Mairenui Rural Retreat

We stayed here for a birthday celebration, taking up almost all of the facility, so this review is a reflection of a variety of opinions. Firstly, the various 'locations' are in three distinct areas with the local road intersecting them. If you are staying as a couple then this probabily won't matter, but for us it came as a surprise and meant a bit of coming and going for some in our group. The villa is definatly "old School' and may come as a bit of a shock to some. Even though we were here in summer the nights were cool/cold. We had to light the fire both nights....Yes an open fire that you have to work at.....comes as a surprise to those who are used to a heat pump. The ceiling are very high and the windows small. meaning it is dark in there, even when it's bright sunlight outside. We also had some un-invited guests, of the fury, long tailed variety. Our fault no doubt for leaving food out, but country life!!! (and this is not imagined as we saw them). The other property is 'quirky' at best. I can imagine some people not being comfortable in there at all, as the sleeping areas have open spaces so private conversations, aren't. Also, for those of us who stayed there, hot water would have been nice.....there was none! You probabily think that we didn't enjoy our time here, well that's wrong. Far from it, we loved being away from everything and stepping back in time to when houses like this were the norm. But if you think you'd miss your mod con's then perhaps this isn't the spot for you.

Une immersion totale chez sue et David, un accueil chaleureux, leur gentillesse nous a fait encore plus aimer ce pays. Merci à vous deux, pour ce bon moments passés ensemble dans ce cadre idilique et ce calme et le chants des oiseaux aux réveils. Philippe et Francesca