Monmouthshire Cottages

Monmouthshire Cottages - Dog Friendly Cottages in Monmouthshire

We are a family business of two individually located holiday cottages in Monmouthshire, Wales and we look after our stylish properties and our very valued guests ourselves. Come and breathe fresh air all year round, returning to your well-equipped comfortable base – to put your feet up.

Feeling good has no season. Eat. Swim. Dance. Sing. Whatever your season and reason for coming to stay in Wales our Monmouthshire Holiday Cottages wait to welcome you.

Not a complex, they are family operated, individually located and distinctive, brilliantly well equipped, and individually designed. Fittings and equipment are constantly updated for your comfort. Tintern Abbey Cottage has an EV charger for your electric vehicle. We replace and update huge numbers of items at each cottage all year round and we have a busy ongoing programme of preventative maintenance. We care that things remain smart for you- and we work hard to ensure this.

Each cottage has a  well fenced garden and we supply a lawn screw, towel. bowl, spare lead  and hose for washing off  your dog.There is great walking from both doorsteps.

Tintern Abbey Cottage (sleeps 6)
5-star graded. EV charger. Cycle shed. The proud winner of the Best Self-Catering Place to Stay in Wales 2010 and 2018. Winner of Best Visitor Welcome 2015 and numerous other awards. Originating from the 18th century, Tintern Abbey Cottage is chocolate box cute and has been transformed into a smartly contemporary and deliciously comfortable holiday house in an ancient body. It is right across the road from the mighty roofless Abbey, of which it has glorious panoramic views. Sleeps 6 in 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms.

The cottage directly adjoins the Wye Valley Walk, and the Monmouthshire Way, is in the heart of the ancient conservation area of pet friendly Tintern and there are several pubs, a couple of small cafes and two busy hotels in easy strolling distance -all offering food and several featuring local produce. The village even has a prizewinning vineyard and a microbrewery both open to visitors! Also in the village is a craft centre and vintage bookshop. There’s a bus stop at the bottom of our drive so you could walk along the wonderful Wye Valley or visit Chepstow Castle or Racecourse and get a bus back.

Foxes Reach (sleeps 6)
5 star graded A fully updated traditional Welsh whitewashed stone cottage of great character, with its own hot tub in a sheltered and charming cottage garden, in the quiet  but not isolated residential hamlet  of Catbrook just over a mile above Tintern village  with its many pet friendly  pubs and attractions.  Wye Valley, South Wales. Sleeps 6 in 4 bedrooms. 2 bathrooms.

Foxes Reach has long been a family holiday favourite (lots to do locally including numerous family-orientated attractions, plenty of sporty things to interest active older children, major sporting events and international grade shopping in Cardiff, and geocaching, the WiFi, and hot tub are hits with teens). We have many walkers – every walk type from easy lanes and forest from the doorstep ( adjoins Tintern Trail and Wye Valley Walk ) to canalside, riverbank and open mountain all available well within an hour's drive or less. Catbrook has a Gin distillery which offers courses, tours and bottles, plus a beautician using organic Neals Yard products.

Tintern hase several pubs, a couple of small cafes and two busy hotels -all offering food and several featuring local produce. The village even has a prizewinning vineyard and a microbrewery both open to visitors! Also in the village is a craft centre and vintage bookshop. There’s a bus stop so you could walk along the wonderful Wye Valley or visit Chepstow Castle or Racecourse and get a bus back.

Things to do from both cottages
We have amazing outdoor opportunities, in particular walking, canoeing and kayaking, birdwatching and cycling, but the list is endless. Push the boat out on our rivers! Archery, riding, quad biking, wild swimming, gorge scrambling or golf anyone? Or sit in a garden- even in winter – with a coat and a hot drink or a barbecue and enjoy dark skies and sparkling stars! Or pack a gentle picnic and take a stroll? Monmouthshire is the Food Capital of Wales- making our cottages a perfect choice for a 5* foodie break with treats to eat in or take away from the local pubs or at the farmer's markets ( and our kitchens let you cook the treats you found yourself!). We have starry Michelin places too with elegant delicacies and enviable wine cellars.