48 Reviews of Point Sands Holiday Park , Tarbert, Argyll Campsite. Review score 8/10

Q: Is Point Sands Holiday Park child friendly?

YES, it accepts children & has a playground View all facilities

Q: Where is the nearest shop to Point Sands Holiday Park?

There is a shop within 5 miles View all facilities

Reviews of Point Sands Holiday Park

Point Sands Holiday Park
Tayinloan
Kintyre
Tarbert
Argyll (Browse area)
PA29 6XG
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Pitches:
Open: 01/03/2024 to 30/11/2024
01/03/2025 to 30/11/2025

Rating:

8/10 from 48 Reviews

No Tents	No Caravans	No Motorhomes	No Campervans
Glamping Units	Holiday Homes for Hire	Holiday Homes for Sale	No Seasonal Pitches
No Electric Hookups	No Hardstandings	No Fully Serviced Pitches	Show Full Facilities

Who's it for
Families Welcome	Not Members Only	No Rallies	Not Naturist Site
Dogs Welcome	No Dogs Allowed	Groups Welcome
Facilities
No Toilets	No Showers	No Washing Up Area	No Bathroom
No Baby Changing	Laundry On Site	Drinking Water	Disabled Friendly
No Chemical Disposal	No Battery Charging	No Gas Exchange	No Recycling Facilities
No Kitchen Facilities	No Freezer / Fridge	No Motorhome Point	Wifi Access
Shop <5 miles	Bar <5 miles	Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile
Activities
Kids Playground	No TV Room	Games Room	No Evening Ents
Fishing On Site	No Wild Swimming	No Indoor Pool	No Outdoor Pool
Horse Riding <5 miles	Cycle Hire <5 miles	Golf <5 miles	No Tennis
Beach On Site	Watersports <1 mile	Boat Launch / Mooring On Site
Other Features
Sea Views	Not Working Farm	Campfires Allowed
Coastside Pitches	Public Transport <1 mile	No Dog Walk

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Date of Visit: August 2021	Unit: Other
Reviewer: Webmaster
This site no longer offers touring or camping pitches. It is now a holiday lodge site, with some glamping for rental. If you know that this situation has changed in the future, please could you let us know. Many thanks

Date of Visit: September 2016

Unit: Motorhome

Reviewer: Dot P

725 reviews from this member

The last couple of reviews state the site was closing to tourers. It has only closed to caravans - they still accept campervans / motorhomes. Whilst the site details are updated on this site the reviews made us think all tourers were no longer accepted.

There are 5 hard standing pitches, each with ehu and wifi available. You do need own facilities as no showers / loos.

We didn't stay but as we found site was open and accepting tourers wanted to update here for others to see.

It's £20 for a night incl the ehu and wifi.

Date of Visit: August 2014

Unit: Touring Caravan

Reviewer: Mmad

15 reviews from this member

This site is closing for touring caravans and tents after this season, which is a shame. Our second stop here, came 4 or so years ago. Had a problem with the car and owner in the office pointed me in the direction of a mechanic on site. Great location, right on the beach. Superb views and sunsets. Good for kayaking and many of the very friendly seasonals who stop here do this. New toilet block (portaloo sheds) replacing old ones. These very small, but nice and clean. Good on site shop. Wifi free but heavily used so very slow. Just up from Gigha ferry, which makes a nice day out. Would have returned if tourers had continued to be accepted.

Date of Visit: August 2014

Unit: Campervan

Reviewer: Clipstone Lad

8 reviews from this member

We have been to this site three times over the past six years. As the previous reviews show it will be closing to touring after this season. I have to say we have not been impressed over the times we visited. The only plus in its favour was its location: facing west on the long beach, and close to the Gigha island ferry. For that privelege the owners have been milking the location without much interest in developing its potential, and it has been one of the most expensive sites we stayed on.

This year we were dismayed to find that the 'new' toilet block was a rented Portacabin, with tiny shower units and even smaller toilet cubicles; seriously, I would defy anyone of a 'stout' figure to fit into either. The soap dispensers were empty, and the hot water operated on a wave of the hand in front of a sensor, that never seemed to work. Even more bizarre was the chemical disposal; after

Searching, we found this under a heavy concrete lid with a ring in it.

Fortunately, we stayed mid week, and left to find our own spot, but we were told by the seasonal people that on weekends the site became a free-for-all, with visitors setting up to close to each other under a 'stack em high' policy; at least that proves that people would still come if they could. There may be some good news though. The people who run the Gigha ferry cafe and Bed and Breakfast have applied to open a touring site as well, and they would be excellent to stay with.

Date of Visit: May 2014

Unit: Tent

Reviewer: Robnixon

21 reviews from this member

We enjoyed a fantastic week at Point Sands during the UK Half term at the end of May. After the bank holiday, there were only two tents on site for the rest of the week!

We were fortunate with the weather, having no rain and mostly sunny all week and very warm.

Large site, split into 3 sections with statics at one side, tourers at the other and tents in the middle.

Most of the tents were non EHU, but we requested hook up so were reserved a space near the tourers.

Site is literally on the beach (private to the site) with fantastic views of Gigha, Islay and Jura, especially in the evening with the sunset.

Great little shop on site selling the basics. Nearest supermarket's are Co-op's at Campbeltown or Tarbet, approx 25 mins drive from the site.

A visit to Gigha is a must with the Calmac ferry leaving 2 miles from the site. Its possible to drive to the ferry or walk along the beach. Leave car on Kintyre and just walk on ferry as you can walk Gigha or hire bikes.

Recommend visiting Tarbet, Campbeltown and Carradale on days out. Some fantastic walks. Mull of Kintyre is quite a drive and a long walk back to the car, so beware!

Back on site, toilet and shower block spotless, although 2 showers in men, never busy. There is also a play park for younger children and plenty of space for ball games.

Really relaxing site. Lovely owners who are helpful with the local area. Free Wi-Fi on site, but this was hit and miss.

Date of Visit: August 2013

Unit: Tent

Reviewer: Seniorsx2

8 reviews from this member

The campsite is in a lovely peaceful location. The staff and wardens are friendly and helpful. The tent pitches are flat and well spaced with sea views. Although the showers and toilets are temporary they were clean and tidy. The camp shop has basic food supplies and gorgeous freshly baked croissants in the mornings. A small takeaway on site cooks fresh meals to order. The camp is ideal for the ferries for island hopping. Not to be missed a visit to the Sea Food Shack at Skipness by the castle.For a quiet restful holiday this site will be difficult to beat.

Date of Visit: July 2013

Unit: Tent

Nights stayed: 3

Travelling as: Solo traveller

Reviewer: Westcoaster

10 reviews from this member

I found Point Sands to have a fantastic location - right on the shore looking over to the Island of Gigha and about a 5 minute drive to the ferry at Tayinloan for Gigha, or 15 mins or so to Kennacraig for other islands including Islay and Colonsay. There's a long, white, sandy shore which is really beautiful and if you're lucky you get a fantastic view of the sun setting behind the islands. The 'Kintyre Way' long distance walk pathway runs along the site, so it would be a handy stopping point for that. There is a campsite shop and café (open evenings only), and newly installed toilet block with showers. The cubicles for the showers are pretty tight, but you can just about wedge yourself in and get the door shut; there was plenty hot water and they were free. The loos were clean, though I didn't think the mop and pail full of water should have been left in there all day. The site is spacious and when I was there, busy with families in caravans and tents. There are plenty water points and some lidded bins here and there. The only problem I really had was the weather - after one fantastic afternoon and evening a gale blew in from the Atlantic and I thought the tent and I were going to blow away, so sadly I had to leave early, but I did enjoy my short visit and look forward to visiting again. For me and the car and tent it was £12 a night so good value.

Date of Visit: June 2013

Unit: Tent

Reviewer: Mleonard

8 reviews from this member

Fantastic Site at a truly stunning location (if peace and tranquillity is what you are after)

On arrival met the very friendly receptionist who put us in the direction of “Red T-Shirt Phil” (her quote - :-)) who is the ‘on site’ warden who shows you to your pitch and always available to help out if needed (very nice guy!)

Nice clean site with flat pitches (soft sandy ground so good pegs needed as can get very windy – but drains well when it rains), new toilet/shower block facilities which at first you think are small and not enough but proved to more than adequate (all kept very clean and free hot showers) and never any queues.

Lovely location with sea views (all pitches) and views to the islands (stunning sun sets). Walking/cycling distance to Tayinloan ferry to Isle of Gigha which is a must as such a fantastic island with some of the best beaches and seas you could imagine. (great little cafe by the ferry jetty for when you come back to mainland)

Has a small shop and evening beach takeaway hut which cooks to order local fish, scallops etc…or just burgers, chips…good value and excellent quality.

Wood provided to light fires on the beach at night which gives you the true camping experience and gets campers together for a chat and a drink.

Very quiet site with no late noise, in fact so quiet you can lie in bed and listen to the sea.

Will definitely visit again!

Date of Visit: June 2013

Unit: Motorhome

Reviewer: Kirbytwo

6 reviews from this member

Based on our statistically unreliable sample, men like Point Sands campsite but women are less enthusiastic. For the men it is something to do with pretending they are wild camping, but with all the facilities of a campsite, adjacent to a splendid beach with streams to be dammed, on which fires are permitted and along which runs the 87 mile Kintyre Way. The women noted a missing sink plug in the washing-up area, a lack of instructions for the laundry equipment and an unhealthy aroma from one of the water point drains.

We stayed at Point Sands for one night prior to taking the ferry to Islay from Kennacraig, some 12 miles away. The ferry to Arran from Cronaig is a similar distance from Point Sands and both routes involve passing the only petrol station in the area.

The toilet block, laundry and washing-up facilities were all renewed for 2013, albeit in temporary buildings intended soon to be replaced by permanent structures. All were faultlessly clean and modern. Allowed to select our own pitch, we were well away from the mobile homes and children’s play area with interesting views of Cara, Gigalum and community-owned Gigha, to which a ferry within walking distance runs every hour.

The camp-site shop supplied our limited needs whilst the experienced wardens (also new to Port Sands in 2013) were clearly making strenuous efforts to rectify those aspects of the site on which previous reviewers, and the two women in our survey, commented adversely

Date of Visit: June 2013

Unit: Campervan

Reviewer: Garyt

1 review from this member

Home after our first but certainly not last visit to point sands campsite on the beautiful shores of the mull of kintyre, this is a cracking site with spectacular sea views and all pitches are flat and well kept, on arrival the staff were welcoming and friendly.

We were pitched right on the edge of the beach within 10 minutes after a quick rundown from helpful warden on sites facilities. The site shop was well stocked with with fresh produce and useful items, they even have a cafe serving breakfast/ lunch & dinner menu's, the toilet and shower block looked brand new and was very clean.

I cant say enough good things about this site and the £18 per night for a serviced pitch was well worth it & they even let us stay in our place till 5pm on depart day as the weather was glorious and we wanted to make most of it.

Cheers point sands see you soon.

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