Gwynedd - Snowdonia holiday barn: Bangor

We had a four night break in this lovely cottage. The cottage location is excellent only a couple of miles of the A55 but very quiet and peaceful with great views over the surrounding hills. The location is also very good for covering this area of North Wales with easy access to Snowdonia, Anglesey and the Llywn pennisula. Cottage was has a compact kitchen area but has everything you need with plenty of crockery and cooking utensil which are always so useful. It was very clean and well maintained absolutely first class. It was well furnished with homely touches which made it feel like a home from home. Although we were there in summer we did put the heating on one night and it worked very well with under the floor heating particularly useful in the bathroom. We did make use of the hot tub which is very large and in a great location to catch all the evening sun. We also used the infra-red sauna which was lovely to dry off after the hot tub - definitely something different and a real treat for the kids as they loved it. There is a garden patio at the back of the cottages which was bigger than I had imagined, so don't be put off by the phrase patio and this also got the evening and morning sun with a great view to the hills. We sat out and had our evening meal there on our arrival. It had a gas BBQ which we would have used if the weather had permitted. The owners were very friendly and helpful without been intrusive although the cottages are attached they reassured us they did not hear our kids in the mornings! We also had beds made etc while we stayed what a bonus. I would also like to add that the bed we used was very comfortable which we have found has varied from place to place.
On arrival there was fresh bread which was lovely, eggs and a bottle of red wine, which all added to our break.
In all I can recommend this cottage and this area to friends.
The Anglesey Sea Life centre is worth a visit with children 3-12 on a wet day. Caenarfon Castle worth visiting with family as well as lots of towers, nooks and crankies for the kids to explore. Plus lots of walks, hills to climb we went up one behind ?cottage Youth Hostel car parking plus toilet and kiosk just outside Bethseda? which was a good walk for the kids. L, D, E, A, C