Dog Friendly Newton Stewart Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Deb - Verified booking

  We loved the cottage and its remote situation.

  The directions were clear and after a long journey travelling over two days from Southern England this was much appreciated! The whole place was clean and tidy - I hope we left it as we found it. We also appreciated the little welcome pack of basics - the scones especially! We loved the village and the walk to the harbour - we had a meal at the pub one evening with our family who live nearby and sat outside watching the sun go down - lovely! The walk to the headland is beautiful and allowed our dog a bit of "off lead" time. They had seen dolphins out in the bay the previous week so we were very disappointed not to make a sighting and teased them that they had "bigged up" the place too much!! In fact we had a wonderful holiday - the local villages were nice, we visited two botanical gardens on the peninsula. And the weather was perfect too. It was just sad that we had to cut our stay short because of commitments at home. We intend to return to visit my cousin again and would stay in the cottage another time if its available. Thank you

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• Barry - Verified booking

  Beautiful remote location if you want to unwind.

  However the cottage is very dated and in need of some modernisation and a deep clean. When we arrived there was no key in the safe as promised so after driving over 200 miles we had to phone the owner and wait for the cleaner to bring the keys. After sitting on the drive for an hour we eventually had access to the property which was cold as the heating had been switched off found several unacceptable issues including dirty bedding ( paw prints and dog hairs on pillows and bedding). Dog poo on the garden, overturned garden furniture, mucky streaks on patio doors, cobwebs hanging in lounge, sofa spring broke, black mould on shower curtain and in cupboards, drawers in wardrobe that could not be opened and conservatory furniture in desperate need of a deep clean. It would appear issues have been raised or logged by previous guests but not acted upon. First time we have ever been disappointed with a Sykes cottage holiday.

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• Michelle - Verified booking

  We had a lovely holiday in your beautiful cottage.

  Very cosy, with comfortable beds, the cottage was lovely & warm. Thank you for the thoughtful supplies you left, much appreciated. We noted the message about the wobbly loo seat & shelf & set about putting them right. We found the missing shelf pin & put it back in place. The loo seat was secured with metal fixings purchased in Kirkcudbright, until your repair can be done. Very effective! Unfortunately we did have a little accident with one of the tall glasses falling off the draining board on our last morning. Very sorry about this, it'll teach us to congratulate ourselves too early on successfully completed the week with no damage! We purchased some tablespoons to add to your supply of cutlery as a gift, it was a little difficult to serve things out with the smaller ones. That being our only complaint. All in all we had a perfect week & would recommend your cottage to everyone

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• Lynda - Verified booking

  We were unable to take our holiday and offered it to our niece, Stephanie and her partner Harry.

  We advised Sykes who were happy with the transfer at no extra cost, while we remained responsible for the holiday. Stephanie and Harry loved it and this is what they said: Key points: - Lovely accommodation. Spacious, airy, and spotlessly clean. - Shower is amazing! Again, spacious and very clean. Lovely deep bath. - Very quiet, peaceful location less than 10mins walk from the town centre and less than 10mins walk from the waterside. - Surrounded by gorgeous countryside and walks/beaches you can reach in 20mins in the car. - Wigtown centre is very nice, unexpectedly amazing array of hand make cakes! - The owners are super helpful, very approachable and keen to share great tips for places to visit. - The owners left nice little touches for us, a bottle of wine, some disposable slippers. Lent us some sun chairs to use as well.

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• Anton - Verified booking

  Holiday originally booked for March 2020!

  ! We finally arrived this year and we were not disappointed. Accommodation was lovely, clean, spacious and everything you need to have a relaxing holiday. Friendly welcome when we arrived and thank you for our welcome treats. Location good for walks locally. Plenty of places to explore and visit including lots of forest walks. Portpatrick, Isle of Whithorn, Mull of Galloway and Port William are just a few of the places we visited. The areas and scenery are just stunning!! The Steam Packet Inn at Isle of Whithorn is well worth a visit for both a drink or food. The Bladnoch Inn which is walkable from Hillcrest House good for Sunday Carvery. All in all a good holiday and we were really lucky with the weather. Would highly recommend and hope to return one day.

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