There’s soo much character in the property and in middle to go for walks or drive to other villages.

Some early morning traffic but it is what it is.

Central, parking outside the cottage.

Noisy main road but to be expected.

What a beautifully presented, cosy, compact cottage in the quiet village of Gilwern. We used it as a base for exploring the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park and South Wales, which was ideal for us. As others point out, a very short and simple drive to bigger towns such as Abergavenny and Abertillery (for our essential Tesco supplies). The village has a couple of pubs and a fish and chip shop (Note: cash only). Beds were comfy, functional (but small) kitchen and really good shower with an instant boiler providing good pressure hot water. Really appreciated having a space on the driveway of the next door property, given the on-street parking spaces are time-limited bays.

Sadly there were a few slight letdowns. First was the cleanliness. Yes, we were fully aware the property is dog friendly, but the sheer amount of dog hair in the carpet and on the sofa in particular was a little offputting given the cottage should be cleaned between bookings. And the pull out sofa bed was also not clean. Talking of the sofa bed, despite us saying 3 people on the booking, there was no bedding left out for the sofa bed so we had to find it ourselves in the cupboard (and what we found was dusty). Moving focus now to the kitchen, as others pointed out there was no microwave so we expected that. No storage space in the kitchen either, so that rather limited what we could buy and cook.

Comfy bed Good location Nice little house

Beware if disabled-advert does not say- Step up to front door, step up to kitchen and step out of kitchen door to patio, which I went flying over. Tight, steep stairs and no downstairs bathroom. Not really suitable for disabled people. Car parking was for house next door as well so was quite tight. Landlord owned next door as well so was really surprised to see what a big garden it had and they had only cordoned off s tiny courtyard for the house we stayed in.