not for publication. The property is, in our experience, unique in not providing any instructions on the use of the facilities. There was no mention of having to switch on the heater for hot water, no wood left for the wood burner, no explanation that the utility area was in the garage (we assumed it was as the door was left open) and the filter on the tumble dryer clearly had not been cleaned for some time. The TV could use updating particularly with regard to a simple catchup facility. Lighting upstairs is great but downstairs could be better as the room is quite dark.

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