Villas In Charlestown

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Mr Tim Ketton-Locke - Verified booking

  The house is lovely with great décor. The themes blend in well and the kitchen is well equipped. The house is very clean and still has that new build feel. We stayed here, 2 children and 3 adults and loads of space. The soundproofing with the glass doors is good. The location is an excellent jumping off point, very close to a number of National Trust and beaches. Thank you. Places worth visiting- Flambards - if you have children or like a theme park - note free returns as much as you like for 7 days. Calyon Bay- stoney beach good for sheds and local swim. Polmear - stoney beach with some sand good for shells, not easy access and very small car park. Lost Garden of Heligan- Brilliant loads of great walks, recommend annual pass as save money after two visits. Farm shop there good and restaurant great. Mevagissey- use first carpark for all day parking £7. You can pay £5 and top up if needed. Post 2pm use next carpark as £2 is till next day. The first carpark is Willow carpark. The next one round the town is River Street. The Teacup tearoom is excellent, best scones and cream tea. No booking and very small. Looe- Great beach and lovely town. Best fish and chips EVER is in Ben Plaice. It's out of the town, but worth the drive and has parking. Gylly Beach - The beach café is great, parking cheap £4 or £5 for whole day. Park next to the beach if you arrive early otherwise by field next door. Falmouth - Great town can spend a good day wondering. We went to Fuel which have lovely staff and great food. Fowey - Kittows has a great selection or cheese and BBQ food. Brown Sugar does great food using Kittows products. Ruby's Ice Cream, the milkshakes are amazing. St Austell Brewery - Has the Hicks Bar, but also a shop selling local beers and wines cheaper. Worth a visit. Ozzell Bowl - small 8 lane 10 pin bowling, with slots 2p/10p machines and soft play. Charles Town - great place to eat of an evening, worth looking for events on The Lady Daphne, great music. Lanhydrock - great day out and excellent visitors attraction in the house. Long walk to the house, you can hire bikes there for off roading. Truro - great historic town with lovely Cathedral. Avoid the 10 pin bowling. Edies - Amazing local family friendly restaurant.

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• Joanne - Verified booking

  Great accomodation in fantastic location.

  Definitely recommend trips to Charlestown, Mevagissey, Fowey, Eden project and Lost Gardens of Helligan. Flat was spotlessly clean when we arrived which was reassuring in light of covid pandemic. Private beach was perfect with sand and clear water and plenty of space for social distancing (although no shade so take an umberella if it is hot). Takes about 10mins to walk down from the flat and fairly steep path so not ideal for those with mobility issues (steps down to last bit of beach). Flat was very comfortable and kitchen well stocked for cooking an evening meal. Dishwasher would have been a good addition. The email did say they would provide soap and surface spray but neither was there when we arrived so had to buy our own. We were also asked to take duvets and pillows/ sheets due to covid as well a our own towels. I am glad we did as the only negative about the flat was the bedding. The mattress covers were tatty and didn't fit well and the pillows (although clean) were about an inch thick. The flat was furnished to a high standard and so I am suprised owners have not responded to the numerous complaints about the bedding as this really lets the place down. That said if you are taking your own it doesn't really matter. You might want to take matress covers as well. The balcony was a welcome addition although the patio furniture is rather tatty and could do with replacing. There is a second smaller patio area off the lounge which is really too small to use but does allow some privacy when opening the french doors to let some air in if it is hot. Several local takeaways deliver on Just Eat if you fancy a night in. Would have been 5 stars across the board if bedding and patio furniture had been up to scratch.

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• Nigel - Verified booking

  1) We tried to recycle as per instructions in the welcome pack.

  Someone else put their recycling in the bin marked 18, which we believe to be our rubbish bin. Having searched the bin store we could find no other recycling receptacle. There was only 1 black bag in the apartment which was already in the bin. So we were unable to use a bin bag for our recycling. We removed other people's recycling from our bin, including glass bottles. Other holiday lets had full sized wheelie bins for their recycling. 2) The light in the main bathroom flashed when turned on, continued to flash and then turned itself off. We text the housekeeper, earlier in the week about this, but received no reply. 3) A tea towel was left in the washing machine, damp. we rewashed and ironed it, but it was not ours so we left it in the apartment. 4) Ice cream and frozen vegetables were left in the top shelf of the freezer from previous tenants. These items were not ours. 5) we cleaned tomato ketchup off the strut between two kitchen cabinets. 6) The drain in the en suite shower was VERY slow to drain. 7) The parking space for No.18 is difficult to access because of over hanging vegetation. 8) When checking our bedrooms to ensure we had all our belongings we found mattress protectors under the bed which we put in the bath with other laundry. We had no mattress protectors actually on our mattresses.

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• Mrs Serle - Verified booking

  We had a fabulous family Christmas here - 2 adults, our 4 children (teens+early 20s) plus 2 dogs. As other reviewers have said, the property is immaculate. I still cannot believe how a place so spotless can be so genuinely welcoming to dogs. Food bowls and filled water bowls set out for the dogs on arrival, along with lovely treats for the people, and a beautifully decorated Christmas tree- thank you! We have stayed in many holiday cottages over the years and even though I loved most of them, I never unpack, instead I just live out of my bag for the week. This time the house was so clean and warm, with no ‘holiday house damp drawer smell’ that I unpacked immediately. Much easier! The location is very quiet and peaceful, with a lovely view over a field of horses, but it is only a short walk in to the town. There are several supermarkets 5 to 10 mins away by car and there are lots of beautiful beaches and walks nearby. The house is fully equipped, even down to having rechargeable torches in sockets in the kitchen and upstairs hall, and there is an outside tap and hose to clean dogs and wellies after muddy walks. Martin called a few days before we went, to welcome us and to check we knew how to get in, which was very kind. We all thoroughly recommend staying here!

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• David - Verified booking

  We stayed at Pirata in September 2024.

  We had a very mixed stay with the property. Firstly the plus points - The location is excellent and off road parking in Charlestown is at a premium so it was great that this was included. The kitchen was generally well equipped (however missing the microwave that was advertised) and the beds were comfortable. Unfortunately this was outweighed by the negatives. The cottage had not been cleaned prior to our arrival and we were unable to contact the owners. Sykes were eventually able to contact them the next day, but we had to spend a night in used beds. The bathroom was very dated, smelled damp and had an old flickering halogen light which only turned on intermittently. The bedroom had french doors looking out onto decking, which should have been lovely, however the doors were warped and did not close properly, the week we visited was cold and wet and there was therefore a constant draft from the doors making it impossible to warm the lower portion of the property. We were provided with a nominal refund for the lack of housekeeping on the first day, but this did not cover even 1/10th of the cost of the stay. Overall would not recommend, although as noted above location, parking and nearby Charlestown are fantastic.

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