Wiveliscombe accommodation from NZ$105

Stayed in a glamping pod which was so lovely, super cute and clean, but the check in process wasn’t ideal. Myself and my friend who also had a pod weren’t sent check in codes, I called the reception several times before 5pm (that’s what time it says it shuts) and no answer, emailed and messaged on hotels.com, we arrived, drove around the site which was pitch black (appreciate its eco and rural but solar lights could be useful in the winter) and found a reception. We called an emergency number which was answered on the second call and we were given the codes to the pods on the phone. We then went back to the pods and found them but only a few of their outdoor automatic lights worked so we went round with phone torches. When we got in they were cold as the radiators hadn’t been plugged in and switched on. We switched them on and went out for dinner and came back and they were nice and cosy, but in November I think they should put them on for people before they check in. The pods are incredibly clean, cosy and had good toiletries and kitchen areas. Just make sure you’ve got your check in code in advance.

Lovely clean and fresh hotel. Good service.

It may not be obvious in the listing but it really is in a Norman Castle as part of Taunton Castle complex. Modern trim is over the old bones but it is airy like a castle would be with common room after rooms for community and business. We stayed in a suite on floor 2 and it was spacious, clean and had large spaces in the bath for my wife to place her makeup and spread out. The room was in nice shape and had many touches like a writing desk, couch and chairs and of course the make up counter. Our only knock on the hotel was the tempur style mattress on the bed. It needed to be replaced as there was a large indentation on my side of the bed that I actually had to place a pillow in to stop rolling to it. We would return but would ask that the mattress be replaced or at the least rotated to shift the hole.