Holiday Cottages In Carbis Bay

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Fiona - Verified booking

  We had a lovely stay, the accommodation is spacious and well equipped for self catering.

  Location is amazing for Carbis Bay Beach, train to St Ives a short walk from the apartment so lots of positives. Bedrooms comfortable and bathrooms good size. We would look to book again! Some constructive feedback, we did enjoy our stay but did find a few things slightly frustrating. We arrived later than expected in the dark and rain. The information about the carpark and sign for Sowena were really difficult to see, it took us about 20 minutes driving in and out, looking up the road to find the correct property. There is no mention about the parking space being behind a locked gate, only accessible once you’re inside. Also we were lucky there were a few strong adults, as the gate is really arduous and I was almost hit by the long beam as the wind blew it from its resting place and fell down, while waiting for the car to drive in. I feel like this process is making something that should be quite simple very complicated and tricky. There were also quite a few pieces of broken decking with exposed nails around the garden and we had a 4 year old, so not safe at all. I couldn’t find the bin or recycling area (obviously not intentional or your fault) but the bin was eventually found after walking up Headland Rd and at another property. Also I completely appreciate you wanting to prevent moisture build up etc, but as I’m on holiday, being asked to use chemical spray and wipe down showers after every use is just too much. One other slight negative would be the quite late check in and rather early check out, we felt that it could be either 11am - 4pm or 10am - 3pm. One extra hour either side would I’m sure be appreciated by future guests, I understand the time needed for cleaning but a little compromise.

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• John - Verified booking

  Had an excellent at Gennaker, the property was clean, light and had a high standard of appliances and furniture.

  The location was convenient for touring the South West, we normally stay in St. Ives and was nice to not be in the constant traffic jam trying to get into St.Ives. It was convenient to the south west coastal path to walk into St. Ives (especially as it meant we passed the awesome Porthminster beach and cafe on the walk). It was a short walk to Carbis Beach which is safe, quite and very very clean (only thing to be aware of, its a VERY steep walk so is hard work on the walk back). As in other reviews the walls are pretty thin so you can hear the neighbors, tbh this was not a big deal for us as we spent most of our time outside of the apartment. One important piece of feedback for the owner (which I believe has been repeated in other reviews), the instructions for the heating make no sense. They talk of turning a dial to 1, there are no dials on the heating controls only buttons. Luckily I have seen this type of heating control before so could work out how to turn the under floor heating on. However, if you have not seen this type of unit before it is VERY confusing, there are buttons on the control unit, buttons on the boiler and then dials on the thermostat in each room. I REALLY think you need to look at these instructions as the 'stress' of trying to work out the heating unit is a bad start to any holiday. Anyhoo, we had a fab stay and apart from the heating instructions which is a minor minor point, this is a very good property which is good value for money. Thanks so much

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• Testimonial - Verified booking

  "The Sowena apartment was fantastic, very clean, modern, comfortable and very well equipped, was like a home from home.

  It is in an ideal location for the surrounding attractions and Carbis Bay's own beach is beautiful. We enjoyed using the train into St Ives and as a family of six plus a toddler we were able to purchase a return ticket for only £6 !!!!... then could use the same ticket on that day to continue into Penzance !! The Tesco store being just a few minutes drive away in the car was ideal for shopping. We visited the zoo at Newquay but didn't realise that the" waterworld" swimming baths were right next door so would recommend to anyone to make a day of it and if planning on going to the zoo then take your swimwear too and finish off in the pool !!! We went down into Newquay from the zoo in the little train which was better than taking the car to try and park up. The car park at the zoo was reasonable for the full day parking, we never went into the gardens (nice spot for a picnic) next to the zoo but past them on the train and they looked lovely. could probably have spent a full day there ( park, zoo and swimming baths)." L.Ellison

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• Priyanka - Verified booking

  The property was pretty perfect!

  ! It was in an excellent location and was very spacious and comfortable for 4 adults and 2 kids. It was so handy having a washing machine and dryer to wash our clothes after going to the beach. The hosts had thought of everything!! Small things like lovely thick fluffy towels, dish washer and washing machine tablets and washing up liquid. They also left gorgeous smelling, luxury toiletries in the bathrooms. All these things made such a difference. We cooked a lot in the kitchen and the kitchen had everything we needed from pots, pans and crockery. Also including board games, the Wii and computer games in the rooms were very thoughtful (even though we didn't use them). I know a few people have complained about the noise from the floor above, but that didn't bother us very much at all and we would definitely return :)

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• Craig - Verified booking

  We had a lovely stay and thought that the property was well equipped and comfortable.

  We loved the views from the main living area. We would recommend the property to others. We found the property a little cold at times with the temperature set to 20 C or 16 C depending on the time of day (our stay was in December), especially given that the main living room is very large. Luckily we did manage to turn up the temperature in the evening. Also, the 9 am kick out time is quite harsh. 10 am would have been a nicer time to leave. As far as we were aware, nobody was staying there after us. I think that ending your holiday with a very early departure is too harsh. I think that it would be nice if Carbis Bay Holidays allowed for more flexibility for arrival and departure times, especially in winter when less people are staying. Otherwise, everything else was spot on!

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