H3 Everleigh Clarach Bay Holiday Village

HOTEL OVERVIEW

You know what caught me off guard about H3 Everleigh? I was expecting another cookie-cutter holiday park when I turned off Clarach Road, but this place actually has some personality. It’s perched right there overlooking Clarach Bay – and I mean properly overlooking it, not just claiming to be “near the coast” like half the places around here. You can literally hear the waves from most of the accommodations, which is either lovely or slightly annoying depending on how light a sleeper you are.

The whole setup feels more like a proper village than your typical holiday park. They’ve got this boutique thing going on without being pretentious about it – no official star rating, but honestly, it doesn’t need one. The accommodations are scattered around the property in a way that actually makes sense, so you’re not staring directly into your neighbor’s window (learned that lesson the hard way at other places). What I really appreciated was the mix – some spots are perfect if you’ve got kids who want to run around, others are tucked away enough that you can pretend you’re the only ones there. The parking situation is refreshingly straightforward too, which anyone who’s driven around Borth during summer will appreciate.

Here’s the thing though – and this is where knowing the area helps – Clarach Bay itself is one of those spots that locals tend to keep slightly quieter about. It’s got that proper Welsh coast feeling without the crowds you get down at Aberystwyth beach. From H3 Everleigh, you can walk down to the bay in maybe five minutes, and there’s something quite satisfying about having your morning coffee while watching the dog walkers and early surfers do their thing. The location means you’re close enough to Borth for supplies (that little Co-op is a lifesaver) but far enough out that you feel like you’ve actually escaped somewhere. I mean, the 8.7 rating makes sense when you consider most people are comparing it to standard holiday parks rather than boutique hotels – it’s sort of in its own category. Check-in was refreshingly human too, none of that corporate efficiency nonsense. Just don’t expect luxury spa treatments or anything – this is more about getting the fundamentals really right in a setting that does most of the work for them.