Louise
10/10
United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Perfect in every way.
Pros: Superb location with car parking but still surrounded by the beauty of the canals and homes in the village. The property was gorgeous inside and out and very comfortable. Our host could not have been more friendly or kinder.
Cons: Nothing, it was superb.
Maria
10/10
Germany 🇩🇪
Beautiful place! Nice host
Pros: Beautiful views of water and neighbourhood it is also very accessible. We were able to park our car in the property and use the garden. We enjoyed sitting at the window and wave back to all the people passing by on their boats. Giethoorn is a beautiful place and I would recommend the visit, we definitely want to come back and we would stay at Wendy’s place again
Cons: It was quite cold, the heater would turn off automatically and got cold very quickly, specially during the night. Wendy turned it back on but I would totally be better prepared for cold if visiting again during spring
Rohani
8/10
Malaysia 🇲🇾
Beautiful cottage in a lovely village. But the house was often freezing cold!
Pros: The accommodation is a semi-detached arrangement, with the host living on one side, and we on the other. That made it easy for if we needed anything. It is a beautiful and well-furnished house, in an excellent location, with a lovely view of the canal, which is right by the garden. But, if you don’t have a car, or if you are not physically mobile, it can be difficult to get around, as there are no taxis or Uber in the area. We were fortunate that our host, Wendy, and various Giethoorn residents, would offer us a lift into the village. Wendy and her husband, Torsten, are such nice, cheerful, and kind people, who would go out of their way to help you. We were very touched by their help.
Cons: The only problem we had — and it was a big one, unfortunately — was that our host was overly conservative with the heating. Apparently, electricity bills are through the roof, and our host did not want us to use the heating very much. We understand about electricity bills. But, it was very cold in the house, and the times that the heating was turned on (remotely by the host) did not suit our own timetable (and we told them this). We literally had to beg for the heating to be turned on in the middle of the night, because our arms and legs were cramping up, and we were getting a headache! Our host reasoned that if we couldn’t take the cold, we should have come in the summer. We are well-travelled people, and we have been travelling since before our hosts were born. In addition, we have lived in cold countries,too. So, we don’t expect the weather to accommodate us, and we don’t expect God to bring out the sun every time we go out. But, we do expect that when we come back to the accommodation, that the cold won’t follow us in. That really is not an unreasonable expectation! The hosts, as we have said, are very nice people; but, they just couldn’t understand that foreigners cannot acclimatise to living in a cold house when they are simply on holiday and not living there long-term.
John
10/10
Netherlands 🇳🇱
We hebben een heerlijke vakantie gehad in deze parel van Giethoorn, bij geweldig lieve mensen!
Pros: Alles was geweldig! De accommodatie was geweldig, van alle gemakken voorzien en de inrichting was gezellig huiselijk met sfeervolle verlichting. Wat ook heel belangrijk is. De locatie is op de mooiste plek van Giethoorn en je kunt parkeren bij het huis, wat erg fijn is, want een parkeerplaats is daar vaak moeilijk te vinden. En zeker niet onbelangrijk, de eigenaars zijn schatten van mensen! Volgend jaar gaan we weer terug.
Cons: Er is niets wat ons niet beviel.
Andrea
10/10
Switzerland 🇨🇭
Wunderbar!
Pros: Wir vergeben 10 Punkte für die pittoreske Ortschaft Giethoorn sowie für die Gastfreundlichkeit der Vermieterin Wendy; ihre saubere, gut ausgestattete und geschmackvoll eingerichtete Ferienwohnung; den schönen Sitzplatz; die Lage am Kanal, wo man bestens unterhalten ist durch die Leute in den vorbeifahrenden Booten. Es gibt viele Aktivitäten, die man hier ausführen kann: Spazieren, Bootsfahrten, Fahrradtouren etc.
Cons: Nur etwas hat uns nicht so gefallen: die kleine, enge Toilette.
Seraj
10/10
Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
I really enjoyed the three nights of stay. Clean place, perfect location and very lovely atmosphere The owner was very
Pros: It was very well organized. Everything was clean and nice
Cons: Everything was fine. There was a touch of art.
Arianna
9/10
Germany 🇩🇪
Pros: Sehr gut ausgestattete Wohnung im Haus von Wendy. Sie ist eine freundliche, aufmerksame Gastgeberin und gibt gute Tipps. Alles ist sehr sauber und die Handtücher sowie Bettwäsche duften ganz wunderbar! Wir hatten eine schöne Zeit.
Cons: Der Ort ist schön, tagsüber im Sommer allerdings wirklich extrem voll. Aber da kann die Gastgeberin nichts für. Ganz im Gegenteil versucht sie ihren Gästen soviel Privatsphäre wie möglich zu ermöglichen.
