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The classic giant Haven deck chairs! |
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My baby carrier was a godsend for this holiday, especilly the zoo! |
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Mr Waffle and our son exploring the rocks at high tide. |
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Stunning views in the sunshine, two minutes from the front door! |
The site has so much to offer but is compact enough for little legs (like mine) to walk back and fourth without getting too tired. We stayed in a newly renovated apartment which was perfect. It was nice to have a decent shower, proper closing doors and heaters!
The site had lakes, one with a resident heron, a Canadian goose that seemed to follow us 'honking' everywhere and dozens of ducks with newly hatched babies bobbing about on the water, amongst both real swans and giant pedal boat swans!
We were able to hire a family cart and secure baby with my buckled carrier, they held hands and loved it!
There was a woodland area with all sorts of activities built in and a giant teepee where some activities are held. An amazing playground for little ones of all ages to enjoy and a tree top adventure area for bigger people who are feeling brave and have a head for heights! Also on site were Basketball courts, a pottery painting shop and crazy golf. There was a full itinerary of activities for all ages throughout the site, something for everyone. We unfortunately ran out of time to do everything on offer!
The whole site was very clean and well kept. The swimming pool was amazing for all ages with a tide pool, flumes and a special toddler area with slide slopes. The changing rooms were being cleaned and dried before we went in and the staff over the whole site were extremely friendly and helpful.
Retail and Food
On site there are a few Spar shops which are priced normally and thankfully not with hiked prices to exploit us holiday goers, pretty refreshing! In the Spar shops you can buy ample food, snacks, drinks, toys, DVDs, buckets and spades and most the essential things you will need that you won't want to have to pack, such as toilet roll and washing up liquid. They also sell all the sea squad character toys and accessories and amazing slushy drinks.
Food wise there are a few treats, a Papa Johns pizza, fish and chip shop, Burger King and Starbucks. I can say that we did try them all (for the sake of a review - of course!) And all were very tasty.
Food wise there are a few treats, a Papa Johns pizza, fish and chip shop, Burger King and Starbucks. I can say that we did try them all (for the sake of a review - of course!) And all were very tasty.
Whats nearby?
There is so much to do on site that you really needn't leave, but there is so much in the local area to explore too.
- Bowling
- Mountains
- Seaside
- Countryside
- Slate mine
- Rabbit farm (great little trip out with pony rides!)
- Welsh mountain zoo (we visited on the way home on a whim and boy was it worth it!)
- Steam railway
The Beach - (Attached to the site)
The seaside had miles of sand when the tide went out, and by lunch time lots of fascinating rock pools were on show for us to explore. I was transported straight back to my childhood sifting through seaweed with a net getting excited catching lots of shrimps, baby crabs and fish.
The beach was strewn with jelly fish, unlocking another memory of a beach I had visited as a child. I built sandcastles with my son while his sister snoozed in her pram. I even got a big see through bucket for us to watch our daily catches before my son released them all back into the sea, to 'find their families'.
Our Family Time
We ate food, any food we wanted. We had gone wrong chocolate brownie for my birthday, one of those 'gone wrong' bakes that tastes a million times better for it. Thank you Mr. Waffle. We had ice creams in the sunshine and sat as a family eating pizza. Mmm pizza.
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The happiest kid ever! |
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Baby S perfecting her 'starfish' pose. |
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A having his fencing fun! |
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Baby S had her first paddle in the sea! |
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A in his sun hat with his Rory toy, star struck! |
We loved our Welsh adventure and had another amazing experience at Haven.
We booked our holiday via the Sun newspaper and their £9.50 holiday deals. We regularly book Sun holidays and have had mixed but mostly good experiences of the Haven sites. This site though was something else and I felt it deserved a good review and feedback on their excellent site.
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Typical Welsh penguin farm. Actually the bird show at the Mountain Zoo! |
For the official website of where we stayed and will hopefully revisit next year, and to find out more about the great Sun holiday offers, please click the links below.
http://www.hafan-y-mor.co.uk/
https://www.sunbookonline.co.uk/
The words and views in this review are all my own and in no way influenced by Haven on The Sun.
The words and views in this review are all my own and in no way influenced by Haven on The Sun.
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'Chesney' the pony, A's first ride at the local rabbit farm! |
Happily holidays!
Wafflemama