Hébergement 1 chambre à Ellenabeich, Seil Island

The cottage is delightful, well-appointed, and has an amazing view from the bedroom, which opens onto a perfect little terrace above the historic flooded quarry. No view from the living room. It used to be the store room for Kate Brown's shop, and then a brewery. Situation is good, right at the centre of the village, next to the pub (which was the shop), the bus-stop and the boat trips. Few other facilities in the immediate neighbourhood - you need to get in the car. Don't expect a conventional beach. Gripes? TV too big for our liking; shower head un-necessarily large (even in Scotland the water company wants us to use less water), and you can't wash down the shower with it; hob and towel rail not easy to work out. Suggested extras? Chopping boards, tea-cosy, coffee measure. A window at the front would be good, but maybe not possible under conservation rules. But these are minor things - overall it's a very fine place and we had a very enoyable week there.

We had a lovely week at Old Brewery Cottage. We met Kirsty and her husband on our arrival.

The cottage has everything you could need for your holiday. The skylights provide a lot of brightness in the living room and you have a gorgeous view from the patio doors in the bedroom looking across to Easdale. We had some good weather (and some bad) so we were able to enjoy sitting out on the patio. We found the bed to be extremely comfortable and slept well.

We would definitely stay at the cottage again if we return to the area. Thanks again, Kirsty, for the prosecco and chocolates.

Was as expected

Old Brewery Cottage is a fantastic place to stay. The cottage is fresh and clean with all the equipment you need and a very comfy bed. We enjoyed the wonderful views of the west coast islands from the patio as we sat looking out to sea. It's the perfect spot to look out for sea wildlife and feel away from the busyness of day to day life. We added to that by taking a boat trip to see the local islands in more detail, see the seals, deer and a white tailed eagle. There's an excellent heritage museum opposite where you can find out about the slate mining and the history of the island run by friendly volunteers. There's a restaurant/pub next door which is very handy and a local shop a few miles away where you can buy all your essentials including tasty locally made bread from the island.

Brilliant cottage, clean tidy just right for two. The location and local people could not be better, we had a wonderful week....the wildlife is fantastic.