“How have I not been to Wales?”
I mean I have been as child. But I do not remember Wales being this spectacular. The landscape is magnificent. Our week spent at Pentre Fawr was great. End of October too! Thankfully the weather was good, answered prayers that one! The location itself is really lovely, some of the early morning views of low levels clouds touching the hills with the sun starting to pierce through — truly magical. I took pics! The barn was great, very clean, comfortable, spacious. Working wood burning stove, which made it very cosy! But central heating was an option to. The central heating was very good actually, it took very little time to warm up, thanks to the thermostat control. Very efficient. I was also TV, with the latest apps, WiFi, so kids were happy. The hot tub was ace! And with such views it was really something special. It was also quite large so the kids loved it too. I will definitely go back. Our week cost around £600. Because it was end of October, for sure, but it was an absolute bargain. Our only criticisms would be minor. 1) the shower upstairs in the bathroom, the water pressure was awful. And the showerhead was quite small, so it felt like you were showering under a large slow running tap. 2) The wooden decking outside, and especially around the hot tub is super slippery. This is just an unfortunate reality of wooden decking. However, what we would love to see, is perhaps a rubber nonslip mat between the back door and the hot tub. In the end, we had to lay down a beach towel permanently, to safely make it to the hot tub. My son (7yrs old) did slip and fall down, he was a bit shaken, but thankfully it wasn’t bad. 3) the hot tub, is perhaps showing its age a little. Some of the bubble jets don’t work as well as others. Also a plastic panel near the controls kept falling off, and we had to fix it back on. These really are minor quibbles. As the hot tub is still really good. 4) Also - this is not a criticism of the cottage. I would love information on how to get to Great Rhos, which is a mountain close by. It’s one of the reasons why I chose the location. We ended up in a wood near new Radnor, walking up a logging track. And we didn’t really seem to find great Rhos. There didn’t seem to be many signs or parking or information. 5) lastly, I would’ve loved some information on potential walks that you can take from the actual cottage. Some of the surrounding hills, and landscape, is so enticing, but we were completely clueless as to whether you could actually walk across what seem to be farmland, land, where animals were grazing. some of the hills out the back of the cottage looked amazing. And I would very much like to have walked up them, but I had no idea whether there was a way to? Overall, we had a fantastic time Pentre Fawr. He gets a very happy thumbs up. I would go back, and I would certainly recommend it to anyone, wanting a relaxing retreat, that can also facilitate families, in a really spectacular location.
We are so glad that you had such a lovely holiday with us. We were disappointed that you didn't mention to us the issue with the hot tub whilst you were staying- we have since checked the hot tub and two of the jets were turned off - each jet has to be turned on individually on the hot tub controls- some guests prefer to turn the jets off and use the hot tub without the jets as it is more relaxing or you can turn them down so that they aren't as powerful. We do appreciate the decking can be slippy especially now in October when the weather has been so wet. We will be putting a mat between the outside door and the hot tub for guests use in the future. Our guest book does have lots of information regarding the surrounding area and also has details of local walks that are recommended although we cant put everything in the booklet. Great Rhos mountain isn't local to our cottage but had you mentioned to us we may have been able to direct you. We do hope you visit us again maybe in the summer months.
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