‘The resort had a canine spa’: readers’ favorite dog-friendly holidays | Household holidays

Off the lead at Gunwalloe, Cornwall

Not too long ago, Cornwall Council lifted the season-long canine ban on most of the county’s seashores, limiting it to only July and August moderately than the six months or so it had been beforehand. The council publishes a list of beaches, with all restrictions listed, that it’s vital to test earlier than heading out (there are nonetheless 11 beaches where dogs are banned between 10am and 6pm, and there are three protected wildlife areas the place they’re banned always). Top-of-the-line seashores, we expect, is at Gunwalloe the place guests can keep on the Nationwide Belief vacation cottage proper by the seaside and the cafe has water bowls for canine. Church Cove is restricted for canine homeowners in July and August however Greenback Cove subsequent door is dog-friendly always. The coast path runs proper alongside the seashores and takes you over to Poldhu or Porthleven, so there are many choices for walkies.
Layla Astley

Canine-friendly inn within the Lake District

The four-star resort Inn on the Square (doubles from £100 B&B) in Keswick could be very dog-friendly. It offers a canine spa – very helpful after a stunning stroll within the fells – canine beds, and tips about inexperienced areas for canine to do their enterprise. Keswick is a good looking city with implausible pubs on beautiful Derwentwater. The resort fees a nightly complement of £25 a canine. As much as two canine can keep in your bed room.
Dee

A fort match for a canine in South Ayrshire

North Firbank Cottage (from £700 every week, sleeps 4) within the Culzean Fortress and Nation Park Property close to Maybole is a pleasant cottage with two sizeable safe gardens to your canine. It’s owned by the Nationwide Belief for Scotland and is on a brief non-public highway that leads solely to a few rentable cottages. A couple of minutes’ stroll in a single route is the property’s public automotive park, lake, cafe and youngsters’s journey park, whereas a couple of minutes’ within the different is the massive sandy Maidens seaside (canine welcome all 12 months) with views of Arran and Ailsa Craig. Included within the value are miles of footpaths within the Culzean Property and admission to the fort (however no canine inside).
David Gilmore

Isle of Man’s finest buddy

The Isle of Man has miles of lead-free strolling across the sandy seashores on the prime of the island. There are 18 preserved national glens all appropriate for off-lead strolling – with clear rivers to splash in – and a number of other have a stunning seaside on the finish. Sprint round Gansey Bay beach (canine welcome all 12 months) within the south, then sit together with your well-behaved canine within the bar of the Shore Hotel overlooking the bay.
Sue

Pamper your pooch in Norfolk

East Ruston Cottages in north-east Norfolk are completely dedicated to canine, offering every little thing you want for you and your canine. All cottages take at the very least three canine. The cottage we stayed in earlier this 12 months had a canine bathe and toys, towels, treats and even a birthday card for our border collie. It was pretty for us as properly. The corporate will even present canine sitters if wanted.
Margaret Dennis

Bracing seaside walkies on Anglesey

Ynys Môn (Anglesey) is the type of place the place you wake to gulls not visitors. We booked a cottage above Red Wharf Bay then spent every tide-out morning striding sand to Traeth Lligwy, canine off lead (there are not any canine restrictions there) and noses stuffed with salt. Lunch meant fish and chips exterior the Ship Inn the place water bowls seem earlier than menus. For wet days there may be the dog-friendly cafe on the Oriel Môn museum and humanities centre or woodland walks in Newborough Forest the place pink squirrels flit overhead. Each night our spaniel snored beside the log burner whereas we deliberate tomorrow’s superb seaside.
Pamela

Pooch on the free in Pembrokeshire

Discover historic oak woodlands and secret seashores at The Little Retreat in Lawrenny (domes sleeping 4 from £120 an evening), Pembrokeshire. Nestled within the walled backyard of a Twelfth-century fort, these luxurious domes are absolutely dog-friendly and overlook the Daugleddau estuary – excellent for wild swims and kayak adventures. Close by, stroll to hidden coves or go to Carew Fortress’s dog-welcoming (on the lead) grounds. It’s a wildly peaceable escape filled with historical past, magnificence and allure.
Rosa

Set tails wagging within the Cotswolds

We actually loved a go to to the De Vere at Cotswolds Water Park with our canine. Our floor ground room had doorways opening out on to a large wetland panorama and a boardwalk to pootle together with the canine. The same old extras (beds and so forth) are supplied, you’ll be able to take your canine to breakfast and use the spa. Close by cities equivalent to Cirencester are implausible for canine, and the largest hit of all was the Cotswold Wildlife Park close by, an outstanding dog-friendly (canine should be stored on a lead) animal park and gardens.
Jenni

Seashore heaven at Ballymastocker, County Donegal

We spent our childhood summers at Rita’s chalets in Portsalon in County Donegal. The lodging was fundamental and low-cost. There was no heating, TV or bathe however they allowed Sandy, our devoted canine, to remain yearly. We nonetheless return however the lodging, now known as the Pier Apartments (from €310 for 2 nights, two flats, sleep 5 every) has been massively upgraded. However some issues have stayed the identical. The harbour remains to be full of youngsters leaping into the ocean from the pier. The views are as spectacular as ever, and dog-friendly Ballymastocker seaside remains to be one of the best on the planet. And Sandy has been changed by Benji.
Keiran

Profitable tip: Mull – the isle of canine

The Isle of Mull is probably the most dog-friendly island I’ve ever had the pleasure of visiting. George the labrador was welcomed with open arms on the ferry crossing from Oban – the place they even had a particular canine seating space with bowls of water and treats obtainable. All of the seashores are breathtaking, and canine can roam off-lead to their hearts’ content material. We even managed to take him on the tiny foot ferry over to The Boathouse restaurant on Ulva, the place he made finest buddies with celeb pooch Grampa, owned by the well-known inside designer Banjo Beale.
Hywel Sedgwick