The Times newspaper has selected Carreg Wen in its recent 'Best Places By The Sea' travel supplement. In a list of '12 Great Houses By The Sea' from around the UK, Carreg Wen is featured with a photo of one of the bedrooms. Here's an extract from the write-up: "Stylishly furnished with a mix of antique and modern pieces, the house has underfloor heating beneath Welsh slate in the open-plan living area with beamed ceilings and a wood-burner. There's a lovely sun room, garden and terrace". We're very grateful to have been picked and obviously delighted! 

The Grub Kitchen in St.Davids is a real find. Recently opened by chef Andrew Holcroft (pictured), it offers a pretty unique gastronomic experience: Bug burgers, mealworm macchiatos & cricket cookies! It is a mecca for entomophagists (insect eaters!) and a brilliant experience for those of us trying out baked bugs for the first time. We loved the food and the restaurant itself which is an old cow shed on the farm. Andrew's partner Dr Sarah Beynon runs the award-winning Bug Farm across the yard from the restaurant and offers a superb tour of the tropical bug house. Handling stick insects and cockroaches proved a huge hit with the kids. Hugely recommended. 

Just in: "We have enjoyed a fabulous week at Carreg Wen. The cottage is in a beautiful location close to Solva, St. David's and the Pembrokeshire National Park coast path. The cottage is well equipped for couples and/or families with two double bedroom upstairs and one twin bedroom on the ground floor. The kitchen, dining room and lounge are well equipped and flow as a single open-plan space. The bonus is the sun room, overlooking the garden and with great sea views across the fields to St. Brides bay. We noted a lack of coat hangers, hanging space and hair dryer, although not essential, would make the property even better....We were sad to leave the lovely cottage and amazing views at the end of our week stay, we hope to return"

Such a great review - many thanks. We've replaced the hair dryer (previous guests had mistakenly taken it home!) & and are working on hanging space! Bear with us. Hope to see you again. 

We've just had our first guest review on Trip Advisor - and so far, so good! It's entitled 'Beautiful house in beautiful spot' and reads as follows: "Just returned from New Year here with friends and our two year old. Can't recommend it enough - the house is beautifully designed and appointed and very cosy with incredible views across the fields to the sea beyond. Andy the owner was so nice, too - very helpful and welcoming, with lots of useful advice. Will definitely come again."

What lovely guests!

Some great news as we head towards Christmas: We've been selected by the holiday website Travel AOL as one of their `best British hideaways to hole up this winter'. They've picked out 30 `cosy cottages' from around the UK to spend a `super snug rustic winter' and we're delighted that Carreg Wen makes it in there.  The review says: `this spacious luxury holiday home is a wonderful winter hideaway with views'. We couldn't agree more! More here: http://aol.it/1w0nO9U

It's great to see that our wonderful village of Solva has been named in the Sunday Times `30 Best Places to live by the Sea'. Listed longside the likes of Lyme Regis, Penzance & St Ives, Solva is described - rather aptly we think - as `a mini Salcombe, without the pretensions'. The review describes the main street as `full of restaurants, galleries and antique emporia' and `despite being one of the prettiest harbour villages in the principality....seldom feels overtouristy'. We couldn't agree more.

The hugely acclaimed travel guide `Alastair Sawday's Special Places to Stay' has selected Carreg Wen to feature as part of its amazing portfolio of self-catering properties. After an inspection earlier this Spring, Sawday's invited us to join them, with Carreg Wen selected for their `New Places' and `Close to Coast' collections. Here's a snippet of their review: "The old farm malthouse (ex stables, ex tin-topped shack) has become a blissful bolthole by the sea. Carreg Wen, recently and beautifully revived, has it all: a design-led interior but nothing too precious, a glorious ever-changing panorama of the sea, a huge garden that's great for children, and the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path a skip away". For the full review click here.