Holiday Apartments in Wales

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Mrs Treadwell - Verified booking

  We loved staying in this 2nd floor flat overlooking the beach in Tenby, Do not be put off by the frontage of the flat. Once you are in, and up the two flights of stairs, you enter an incredibly comfortable, beautifully decorated, spacious flat. Quality bedding and furniture, everything you could imagine needing in the kitchen and such wonderful views. We carefully moved one of the sofas to the window so, with the two arm chairs, we were all available to admire the views. The best thing about the views are that they are changing all the time whether it be the tide, the weather, activity on the beach or people, passing by, Double glazing makes this a very quiet flat apart from occasional noise from upstairs (but nothing that bothered us). Very efficient central heating which can be left on timed, thermostat adjusted and/or turned on manually to override the timer. You can’t help but love this flat. Location is great as, while being on the seafront, it is also 20 or so steps from the shops and a maximum of 5 minute walk to the little Tescos. There is also a bigger Sainsbury’s less than 10 minutes away, We used two car parks, one by Poundland just round the corner and on one occasion the multi-storey above Sainsbury’s for a full 48 hour period. We suggest you book the holiday and then factor in the parking cost in your mind before you go then it doesn’t seem so bad when you get there! Parking was £10 or £12 a day and the machines can take cash or we used the phone app to renew each day from the comfort of the flat. Most days we explored the town and roads above the two beaches, walked on the beaches and explored the little shops but there are plenty of places to go from here that are farther afield. We would have liked to have taken the boat from the harbour below us over to Caldey Island but the weather didn’t match our timings. We do recommend you drive out to St David’s to see the ruined, but very interesting, Bishop’s Palace and St David’s Cathedral. It was an hour and quarter drive each way and we spent most of the day there including a lovely lunch in the refectory cafe in the cathedral. A fantastic holiday in an apartment We wish we lived in!!

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• Allie - Verified booking

  On arrival, out of respect, I took my shoes off but unfortunately the carpet in the bedroom was soaking wet.

  When discussed with staff, they said it had been deep cleaned prior to us arriving. The cabin was clean and well presented but unfortunately with the carpet being so wet, there was a strong damp smell throughout. The shower was cold. This was mentioned to the reception staff, no one came to sort it. Due to having PTSD, I have a service dog. I explained this to staff but unfortunately this wasn’t passed down and I was repeatedly questioned by multiple staff (some lovely, some not so kind) about this even though she had her labelled harness on. Unfortunately, 1 member of the bar staff was extremely rude- when I went to the bar to get a drink she was standing with her work colleague, looked me up and down and said to her work colleague ‘You can sort that one’. There was a dog roaming around outside the cabins, pooing everywhere which the owner didn’t clean up even though there are lots of dog bins. I had to point this out to staff. I refuse to pick up other people’s dogs poo. On leaving, there were two males sat in their car on the carpark right outside reception smoking very strong cannabis. Marian staff were seen walking past the car but nothing was mentioned. The car parking spaces were small and the disabled parking spaces were small too, there was only 4 and were being used by people in large trucks with no blue badges displayed. As a disabled badge owner, this is extremely frustrating!! I would like to say on a positive note- Jason the handyman was an absolute godsend and I wished I got to thank him before we left.

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• Mr Anthony Armitage - Verified booking

  The reason for the low Equipment and Comfort/Quality is that our overall feeling is that although the property has a great location, it suffers from a general feeling of being tired, e.g. the two sofas have definitely seen better days, with tears or scratches on the 3 seater and feeling the metal frame when you sit down. We had distrubed nights sleep due to the motion sensitive lights recently installed in the bedroom passage. In my opionion, too many lights, too bright and too sensitive(they even seem to be activated by motion on the stairs). The front bedroom didnt have any way to keep the sash window open to get fresh air into it. My feeling is that the oven temperature control is broken. I cooked an indian ready meal at the lower of the recommended temperatures which should have taken 25 minutes. I checked it after 13 minutes and discovered that the plastic trays containing the meal were melting! A great location, but not the quality we would have expected given the price.

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• Gemma - Verified booking

  Our lodge was in a lovely spot, up in the corner and a short walk to the facilities.

  It was clean but did have a dog smell. (I chose a doggie lodge as I wanted the option to invite a friend I was visiting in Wales over for coffee with her dogs, but we always went out!). The shower was big and always had plenty of hot water. The spa was a bit disappointing. The jacuzzi was attached to the pool and was cold (we had goosebumps!), the sauna had 'turned itself off' so was only 50 rather than 80 as it heated back up, but the steam room was good. We ate at the restaurant the first night and enjoyed our food and drinks. We were given vegan custard without being told it was vegan, but the colour and consistency of it looked all wrong. This was sorted quickly and yummy ice-cream was brought out very quickly to go with the delicious sticky toffee pudding! Huge range of cocktails on offer too.

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• Mrs Marina Roux - Verified booking

  Nothing against Original Cottages, description and communications were great. Unfortunately the property was not up to our expectations. Property wasn’t cleaned before our arrival. Had to hoover and do the dust ourselves . Bedsheets were not freshly laundered ( probably has been changed weeks ahead). Plus the choice of very poor quality bedsheets. Not matching and nearly grey of colour. . Smelled of dust and humidity. Mattress was the wrong side up, so we had absolutely terrible first night sleep. Kitchen equipment was ok, but sofas and a cushions in a sitting room are very tied. Bug and dead spiders inside the picture frames. Very disappointing, as we didn’t have a relaxing stay as we wished for. Will not be back to the same property.

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