A beautiful place with lots of character. However, for the price it would be nice for there to be some attention to detail. For over $300 per night, I wish I’d known I need to request a massage 48 to 72 hours ahead of time! I had to walk to the lobby in the morning to get a packet of coffee for the coffee maker. The television is not HD. Just little stuff, but it’s kind of a castle so people will still pay the big bucks.

My husband booked the Thane Cottage for a night to get away for my birthday.

We got there around 5:30pm and were greeted by a very lovely front desk staff member. We were given our keys, a map of the property and told where we could park to be close to the cottage.

We had made reservations at the restaurant which happened to be a few steps away from the cottage. Food was good - nothing special but ok. Service was very good. Our waitress did a great job and brought out a birthday dessert on the house.

The cottage was clean. Quite dated but the area where the bed was looked more modern. The shower was small and barely fit one person. We didn't try the jetted tub in the bathroom. There were clean towels and minimal toiletries.

The kitchen. Had two mismatched wine/champagne glasses. Very small table.

Room had a gas fireplace with a remote that warmed up the cottage very quickly and a record player but a selection of records to play. Nice touch.

We used the hot tub out on the deck which was clean and a nice treat. The deck itself was full of debris but had a light coating of snow so it was possible no one swept before then.

The bed itself was just ok and not very comfortable but good enough.

We left at 3am. Why?

Well, I was woken up at midnight but loud thumping just outside our door. it is a detached cottage with nothing around. It occured about 3-4 times and I tried to ignore. Close to 3am, the fireplace turned on by itself. We were both in bed and the remote was in its place across the room.

I actually didn't know about the ghost stories said about this place until a couple of days before and my husband didn't know when he booked. He doesn't really believe in those things. The fireplace even spooked him! We promptly grabbed our things because I wasn't going to sleep after that and tried to call someone to ask where to leave the keys but our room phone was all static. Someone picked up (owner?) and told us to leave the key in the room.

As we were walking out, we noticed that it was pitch black as they had shut off all the walking path lights. The only lights were the ones we turned on the porch. Those started turning off and on for several seconds when we stepped out the door. My husband thought it was due to a motion sensor but that would mean they would stay on with movement. The problem magically resolved itself after we walked off the steps into the walking path and they remained lit without flickering.

In summary, the cottage was clean although very basic. It has the potential to be very romantic. Even so, I wouldn't seek out to stay here again as you can get more for the same price elsewhere. If you're spooked easily, don't stay here.

We were there last night with two other family friends. Why should you pay about 200 bucks to stay there ? Jacuzzi in the room : it stopped working after one hour. Swimming pool : the water was cold and no one answered in the reception to help us within morning hours. Sauna was off. You go there to see the tower and scenery around it: the tower was closed!
Most importantly, it is during pandemic So you would need to go somewhere to relax where you do not get sick afterwards: bed covers were all dirty and covered with trash and stains. I doubt they were changed at all.There was a dirty tissue in the toilet drawers. No one had checked it after the previous guest had checked out. I will keep an eye to make sure we will get COVID-19 If any thing happens to my family and friends I will sue this highly priced and low quality hotel!