Holiday Cottage Set in 17 acres of glorious Welsh Countryside in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire. Award-winning 5* Star Basel Cottage Holidays offers peace and tranquillity.
A perfect rural retreat for families and couples alike.
Our Holiday Cottage sleeps up to 4 guests. Up to 2 dogs can stay free in our dog friendly holiday cottage!
Basel Cottage Holidays is located in the Cambrian Mountains: Area of Astounding Natural Beauty on the edge of the beautiful Brecon Beacons National Park.
A perfect central location to explore all that Wales has to offer.
Testimonials
Thank you Sue and Jonah for sharing this beautiful and tranquil place. It exceeded our expectations and you made us feel so welcome. Ziggy and Tilly LOVE the woods where Ziggy found a new hobby … digging!!! – so apologises for any holes!! Barney and Teddy are also delightful hosts. Thanks again, see you in October xxx.
Tracey, Russ, Tilly and Ziggy - April 2023Our third stay and the fourth booked for next year! We cannot even begin to tell you how much we love being here – it’s just absolutely wonderful. The BEST chill pill ever! Sue and Jonah and the beauty boys thank you xxx.
Pascale, Phil, Sally, Kira and naughty Peanut! from Powys - March 2023We have had a lovely week staying at Basel Cottage. Sue and Jonah gave us a warm welcome and were happy to answer any questions we had. It is clear to see the hard work and effort that has been put into the cottage as it is so homely. You are set in a wonderful location here! Thank you for letting us have a holiday to remember!
Pat, Vicky & Amy plus dogs, Ben, Pipa, Izzy and Archie from Carmarthenshire - June/July 2018What a beautiful cottage and lovely views. Finn and Jake loved the woods. A very warm welcome from Sue and Jonah and lovely to meet Barney and Teddy. Thank you so much for a lovely week. XXX
Nikki, Chris, Finn & Jake - Oct / Nov 2018Our stay in the Brecon Beacons was enhanced by your kind hospitality and your beautiful cottage. The morning drama at the Bird Table was great fun and set the mood for the day! Once again, thank you very much.
Wil, Ria, William & Sophia from The Netherlands - June 2017This really is a lovely cottage. We have had a fantastic New Year’s break – what a way to welcome 2014.
Kim, Ash, Holly, Steve (Jake, Coco and Rossi)This is our 3rd year staying at Basel Cottage and each year is more wonderful than the last. Our welcome from Sue, Jonah, Teddy and Barney was like we had ‘come home’. So many great recommendations for places to visit and eat. Noal and Kevin thoroughly enjoyed their shooting lesson and opportunity to ride on the ATV. Sully has enjoyed roaming the beautiful woods and fields and we will all miss the splendid scenery. Thank you yet again for facilitating a wonderful break. Love the Tideswells.
Kevin, Judith, Noal and Sully - August / September 2023Our 3rd visit here. Thank you Sue and Jonah for a warm ‘Welcome Back’ and super Cream Tea. Had a lovely week despite the very mixed weather! Loved meeting Barney and Teddy. Hope to be back soon X.
Peter, Anne & Milo 🐕 - May 2019Thank you Sue and Jonah for making us welcome here at Basel Cottage. We have enjoyed our second visit here just as much as our first last September.
Basel Cottage is a great base to explore Carmarthenshire and both the cottage and your land are a pleasure to return to each evening.Margaret and Neil from Solihull - August 2020Thanks again for the warm welcome and a lovely stay. We’ll surely be back again. Heaven on earth for the dogs!!
Marcel and Annick with Max and Boyce from Belgium, Nov 14This is a wonderful home from home – everything that you need for a relaxing break. Sue and Jonah are perfect hosts and the Cream Tea on arrival was a lovely welcome surprise. The grounds are lovely for dog walking and Kukki does not want to go home! We explored the area and went to the National Botanic Garden of Wales – Monday’s being Doggy Day! There are so many places to visit and we loved sitting on the decking in the sunshine with a glass of wine! We hope to come back soon xxx
Shelley, Neil, Pauline, Ian & Kukki the Spaniel - Apr/May 2017What a fantastic cottage! We had such a warm welcome in this lovely part of Wales. Thank you for a fantastic stay and we look forward to coming back!
Pip and Luke - Pip and the City - Travel Writer - March 2020The dogs (Layla and Tia) loved early morning and late night walks around the fields and us humans enjoyed relaxing in this beautiful cottage.
Wendy, Ali and Jo with Layla and Tia from SomersetSmashing break. Enjoyed every minute of our stay (6th time!) Max and Boyce were very happy to make new friends with Barney and Teddy 🐾🐾! Diolch yn Fawr.
Marcel, Annick, Max & Boyce 🐕🐕 from Belgium - September 2018A superb week, the cottage is comfortable and welcoming. The location ideal and the weather was kind to us. We walked every day and had some good walks around Llandovery.
Wendy, Allen, Bridget & Steve - April 2016Beautiful cottage and location. Everything was here for an amazing holiday. Table Tennis was an added bonus!!! We loved it here! Thank you both.
Henry, Pam, Juli, Steve & Dottie the Dog - June 2021I have had a lovely first visit to Basel Cottage after hearing so much about it. Cara and I have loved exploring the woods – Cara especially!!! She is definitely going to miss the squirrels! – plus her favourite playmates Barney & Ted. We will definitely be back and I most definitely would like a cabin in the woods! Tanya & Cara.
Tanya & Cara - September/October 2020The most relaxing half-term break. We loved the cottage and walking in the grounds. Llyn y Fan Fach and watching the birds from the Window Seat were particular highlights!
Jen, Ben, Lizzie, Mary & Katie from West Sussex - February 2019Sophie has loved the open spaces and enjoyed her walks to the river and the woods – Doggy paradise! Charlie’s first holiday with Grandma and Granddad – We cherished every minute. Thank you Sue and Jonah.
Lucy, Peter, Charlie & Sophie the Dog from Bath, June-July 2014What a beautiful place, it is the best cottage we have stayed in by far. Alfie and Boe were so settled here and probably will be sad to go home! Thank you Sue and Jonah, you are both wonderful hosts. Hope to see you again soon! Thank you Barney and Teddy for making it so memorable for Alfie and Boe.
Caroline, Darren and dogs Alfie and Boe from South Wales - June 2021
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