Argo Villa

Argo Villa B&B, St Dogmaels, Cardigan offers:

General

• Off-road parking for up to two vehicles during your stay
• Tea, coffee, etc making facility in every room
• Packed lunches on request
• Luggage transfer (please contact Colin as detailed above))
• Access to local and regional maps of different scale
• Local and regional footpath booklets, leaflets and maps available for use
• Iron with ironing board
• Hair dryer in rooms
• An Access statement
• Boat park, slipway and landing pontoon are close to the property
• selection of themed walks e.g. microbrewery and cheese farm with tasting walk.

For Walkers we are:

• located just 100 metres from the start/end marker of the Pembrokeshire Coast Path in St Dogmaels
• on the Preseli Circle Walking trail
• 1 mile from the Teifi River Trail and the Ceredigion Coast Path start/end
• equiped with a purpose built washing and drying and boot drying facility
• in close proximity to the Preseli hills,
• equiped with local and regional footpath booklets, leaflets and maps for use
• offer a selection of themed walks e.g. Highest points, two gorges, views from Lundy Island to Bardesy Island, microbrewery and cheese farm with tasting

For Cyclists we:

• have a secure bicycle and equipment store
• are located on Sustrans 82 cycle route
• have a cycle shop (New Image Bicycles) with workshop in Cardigan & bicycle hire available from same
   

Local:

• All 4 local pubs serve evening meals, check at B&B which close on Mondays/Sundays
• Bowen's, a superb village licensed fish & chip shop
• Working medieval flourmill with water wheel, pond, ducks & community herb garden
• Interesting network of village footpaths, illustrated booklet available free
• Abbey ruins with visitor centre and good cafe
• The Segranus Celtic stone with ancient Irish & Latin inscriptions
• Annual Shakespeare play in the Abbey grounds during early August
• Medieval Fair on August Bank Holiday Monday
• The Village Festival and a Walking Festival in May
• Village Green with new childrens playground and river views
• Bicycle Hire is available in Cardigan
• Canoeing trips on the river and through the Teifi gorge organised from Cardigan
• The Teifi is a salmon fishing river, day passes are available for fishing upstream
• Spectacular cliffs walks and sunsets
• The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park with a wonderous network of paths
• Preseli mountain (source of the Stonehenge bluestone) and valley walks are 20 minutes away by vehicle
• Ancient Celtic standing stones, cromlechs and sites in the area
• Amazonian Centre with walkthrough viewing of exotic butterflies
• Castell Henllys Iron Age Fort - an award wining experience
• Cilgerran marsh reserve and visitor centre is accessible from Cardigan

Checking In Time

Guests are normally able to check-in/register between 4pm and 10pm. Check-in outside these hours available by prior arrangement.

Checking Out Time

Guests are requested to vacate their rooms by 10:15 am on their day of departure. This is so that cleaning can commence and the rooms made available for our next guests.

No Smoking Policy

For everybody's peace of mind, Argo Villa has installed a wired mains electric fire alarm system and has a 'no smoking' requirement within the property to comply with legal requirements.

We reserve the right to terminate a booking without notice and without refund in case of a breach in this condition. If this situation occurs, the guests will be required to pay the tariff for the full booking

Peace and Quiet Policy

Argo Villa has a 'peace and quiet' policy. Consequently, there are no television sets in guests rooms.

Digital radios are provided in the King and the Twin rooms and guests are requested to respect others need for peace and quiet.

A selection of books is available for reading if you so wish. You are welcome to take them home to finish, please donate them to Oxfam afterwards.

Environmental Policy

• Used towels will be changed at least every 3 days and bed linen after 4 nights stay (more often if necessary). Guests may request increasing these intervals to reduce their environmental footprint.
• Argo Villa endeavours to recycle and/or compost waste wherever possible.
• Argo Villa considers the use of individual soaps and bottled shampoos etc is environmentally unsustainable, a wasteful practice and an unnecessary discard to landfill. Consequently, refillable liquid soap and shower gel dispensers are provided as an alternative in en-suites. These dispensers are included in the antibacterial wipe clean whenever rooms are prepared for new guests.

Authority to make a Booking

• The person making a booking or signing a booking form certifies that he/she is authorised to agree the Booking Conditions on behalf of all persons included in the booking
• The person making the booking must be 18 years of age or over. Booking cannot be accepted from persons under 18 years of age

Deposit Payment

• A 50% deposit by cheque made payable to 'Argo Villa' is required to confirm the booking.
• In the event of cancellation within 2 weeks of the booked date the deposit is non-refundable unless the rooms are re-let when a cancellation charge of only 10% will be made
• Any refund will be returned as a cheque made out to the name of the person making the booking and will be sent to the address given at time of booking

Payment of Outstanding Balance

• For 2012 Season, Guests are requested to pay the balance of their Bill (including for any additional facilities provided, etc) in the evening before they checkout and an Invoice/Receipt for the outstanding amount will be provided by the owner.
• Argo Villa reserves the right to require that any outstanding balance is paid in cash sterling on the day before departure. In which case, transport to a Cardigan bank or cash point machine may be provided to facilitate this if there is no public transport available.

Guests Obligations are:

• to pay for any breakage, losses or damage to the property before departure.
• to take all reasonable and proper care of the property, and
• to be responsible for any additional/unusual cleaning costs incurred by Argo Villa B&B as a result of their stay

Maximum number of persons

To comply with fire regulations, the number of persons booked into a room must not be exceeded. We reserve the right to terminate a booking without notice and without refund in case of a breach in this condition. Guests will be required to pay the full tariff for any additional occupancy of the rooms.

Maximum Stay

The maximum stay available is 8 nights unless a longer period has been agreed with Argo Villa B&B at the time of booking.