To start, I will say, I love Calm Cottage, which we booked through Kip Hideaways. We have booked a few trips with them now and have loved them all. I also love their website and spend hours daydreaming over the properties.
We have just returned from our second visit to Calm Cottage in Kingsand, Cornwall.
Kingsand is a beautiful, almost forgotten corner of South Devon, with the amazing Whitsand Beaches a few minutes drive away.
Calm Cottage is a small, quirky, stylish mid terrace that allows you to enjoy the simple things in life. It is wonderfully furnished, with natural linens, 'clean' toiletries and a sun trap courtyard garden. It is dog friendly, and 2 minutes walk to a small beach, a couple of pubs and a deli that sells the best home made pasties.
I would give this review 5 stars apart from:
1: Last time we visited we were welcomed by a basket containing everything you need for a proper Cornish Cream Tea, and we spoke about it on the journey there and looked forward to as a treat after a 10 hour drive from London. However this time the Kip gift was a small packet of fudge - very disappointing.
2: On our first evening my dog retrieved a packet of prescription pills from just under the sofa. Fortunately we saw him with them and removed them straight away. They were not out of reach, or even particularly out of sight, so should not have been missed when the cottage was cleaned after the last guests.
and 3: No laundry tabs were left (it said on the listing there would be), which meant that the sandy towels from the beach couldn't be cleaned for the next day.
A few moans, but Calm Cottage is wonderful and I am sure we will return for a third time.
