Isles of Scilly Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Alan - Verified booking

  What an absolute pleasure staying here.

  So clean tidy and everything plus some to help make your stay enjoyable and easy to use.Every type of pot pan and appliance you could ever need made us want to cook every day as opposed to eating out such a pleasure. We even made breakfast and dinners to take out, walked 50yds with steaming hot food to the sea front and ate with the sea breeze and views stunning. It was an a fantastic holiday location for fit walkers and short strollers like me.We would walk into Penzance as a group at a slow pace and i would catch the bus back,the others in the group would walk both ways and enjoy every moment of it.It was a brilliant location base for the area 10 steps out the door and you got a bus anywhere from Lands End to Exeter.such a pleasure not having to drive to site see the beautiful area not to mention the local ales that we could sample and get transported home. The views from the open top buses beats the driving every time as you only get to see your final destination by car on the bus the whole area comes to view.A fantastic location to explore the area and you want for nothing at the house to make your stay pleasurable and comfortable.

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• E - Verified booking

  Lovely Cottage, really well equipped except for the fridge which was far too small for a family of 4 who wanted to self cater!

  The lounge was really comfy and cosy, some really nice touches such as the blankets. Loved the big corner sofa. Bedrooms were lovely and big and beautifully simply decorated with some great finishing touches. This cottage has lots of thoughtful touches such as the storage unit in the bathroom, the basket of board games, the pile of DVD's and the gorgeous scones and clotted cream on arrival. The only slight downside is Kenegie Manor itself, it's all a bit run down, the shop opens erratic hours as does the restaurant. The one night we went to use it they had stopped serving food early as they were too busy..... They did helpfully supply us with numbers of takeaways that delivered to the Manor though!! Amazing area to visit would highly recommend Mermaid pleasure boats - we went out and saw seals and dolphins. Also the Minnack Theatre had a great children's show - fabulous fun for everyone. Would also recommend Tremenhere Landscape Gardens just minutes from Kenegie Manor, we had a lovely lunch there and beautiful and interesting gardens.

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• Lee - Verified booking

  When we arrived at the property @ 5pm, we went to the the key safe to find no key, I called Sykes, we were worried that there wouldn't be anyone to answer the call, when there was 5 of us with no accommodation!

  Lucky enough we got a lady called Laura, who said she would contact the owners, we got a call from the owners, who were very sorry & the housekeeper was on her way, about 1/2 hour later she turned up & said have you checked the key safe? To which we replied yes & that's why we called, when she checked of course there was no key, she said I normally check this! Of course when she opened the door with her keys, the other keys were inside. We also got a text from Laura saying that they were offering us a credit towards food & drink, we are still waiting for this as I have emailed a few times now & no reply We only booked with Sykes because we had a voucher from a previous rental, that we complained about The only fault with this property is it is on the main road, so is very noisy, even with the noise reduction that was carried out at the property, because of this we wouldn't stay in this property again

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• John - Verified booking

  We understood that Bell Cottage was situated within a Holiday Park and that the property was in a terrace, what was not made clear was that this cottage although privately owned was one of a considerable number of similar cottages.

  I doubt we would have made the booking had we realized this. There was no privacy to sit outside and the garden furniture needs replacing. We noted your advice to park thoughtfully - it was a shame other residents did not and on a number of occasions when returning after a meal out we had to park in the main car park. A big advantage was that the cottage was cool in the living room and the sofa was very comfortable and was throughout very clean. It was a nice touch to have flowers and the biscuits and fruit juice. We lost WiFi on the Thursday and the owners were really kind and helpful and arranged for an engineer to visit which we really appreciated. The downside for us was the location, parking and we felt the price was somewhat steep. However this was Cornwall following a pandemic and in the height of season but we do feel your description of the cottage is not truly reflective.

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• Ffion - Verified booking

  We throughly enjoyed our stay at 5 Parc Terrace.

  Newlyn is a lovely village with lovely restaurants (Mackrel Sky Seafood, The Bridge) Café (Duke St Cafe) and Pubs (The Swordfish) all of which are dog friendly. The house is in a perfect location to walk to Penzance and Mousehole and a bus route which runs through can also be used to get to other areas/sights of Cornwall. This information written in the welcome pack would have been useful. The house was on a steep hill, a good way to walk off the food and drinks, and we were lucky with parking to have had a pace on the road just outside the house. The house itself was decorated lovely, clean and was everything we needed for a week with our dog. The gifts on arrival were a lovely touch! Thank you for a lovely week and we would definitely recommend to stay here as a base for exploring Cornwall

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