Culver House

Swansea, The Gower & Carmarthenshire


Just a stone skip from the beach, this renovated 19th-century house offers eight self-contained apartments with all the mod cons. The upper apartments have balconies, while most of those on the ground floor open onto cute little gardens. Two-night minimum stays may be required in busier periods.


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