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A complimentary hamper will be awaiting you on your arrival containing milk, tea, fresh coffee, bread, butter, eggs, juice, wine and cheese, along with other essential items to prepare a light snack or breakfast. There may be some regional variations.
A complimentary starter pack will be awaiting you on your arrival containing fresh coffee, tea, sugar, fresh milk and biscuits.
A complimentary starter pack will be awaiting for you on your arrival containing fresh coffee, tea, sugar, fresh milk and biscuits.
A Norfolk complimentary starter pack will be awaiting for you on your arrival containing fresh coffee, tea, sugar, fresh milk and biscuits.
A Suffolk complimentary starter pack will be awaiting for you on your arrival containing fresh coffee, tea, sugar, fresh milk and biscuits.
A Dorset complimentary starter pack will be awaiting for you on your arrival containing fresh coffee, tea, sugar, fresh milk and biscuits.
A Cornish complimentary starter pack will be awaiting for you on your arrival containing, Tea, Coffee, Fudge, Shortbread, Sugar, Milk, Salt and Pepper.
A Yorkshire complimentary starter pack will be awaiting for you on your arrival containing fresh coffee, tea, sugar, fresh milk and biscuits.
A Cotswolds complimentary starter pack will be awaiting for you on your arrival containing fresh coffee, tea, sugar, fresh milk and biscuits.
An Isle of Wight complimentary starter pack will be awaiting for you on your arrival containing fresh coffee, tea, sugar, fresh milk and biscuits.
A Glamping complimentary starter pack will be awaiting for you on your arrival containing fresh coffee, tea, sugar, fresh milk and biscuits.
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Excellent in all respects, super clean, comfortable and cosy cottage, just perfect! Comfy beds, loads of space for our family, a well equipped kitchen - better than mine at home to be honest! - and we loved the Welcome Hamper, a really lovely touch. Could not fault this lovely cottage, will definitely be going back!
Cosy, well equipped cottage in a lovely location nestled in a dell in the woods.
The cottage was very comfortable and to the usual quality we have come to expect from Rural Retreats. It was set in a lovely rural location and had a real hideaway feel about it. Great walks straight from the cottage and lots to do in the area. The only reason I have deducted a star is that the housekeeping wasn't quite as spot on as previous Rural Retreat cottages and we felt its location at the end of a long, single track, steep and winding road with only a few passing places, should have been emphasised more in the information prior to booking. We were glad we had arrived in daylight!!
Great well equipped property in a fabulous, very peaceful location, would certainly stay here again.
Friday travel on the roads is horrendous and we had 2 journeys up and back that were truly awful. The journey home to Somerset took 10 hours! and threatened to negate what had been a superb holiday. There were 4 sheep in the field in front of the house which meant the boys couldn't play with the dog out front. Lastly there were no tea bags in our hamper. However the cottage was perfect and we enjoyed climbing Snowdon, walking in the Bodnant garden and Zip World.
Arriving in the fading light we were presented with a wonderful sight. Our cottage looked so much better than in the brochure. Very well appointed (except for wine glasses and teaspoons) with the best welcome pack we have ever had. All of us really enjoyed the isolation, wonderful walks and amenities offered both in the cottage and in the estate, we all plan to return.
Lovely remote location, cottage was very comfortable and we soon settled in. The upstairs toilet stopped working part way through the holiday but it was soon fixed. We struggled with the log burner as it kept going out which was a shame and had to buy some logs as the initial supply was limited and we could not get in touch with housekeeping due to the New Year holiday. We will definitely be back as the area is beautiful and we loved the estate, particularly the gardens and the food shop.
Thank you to all the people involved in running the cottages at the Bodnant Estate. We had a brilliant stay and we would book this again.
Lovely cottage and location, as we have come to expect from Rural Retreats. Just two minor comments: (1) the food hamper was smaller and more limited than we have had in other Rural Retreats properties, (2) the lighting in the lounge area was very dim, making it impossible to read there in the evenings even with all the lights on - to read anything we had to go into the kitchen where the lights are much brighter!
Thank you for your lovely review of Tyddyn Derwen. I am pleased that you enjoyed the cottage and location and I will pass your comments on to the Bodnant Estate.
Please see above have filled in all comments there. Nothing negative to say all positivee
Lovely cottage
Should be stressed that as well as no Phone Landline,there is no Mobile Signal. Also , very difficult or impossible to access in Wet or Icy conditions without a 4X4
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