Villas In Portland

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Nigel - Verified booking

  Excellent location, very convenient for shops and the local pubs.

  A great place to set off walking from too. Portland was a new venue for us, everyone was so welcoming we loved it. Great cafe's in the area, lovely coastal walking and plenty to visit by car too. Inside the accommodation was spacious, loads of room for 4 people. The kitchen/breakfast area has a decent table to eat or work at, and there was also a nice corner settee, perfectly placed for watching the tv. The sitting room is huge, plenty of comfy seating, with a wood burner and tv. Three toilets, two showers and a bath, as well as a utility room with a washing machine. You do hear the church clock chime, but with the double glazed windows closed it didn't disturb us at all, and there was almost no road noise. A decent outside area too, so you could relax in the evening after a day's exploring with your favourite tipple, or a bbq. We will certainly visit again.

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• Simon - Verified booking

  We had a lovely week at St.

  Johns View on Portland. The house is very comfortable, with all facilities, a real home for home. The location is right next to the church and while bells do ring on the hour it didnt really affect us. The road up to the house is quite narrow and with parked cars you sometimes have to mount the pavement to avoid, but it was never an issue, just added to the character of the place. With 3 local pubs close by, a Co-Op convenience and a fish and chip at the end of the road, you really dont need to drive every day while staying there. The bus service is excellent, with buses every 15 minutes or so into Weymouth or towards Portland Bill. I had a great day walking circumventing the whole Island on the coastal path and thoroughly recommend doing that - with proper hiking shoes!

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• Sarah - Verified booking

  Lovely cottage very comfortable and everything you'd need for a great holiday (minus a puzza cutter), but new carpet created lots of dust and dirty socks and slippers.

  Parking availability varied, but other streets nearby had space. It's an old seaside town with old cottages, so narrow steep roads, not for you if you don't know your cars' dimensions or can't walk hills. I have a large saloon and coped fine, but you won't always be right outside the row of cottages. Access down a set of steps to the road parallel to the sea means ease of access to food places and pubs and the beach. Pubs worth booking in advance as they aren't big and very popular. Cove Inn especially but also recommend the Blue fish cafe and Quiddels. Loads to walk to locally like Portland Castle, DDay & WW2 museum owned by locals and an outdoor activity centre. No flyers in the cottage and the park had limited info re local enterprises so hopefully info above helpful.

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• Ian - Verified booking

  We loved our stay at St Johns View.

  This is the best cottage we have rented through Sykes so far. The location is great with everything we needed nearby, although the road to the cottage is quite narrow I found it to be no problem as it's one way so you never meet oncoming traffic and parking was also easy on the property's own drive. The cottage was very clean, comfortable and quite a lot bigger than expected, with all rooms being a generous size, well maintained and equipped with everything we could have wanted. Although we didn't use it much because we were out exploring all day, the garden was lovely too. We had a great week, in fact I must admit that I didn't want to leave. If we return to the area I will be hoping to book again. Thanks for a lovely stay.

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• Priti - Verified booking

  On arrival, the rented property was filthy; stains everywhere, dirty surfaces and disgusting carpet and bathrooms (you couldn't walk anywhere barefoot).

  The apartment also had a sweaty odour. The communal areas were also filthy and smelly. The second issue was that the ensuite toilet did not flush properly. The third issue was that I was being bitten in the night (and at no other time so it was something in the bed). I wasted more than half of my holiday waiting for cleaners, maintenance and pest people and none of the issues were fully resolved. The Sykes call handlers had zero empathy or willingness to help. When you spend £1000, you expect better than this. In fact, I considered moving after the first day and saw much nicer properties on Airbnb for the same money. My holiday has been ruined and I would like compensation.

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