Dog Friendly Porthmadog Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Amanda - Verified booking

  3 Pensyflog Barns is in an ideal location to explore North Wales and also the local shops like Tesco, Aldi and Lidl were very close by for food shopping.

  We went to Blackrock Sands, Cricieth, Anglesey, Barmouth and lots of other places. Nearby is an Osprey Centre (Bywyd Gwyllt Glaslyn) this is well worth a visit, the volunteers for the charity do an amazing job and very informative. 3 Pensyflog Barns is a beautiful house, very comfortable, looking out to the hills / mountains at the back. The garden is secure for the dog too, with a gate at the top. The house sleeps up to 8 people, so there was enough seating downstairs for everybody. The kitchen had a kettle, toaster, coffee machine, microwave, dishwasher and washing machine/dryer. I couldn’t find a washing line to dry clothes while the sun was out. There is a small maiden, however this blew over. The kitchen needed another big pan, especially if you have 8 people to feed. There was only one big pan so had to improvise with the slow cook pot to keep things warm. There are lots of smaller pans. Plenty of cutlery, glasses, mugs plates and bowls etc. Upstairs there was one wardrobe to use in the main bedroom, with a couple of hangers. (the other wardrobe had a padlock around the handles) There were no wardrobes in any of the other bedrooms. The bathrooms were gorgeous, a rubber bath mat is needed in the bath as it’s slippery when having a shower. We had 2 very disappointed children as there was no PlayStation which was advertised on the details, they were really looking forward to playing on it in the evenings. Reading another review, they mentioned a welcome pack. There was no welcome pack, so after a long journey, we arrived looking forward to a cuppa to find an empty fridge! We’ve always had a welcome pack in every holiday home we’ve stayed in, so had to go and buy milk etc. Over all, it’s a beautiful house, in a great location, but it just needs a few things adding to make the stay easier and take the play station off the details to avoid upset children.

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• Munibah - Verified booking

  The location of this cottage is great, and the layout, with all its facilities was as expected from the advert and reviews seen prior to booking.

  The property has its own quirks with some modern touches, we loved the wireless speaker lamp! In my view the the owners are very lucky to own such a special house. We enjoyed our stay so Thankyou very much for sharing this Gem with us. The house was tidy and clean although dusty, I had to find a duster and dust around the lounge particularly round the tv area. This may be because it was cleaned after the last guest, but not been used for some days/ weeks. Also my husband walked through a big cobwebs when he first went into the kitchen. When looking for a container with a lid in the kitchen I noticed the kitchen was well equipped and has everything you need. One thing I noticed, which I wasn’t pleased about was that a glass butter dish was stored away unwashed, I left this out on the last day to make sure the owners/ cleaners cleaned this. Other than the cobweb/some dust/ dirty butter dish ( bear in mind this didn’t impact our stay) our only other complain was that there was no pillow protectors used and our bed had 4 pillows but only two had covers, there were no spare pillow cases in the house, which didn’t help either. I was disappointed at this as I’m a very clean and hygienic person and considering the covid times pillows with no protective covers And Pillow cases isn’t good! The mattress in the main bedroom is uncomfortable, springy and the bed creeks a lot! You just need to sit on the bed to hear it creek. also in the other bedrooms the mattresses/ beds are not any better in terms of being more comfy. As this is a holiday let I would recommend the owners invest in some good mattresses, after all a good night sleep is sometimes all that is needed when holidaying away from home.

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• Yamini - Verified booking

  First time, I booked a holiday cottage without reading other customer reviews.

  So when I got back home, I promised to write one, so that others can benefit. Purely based on property photos and description provided on the sykes website, I booked it. The cottage looks and feels 100% like the photos and description on the website. Lovely old slate cottage from the outside with traditional interiors inside. It was very clean, cosy, comfortable and very functional (modern). It is maintained to a very high standard and the owners have done a fantastic job of furnishing it and their attention to detail was amazing. You cannot beat the location, it is just behind the Porthmadog harbour, the heritage train station and walking (5 mins) distance to a number of pubs/eating places and the town center for super markets (Tesco, Aldi, Lidl). We reached the place in the middle of the night and got lost due to following the sat nav only. I suggest you follow the Sat nav instruction to a point, after that pls follow the instruction provided by the property owner, you would make it easily. We spent a week here and explored the North Wales and Snowdonia national park, drove to most places and spent the day outside, but we very much looked forward to coming back to the cosy cottage to spend our evenings in the warm lounge, rest in the cosy bed in the night and wake up to a hot power shower in the morning, We felt home away from home !!! I highly recommend this place for families visiting Wales.

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• Angela - Verified booking

  We could not recommend this property more highly!

  What a fabulous holiday home in a great location right by the harbour, less than 5 minutes walk from the High Street and with pubs and restaurants within a minutes walk. We had no problems with parking right outside the house and there are 2 carpark within 30 seconds walk from the house. The house is spotlessly clean and has been furnished to a high standard. The kitchen is extremely well equipped, the lounge area is very comfortable and the games room on the first floor went down very well with our 11 year old and 14 year old giving them plenty to do and their own space. All beds were very comfortable with nice, super clean bedding. Plenty of storage too for clothes and for once a good amount of hangers! Loved the wireless charging bedside lamps in the huge master bedroom! Lovely clean bathroom with a huge walk in shower with plenty of hot water. The house was very warm with a good heating system and a good electric fire in the lounge. The communication from the owners was great both prior to our arrival and whilst we were staying. We appreciated the extra touches like the boxes of tissues, cleaning products in the kitchen, extra loo rolls, board games, videos & tourist info in the lounge side table. Thank you Mark & Nat, we will be back!

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• Mrs Sue Mcgowan - Verified booking

  Although we found the booking process a little confusing with emails from separate sites which didn't appear to be linked, we would still book again as we fell in love with the cottage. Hosts ,Tom and Bren, were superb. Were there to meet us on arrival in awful weather and in the dark, but without any complaint. The cottage was everything and more that we could have wished for . Very child friendly too. Play area for the children and very safe. Beautiful views, surrounded by fields and hills, quiet and relaxing and within 20-30 mins drive of everywhere we wanted to go and local attractions such as the slate caverns, Portmadog, Betwyscoed, Snowdonia, Pwllhelli. We had everything we needed in the cottage, and more. Very clean, tidy, loved the quirkiness of it. There is a local Tesco within 1 mile drive if extra provisions are needed. There is also a pub, but we were there for a family gathering so had all we needed in the cottage. Everything you need in the kitchen for cooking a family meal for 8. A few games, lots of books, TV, DVD and Chromecast. Overall superb, would definitely recommend this beautiful quaint cottage.

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