Last Minute Cottages 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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• 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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• Julie - Verified booking

  Overall, a lovely and quaint cottage - just need to mind your head in a few places if fairly tall!

  !! Well situated for the local shops and visiting the surrounding area - ideal location. Great to have a fully enclosed garden for the dog as well. One down side we have to mention was the cleanliness of the food waste bins. On arrival there was an off smell in the kitchen which we found was coming from the grey food bin under the kitchen sink - it hadn't been emptied and the food inside was mouldy. Took it outside to put in the green food waste bin to find flies milling around the lid and when opened the bin was full of food waste and the smell was horrendous so this hadn't been emptied either! We took the both bins and emptied them into the black waste wheelie bin at the bottom of the garden but left the green bin there as it was disgusting inside. The grey bin we took back and cleaned it out. Surprised the bins are not checked by the cleaners because this is a health hazard. We put the waste bins out (including the recycling) for Thursday as per the cottage information instructions; the black bin was emptied but the recycling wasn't collected - perhaps the information needs to be updated as there is no mention of putting the food waste bin out at all which is why we found the bins in the state they were?

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• Stacey - Verified booking

  Back from a lovely weeks stay.

  We were welcomed by the owner and generous scones and cream tea. The cottage was charming with an airy feel and extremely comfortable beds! The kids loved the novelty of sleeping upstairs whilst we were downstairs and having their own ensuite. We were asked if we wanted the hottub on for our arrival and then were told it would be the next day but we didn't mind. The hottub was also not wood-fired and was in an outbuilding which was a bit of a let down as the scenery and views are spectacular, but, the children enjoyed it. 'Blackrock' was the cottage next door and we stayed in 'Leghorn' on the end. The garden is a little suntrap for early evening lounges - we brought our own picnic blankets. We got to meet the resident, free-range goat who is rather a character. So quiet apart from the sounds of nature and livestock. Our favourite go-to was Charlestown which we well recommend along with The Eden Project.

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