Rose Cottage, Port Eynon (92)

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Cottage |3 bedrooms |Sleeps 6

Port Eynon in Gower

From £600 per week

3 nights minimum stay

Changeover Friday

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Key info  Beach or lakeside relaxation, car advised, private garden, no pets allowed

About the home

A pretty thatched holiday cottage in the heart of Port Eynon village which is over 300 years old, originally built as a fisherman's cottage, has an attractively landscaped front garden. Only a minute's walk from a stunning 'Award winning' Blue Flag Beach, Rose Cottage has been completely renovated yet retains original features such as reclaimed ship timbers, solid stone walls and an inglenook fireplace.

Accommodation: Enter through stable door into lounge with feature stone fireplace and log/coal effect stove, generous soft seating, dining table & chairs for six, TV with freeview & DVD. The fitted kitchen is equipped with an electric hob & oven, microwave, dishwasher, fridge/freezer, washer dryer. Adjoining the kitchen is a garden room with breakfast table & chairs, and additional soft seating and patio doors to the enclosed rear garden with garden furniture. Off this room is a bedroom with full size bunk beds and flat screen TV.

First floor: Two bedrooms - one double and one twin, both with flat screen TV's. The twin bedroom has an en suite bathroom with a 3-piece suite. There is a further shower room with a walk in shower, wash hand basin and WC.

Front garden is landscaped and has a fish pond and waterfall. The rear garden is enclosed with garden furniture.

Sleeps 6: 1 double, 1 twin, 1 full size bunk beds.

C/O day - Fri. Gas CH. Bed linen and towels provided. WiFi available. Garden furniture. Off street parking. Stairgate & travel cot available on request. Orange preferred network coverage. No pets. No smoking.

Testimonials:

Charming in every way. A wonderful relaxing holiday. A 5 star experience worthy of its rating. We shall return. - Mr & Mrs L - Shrewsbury

We loved the cottage and garden. - Mrs & Mrs D - Cotswolds

Very attractive cottage. - Mr & Mrs F - Worcester

The cottage is superb, it had everything you need for a great week. - Mr & Mrs R - Cornwall

The cottage is restored and modernised very skilfully and decorated with delightful taste. - Mr & Mrs K - London

What a wonderful cottage, we absolutely loved it, location, layout, decoration. Beautiful interior with a lot of attention to detail. - Dr J - Germany

A very welcoming and cosy place to stay. We have found everything we needed and all kind of thoughtful touches. - Mr & Mrs M - Warwick

A fabulous well equipped cottage in the perfect spot. - Mr & Mrs E - London

Thank you for another fabulous stay at lovely Rose Cottage, perfect as ever. - Mr & Mrs H - Epsom

Our friends marvelled that we had found such a gem of a cottage. Mr & Mrs E - London

It is lovely fab and welcoming. - Mrs R - London

One of the most thoughtfully considered 'homes' we have stayed in around the UK. - Mr & Mrs W

A beautiful cottage fantastically well-equipped in a stunning location. We will definitely be back. - Mr & Mrs N - Bristol

Thoroughly enjoyed our stay in your lovely artistic cottage. - Mr & Mrs J - Oxford

Wonderful cottage and proximity to the beach a major bonus. - Mr & Mrs W - Bedford

Lovely cottage, beautiful garden, - location perfect - beaches stunning. Gower exceeded our expectations as did the cottage. - Mr & Mrs R - Scotland

The cottage was fabulous and had everything we needed - Mr & Mrs L - W. Midlands

Truly beautiful cottage! Idyllic position, character and d?cor. Just perfect. - Miss L - Cardiff

A beautiful and immaculately presented cottage in which lots of care, love and attention has been paid to detail. - Mr & Mrs B - London

Thank you for a lovely stay, the cottage is beautiful, we will be back very soon. - Mr & Mrs N - London

The article below was published on the BBC website on 04 July 2011

A bay on the Gower peninsula has been voted Britain's best beach.

Port Eynon was noted for being rugged and wild in nature but still safe for families to enjoy.

A number of beaches from around the UK were nominated by travel writers and tourist boards public, with the public asked to vote.

A total of 41% backed Port Eynon, and Swansea lord mayor Ioan Richard said the result was a big boost for local tourism.

It is a double for Gower, as the award was won last year by nearby Rhossili Bay.

"Port Eynon won hands down with many thousands of votes from all across Britain," he said.

"It has been 60 years now as the first area of outstanding natural beauty in Britain.

Fun family feel, stunning landscape and idyllic village was the Judges' verdict on Port Eynon

"It's a safe area and a beautiful area," he said.

Judges included travel editors for the Daily Mirror and Mail on Sunday newspapers as well as tourist board officials from around the UK.

It won the Cadbury Flake 99 Great British Beach Awards, described as "a celebration of our nation's best and most treasured seasides".

They said Port Eynon represents the "perfect British getaway" with a "fun family feel, stunning landscape and idyllic village".

Those also nominated included Broadstairs, Kent, with its promenade and "quaint squares of fishermen's cottages", along with Weymouth beach, Dorset, Southport in Lancashire, and Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, among others.

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The South Wales / Swansea/Bridgend/Neath region

Designated as Britain's first area of outstanding natural beauty - Gower has some of the most beautiful scenery you are ever likely to see. Just 18 miles long and less than 8 miles wide the area has nearly 400 miles of public rights of way, and 23 nature reserves. Gower offers a great variety of beaches and coves attracting everyone form surfers to the more relaxed hikers and sun worshipers.

The Gower / Port Eynon area

Port Eynon, is a village of white washed cottages surrounding a church which, it is believed was founded in the 6th century. There is a fairly quiet sandy beach, which has parking close by, and is patrolled by lifeguards in the summer months. The village has a shop, a public house and a café (open in season) and is steeped in history. During the 19th century Oyster dredging was huge, with many Oyster skiffs working out of the harbour. The visible remains of the harbour can be seen in the sheltered west end of the bay. Established in the 16th Century, the remains of the salt house stands to the far south west of the bay, a valuable commodity in those days.
The cliffs to the west of Port Eynon are witness to numerous shipwrecks during the 18th,19th and early 20th century with associated tales of smuggling and piracy. Along these cliffs just to the west of Port Eynon point lies the mysterious cave of Culver Hole. A cleft in the rock protected by a man made stone wall. Fabled to have a tunnel linking the site with a manor house that once stood on Port Eyon Point..

A 10 minute drive will take you to Rhossili Bay, a wide beach with miles of golden sand. At one end is Burry Holmes, an outcrop of land, with a tiny chapel. Beyond the headland is Broughton Bay which has an abundance of sand dunes. At the other end of Rhossili Bay is the Worms Head which rears out of the sea with its impressive Blow Hole which you can explore at low tide, and up on the cliff top is the village of Rhossili where there are a few shops and cafes with some amazing views over the bay – watch out for the paragliders.

The village of Llangennith is half way along the bay and about a mile inland. There is a campsite and caravan park set back from the beach with parking, a café and facilities – a good base if you want to enjoy the beach and popular with surfers. With only a pub and a surf shop the village of Llangennith remains untouched, but the pub fayre is fairly inexpensive with nice views over the bay complimented by a very tasty Gower Special pizza (cockles and bacon).

Travelling in the opposite direction, Oxwich Bay is the next beach along from Port Eynon (15 by car ) and probably the busiest of the rural beaches on Gower with good facilities. The Oxwich Bay Hotel offers bar meals as well as a restaurant and the beach itself has a water sports club where you can learn to sail or surf, wakeboard or take a doughnut ride - and if you don’t feel like driving to Oxwich you could travel by water taxi.

At the other end of Oxwich is Three Cliffs Bay (finalist on TV’s ‘Britain’s favourite view’ programme) – one of the most photographed beauty spots on Gower. Here a river meets the sea, sheep graze on the grassy verges overlooking the beach, wild ponies roam freely and the board walk winds its way up to Pennard Castle. There’s a lot to absorb in just one snapshot.

Travelling East along the South Gower Road for another 10minutes is Parkmill, where you will find the Gower Heritage Centre with its many attractions for all the family including an 800 year old working water mill. A few yards away are 70 acres of peaceful Parc le Breos where you can take a quiet stroll, hire bikes or enjoy a day out on horseback.

At the centre of the peninsula is the lofty moor land called Cefn Bryn, one of the highest points on Gower, and the burial ground of the legendary King Arthur. From here, on a clear day you can see as far as Devon to the south and the Black Mountains to the North.

The village of Reynoldston is just across the green, home to the King Arthur Hotel where some of the best pub fayre in the area can be found.

If a little more action is your cup of tea, then try the old fishing village of Mumbles (from Port Eynon it's approximately half an hour by car) where there are cafes, and restaurants, gift shops and boutiques in abundance. Make sure you don't leave without enjoying a stroll along the promenade with a Joe's ice cream - the best in area.

How to get there

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Map showing the Port Eynon areaReset Map

By car: M4 take J42 onto the A483 to Swansea. The property is approximately 19 miles from this junction. (A full set of directions are available on request). Many airlines fly into Cardiff International which is approximately 1 hour by car. The next closest airport is Bristol which is approximately 2 hours away. Alternatively all major airlines fly to London Heathrow and Gatwick which is approximately 3.5 hours by car. Trains run hourly from London Paddington Monday - Friday.

Activities near Gower

Rental prices

Prices for group size 6
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
A	11 Feb 12	31 Mar 12	600£ 600	0-	0-	3 Nights
B	31 Mar 12	14 Apr 12	690£ 690	0-	0-	3 Nights
A	14 Apr 12	2 Jun 12	600£ 600	0-	0-	3 Nights
C	2 Jun 12	14 Jul 12	780£ 780	0-	0-	3 Nights
D	14 Jul 12	8 Sep 12	960£ 960	0-	0-	3 Nights
C	8 Sep 12	22 Sep 12	780£ 780	0-	0-	3 Nights
B	22 Sep 12	29 Sep 12	690£ 690	0-	0-	3 Nights
A	29 Sep 12	27 Oct 12	600£ 600	0-	0-	3 Nights
B	27 Oct 12	3 Nov 12	690£ 690	0-	0-	3 Nights
A	3 Nov 12	22 Dec 12	600£ 600	0-	0-	3 Nights

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

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