Barbican View - luxury apartment opposite Alnwick Castle

Location. Comfort. Standard.

Front door step!

Very central location just opposite castle, well equipped, clean, pretty private garden to relax in and every small thought given to the comfort of guests.

Fabulous location, clean and comfortable. Home from home.

I was a bit pricey and extra to take a dog.

Excellent property - highly recommend. Great communication from the host from the off, and then good communication throughout when I had a few questions about the area. The property is a conversion into a ground floor apartment within an older building just across the road from the Castle entrance - it's all been furnished really nice to feel homely without feeling cluttered, nice low level lighting, soft furnishings etc. Very well equipped, with the added bonus of a lovely garden (which alas we couldn't use because it was so cold) and a washing machine. The weather was bad, so it was nice to have proper control over the heating, and it got warm very quickly. Full access to streaming services as well, which can be handy. Parking is free with a permit and just round the corner from the accommodation, very handy. A couple of minutes round the corner and you are right in the centre of Alnwick's main shopping area, everything is very walkable from the property. There were also a few goodies left for us for when we arrived, which was a lovely surprise. Good shower, a bath too, nice comfy bed, plenty of storage throughout, a very thorough welcome book, and even a permit for other parking areas around Northumberland. We had a lovely time and will be recommending this place to anybody we know who wants to stay in lovely Alnwick. We don't have a dog, but looks like it's very accommodating for pooch-parents too.

Can't think of anything that we would change really, a couple of extra utensils like cheese grater and garlic press maybe would be handy, maybe an extra teatowel or two, and maybe instructions for the washing machine, but these are tiny things that didn't take away from the experience. Probably worth mentioning on the listing that the spa bath doesn't work - we had already seen comments to that effect so weren't expecting it, but some might.

Breakfast N/A. Location perfect for everything in and around Alnwick.

At times difficult to park in a residents space, but that's not the fault of the property, just difficult to park in that area generally.

Excellent location. Easy free parking Very comfortable, well appointed property.Well equipped, welcome tray was a particularly nice touch.

Clean

Fabulous location and welcome pack a lovely surprise. The property was very clean and well appointed and appreciated the patio area, instructions for appliances and the extras like books and DVDs

The only instructions that were missing were for the washing machine and I couldn’t figure it out, having an integrated dryer function which didn’t appear to work. The spa bath wasn’t working which was a disappointment.