Beautifully renovated Fisherman's Cottage, fantastic Downalong location

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Saint Ives, ENG

Porthmeor Beach
‪3 min walk‬
St Ives Harbour
‪6 min walk‬
Porthminster Beach
‪9 min walk‬
Penzance (PZE-Penzance Heliport)
‪32 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

2 bedrooms (sleeps 4)

Bedroom 1

1 Double Bed

Bedroom 2

2 Single Beds

Bathroom 1

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 2

Toilet · Shower only

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Dining area

About this property

This is a beautiful renovated Fishermans Cottage situated in a quiet road in the heart of Downalong. The property is nestled between three fabulous family beaches Porthmeor perfect for a spot of surfing, Porthgwidden which has a lovely safe beach perfect for families and the Harbour Beach with the fabulous backdrop of St Ives . We are a 2 minute walk to the shops and outstanding restaurants, the Tate and the Barbara Hepworth musuem. St Eia's location will provide a fabulous base with which to explore all St Ives has to offer.The cottage has been lovingly restored it has still retained a number of features but with a modern feel. This cottage would provide an excellent base for a family beach holiday nothing is too far because of its location you can pop backwards and forwards very easily and everything is on the flat no carrying surfboards up hills! The property is arranged over 4 floors, with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. There is a modern fully equipped kitchen, dining area with welcome hamper on arrival. There is a large comfortable lounge with high ceilings. The third floor has one bedroom with twin beds and a bathroom on that floor. On the top floor there is a double bed with glimpses of the sea and an en-suite, that comprises of a shower toilet and hand basin. The cottage has fast Wifi access. We have made sure that you have all that you could possibly need, however if you find you need anything further or encounter any problems or issues during your stay, there is a local housekeeper on hand to help you. Entry to the property is by key-safe. PLEASE NOTE DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC CHECK IN & OUT TIMES WILL DIFFER TO WHAT IS STATED TO ALLOW FOR THE REQUIRED TIME BETWEEN GUESTS LEAVING & HOUSEKEEPERS ENTERING THE PROPERTY TO CLEAN.

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Emma Giddings

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Check in after 3:00 PM

Check out before 10:00 AM

Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17

Events

No events allowed

Pets

Pets allowed

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited

Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip

Host has not indicated whether there is a smoke detector on the property

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A car is not required for transport to and from this property

About the area

St Ives

Located in St Ives, this cottage is near the beach. The area's natural beauty can be seen at St. Michael's Mount and Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, while St Ives Museum and Art Space Gallery are cultural highlights. Ready for a night out? Consider Acorn Theatre and Gwennap Pit. Looking to get your feet wet? Surfing/body boarding, fishing and swimming adventures can be found near the property.

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Saint Ives, ENG

What's nearby

Porthmeor Beach - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
Tate St. Ives - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
St Ives Harbour - 6 min walk - 0.5 km
Porthminster Beach - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
Carbis Bay Beach - 23 min drive - 5.2 km

Getting around

St Ives Station - 12 min walk
Newquay (NQY-Newquay Cornwall) - 69 min drive

Restaurants

‪The Sloop Inn - ‬3 min walk
‪Porthgwidden Beach Cafe - ‬3 min walk
‪The Rum & Crab Shack - ‬4 min walk
‪Hub - ‬5 min walk
‪SILCo. Searoom - ‬2 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Is Beautifully renovated Fisherman's Cottage, fantastic Downalong location pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at Beautifully renovated Fisherman's Cottage, fantastic Downalong location?

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Beautifully renovated Fisherman's Cottage, fantastic Downalong location?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Beautifully renovated Fisherman's Cottage, fantastic Downalong location located?

Situated by the sea, this cottage is within a 10-minute walk of Bamaluz Beach and St Ives Harbour. The Island - Pendinas and St Ives Museum are just steps away. St Ives Station is 12 minutes by foot.

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9.6/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Amenities

10/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

9.6/10

Check-in

9.6/10

Communication

10/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

10/10 Excellent

John R.

14 Mar 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fantastic house

Great house in great location, beds nice and comfy lovely and clean too. Had a lovely stay in the house and pet friendly.

Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Adam D.

25 May 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice cottage in an excellent location

Very good cottage in a perfect location, only slight negative would be that it spans 4 floors so was a bit of a pain going upstairs / downstairs but that’s not really a big issue

Stayed 4 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Philip P.

28 Dec 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect Cottage Perfect Location

Great cottage really homely and a very comfortable stay, Owner answered all questions before our stay right away. 5 star rating across the board

Stayed 14 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Judy P.

11 Nov 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

St ives

Lovely property well situated and equipped.

Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sarah P.

4 Nov 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fantastic

Great property. Great location. Fab!! Will be back thank you

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Klaus H.

12 Oct 2023

Liked: Check-in, communication, location

Beautiful Holiday

Waren 2018 schon mal im gleichen Haus. Hat sich nahezu Nichts verändert. War ein schöner Aufenthalt. Allerdings benötigen die Fenster und die Sanitärräume einer Überholung (Schimmel).

Stayed 12 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Katherine

10 Sept 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication

The property was quiet , clean, homely yet modern , very well equipped kitchen, extremely handy location within short wa short walking distance to the beaches pubs restaurants and shops. Excellent hosts and a lovely welcome pack waiting for us. Four floors were fine for us but if you struggle with stairs might be difficult.we will definitely be booking this gorgeous fisherman's cottage again! andshops..Exxellent

Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Lesley T.

8 June 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fishermans Cottage

Lovely quaint cottage in a perfect location for the beach, shops and restaurants. Our first visit to St Ives but it wont be our last, it really is stunning

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Gwen A.

25 Apr 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, location, listing accuracy

Stay cut short due to noise through the walls

The property is lovely - well decorated, furnished and very clean. We know & love the area but didn’t realise this cottage was back to back or that noise would travel so much. We were extremely unlucky in that there was a particularly noisy group staying behind us but soon discovered that even normal conversation could be heard - they could obviously hear us too as we heard them discussing it! As our stay was for much needed respite and we got very little peace or sleep - and there was obviously nothing we could do to improve the situation we made the hugely disappointing decision to cut the 4 night stay short and left after just one night. We made the owners aware of the issue & our departure at 1pm and even gave them the opportunity to re-let the cottage. However they didn’t respond to us until 8.30 that night and didn’t/couldn’t really say anything other than they could try talking to the owners of the neighbours. This was obviously no help to us and in all honestly wouldn’t prevent normal level noise being heard. I am extremely surprised that no-one else has raised the soundproofing issue so maybe we are particularly sensitive to noise but I do think it is important to make other potential guests aware as if I had seen a review mentioning it I certainly wouldn’t have chosen this cottage. A real shame!

Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

mikayla m.

5 Apr 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great little property, very comfortable and fantastic location

A great little dog friendly property situated with everything you need on the doorstep - beaches, cafes, restaurants, pubs, shops. Very comfortable and clean. The slight issue we had with the toilet and shower was sorted very swiftly with excellent communication with the owner. Will have no hesitation in booking to stay here again - thank you for having us!

Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stuart P.

22 Mar 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fab cottage, fab location

Beautiful cottage, well decorated and kitchen well-equipped! There was tea/coffee and milk when we arrived to get us through the first morning. The welcome pack was comprehensive. Coastal location, with 4 beaches reachable in under 10 min walk in any direction. Would absolutely recommend.

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Beverley H.

14 Mar 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely centrally located cottage in St Ives

Beautiful cottage Stayed for an spring long weekend. 4 floors - very clean & well equipped. Good communication with owners.

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Matthew P., Cwmbran

21 Feb 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Superb

Totally loved the house, comfortable, beautifully decorated, spotless , all your needs catered for. Location fantastic, thank you for allowing us to stay at your home, a special thanks for at very short notice changing the dates for our stay as we mixed up our months, we would have been devastated to have missed staying in your home. A perfect holiday , perfect house. We will be back.

Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Damon E.

8 Feb 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing as usual

Fantastic property, great location, everything you could want from a relaxing and very special stay in beautiful Saint Ives. Highly recommend this property, would love to stay again for a third time.

Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joseph S.

10 Dec 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing stay

Brilliant property, perfect location and couldn’t have asked for more!

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kevin H.

11 Nov 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fantastic little town house.

Fabulous little town home. Absolutely ideal for a few days in St Ives. So close to the beaches. Would definitely return.

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2022

6/10 Okay

Joe E.

29 Oct 2022

Liked: Location

Underwhelming decor and comfort, dissapointing

Great location as I wanted to swim at Porthgwidden easily but the cottage is a little drab and overall not up to the standard I expected. I contacted the owners with details of particular faults but they never responded.

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Matthew A.

23 Sept 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location, listing accuracy

Perfect location lovely cottage

Quite a lot of stairs (four rooms on four floors) but nice layout.

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

LYNNE B.

1 Aug 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Home from home

We love this cottage, we've book it for the last 5 years

Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kate O.

25 July 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

St Ives

Good property with everything we needed. Right in the heart of St Ives so handy for shops beach and eating out. No parking, but that is to be expected in St Ives and we were able to park outside to unload on arrival and reload before leaving. Steep steps on entry and 3 flights of steep stairs to access all floors. Only minus was not much hanging space for clothes. Ok for us as only 2 and used spare bedroom. Overall good stay

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Neil P.

23 Apr 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location and cottage

An amazing find in St ives Literally two mins walk to the harbour and the array of shops and eateries and what a lovely place to chill. Then there is the other beaches all within a few mins walk. Parking is taken care of at the island car park - 100 yds away and reasonably priced. The cottage is well appointed with comfy furniture, all mod cons and a lovely decor and vibe. I will definitely stay here again.

Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

lorna m.

5 Apr 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

We just wanted a beautiful location quiet and lots of little coffee stops sea front and sister time

Lovely cosy homely cottage. Minutes from the sea front. Everything you’d want and more. Lots of games in premises for a rainy day to!

Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Damon E.

30 Jan 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful cottage

Myself and my wife have just spent a wonderful week staying in this cottage in Saint Ives. The property is very well appointed, with a lovely kitchen diner on the ground floor, a very homely lounge on the first floor, twin room and shower room on the second floor, and a double bed with ensuite on the third floor. It really is a warm and cosy property situated in the heart of Saint Ives, with the local beaches very nearby. Car parking was easy and under a minutes walk from the property, although in busy times if you buy the week pass you won’t be able to stay in the other car parks with the same pass. This time of year we managed to get a space every day . Thank you to Emma for the use of your property, we really had a fantastic break celebrating our 25 years wedding anniversary, your home is lovely and we would definitely rebook if we had the opportunity in future. Highly recommended.

Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Michaela L., Stoke on Trent

30 Dec 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location, listing accuracy

We had a great time in the cottage, lovely place perfect location,

Brilliant

Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Tracey B.

8 Dec 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Loved it...again!

Had a brilliant stay

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2021

About the host

Hosted by Emma Giddings

Hi we are a family of four that have holidayed in St Ives for over 20 years and are now very excited to own our first home here. St Ives is our second home and we look forward to welcoming many guests to share our home with us. We make as many trips as we can each year driving all the way from Essex! Now our boys are older we spend many a day on Porthmeor Beach Body Boarding as a family come rain or shine! Porthgwidden Beach is another favourite of ours, both of which are a stones throw from 4 St Eia. Location was key for us! We know St Ives very well, have made many friends and contacts over the years and are happy to try and answer any questions you may have. We hope you enjoy St Ives as much as we do, it really is unique! Emma, Andy, Jack & Harry Giddings.

Why they chose this property

This cottage is perfect for a beach holiday, there are three beautiful beaches that are within 5mins walk of the house, Porthmeor which is a great surfing beach, Porthgwidden which is perfect for families and the Harbour beach which enjoys the views of the town. The location is ideal for families as it is all on the flat, no big hills to climb whilst carrying surfboards! You can even glimpse the sea from the master bedroom!

What makes this property unique

This cottage really is in a fantastic location it is handy for everything. We are within a five minute walk to the Tate Gallery and the Barbara Hepworth museum. There is the local Norway Stores which is handy for day to day groceries and the odd bottle of wine which is again less than a five minute walk. Again it is a five minute walk to the pier which is perfect for late afternoon crabbing. There are a number of excellent restaurants within the town and you can be down on Fore Street within 5minutes walking at a very leisurely pace! It is possible to do a Tesco home delivery for when you arrive which is something that lots of people do.

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