Favourite Places in Wales: Milkwood House view

IMG_1408 Originally uploaded by TruPlaces Finally Milkwood House is empty for a day which has given me a chance to take some more pics and what a day to be empty – its probably the nicest day of the year and you can see the English coast as plain as day. This is the view [...]

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Milkwood House gets selected for Wales in Style!

Under Milkwood! Milkwood House has just been selected to be part of the exclusive award winning initiative known as Wales in Style (www.walesinstyle.com) and we’re over the moon with it!   It’s not easy to get in on this, and they only select what they deem as the very best, exclusive tourism experiences in Wales, [...]

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Special Offers during the Gower Walking Festival 2009

  If you’re heading to Gower or Swansea and looking for a place to stay in June during the Gower Walking Festival (6th-21st June 2009), then TruPlaces are offering some great discounts to take advantage of.    Provided you book on at least one walk during the Festival,  we’ll offer you up to 15% off [...]

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Visit Wales, let the grading commence!

Well, after successfully achieving a 5 star grade for Milkwood House our luxury self catering apartment in Swansea, it was today the turn of our self catering cottages in Gower Holiday Village. The inspector Louise was excellent and was very thorough in her analysis, a very worthwhile exercise.  4 self catering properties inspected in all, [...]

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Stay in May: Luxury May breaks in Milkwood House, Wales’ coolest and newest place to stay

Stay in May (including May Day Bank Holiday breaks and Whitsun holidays too!) £325 for 3 nights in Milkwood for up to 4-6 people £600 for 7 nights in Milkwood for up to 4-6 people “Milkwood House was really stunning and in a great location…….. lovely for a relaxing weekend away……..really stylish and even a [...]

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Milkwood House achieves highest quality mark possible

We’re delighted to announce that Milkwood House,  our luxury self catering apartment  in Swansea Marina, has achieved the maximum grade possible which ranks it amongst the country’s elite places to stay in Wales.  Milkwood House is now officially a 5 star apartment following a rigorous inspection by Visit Wales who awarded the property 93% out [...]

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Gower Walking Festival 2009

What a great way to see Gower in June (and just before the crowds arrive!).  The Gower Walking Festival (6th – 21st June 2009) has been running for about 5 years now and is gaining an excellent reputation year on year. This year there are 45 walks to choose from, some only 1 mile long, [...]

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Top of Google in 10 minutes?

Most people argue that the day of the blog has gone as the likes of Twitter etc. has exploded away from social media’s early adoptors and hitting the mainstream big time.  But, as more of a traditionalist, thought I’d try something out – how powerful is a blog entry in tourism marketing? This is what i [...]

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