Dog Friendly Stays in Saundersfoot

Saundersfoot's main beach restricts dogs from 1 May to 30 September — but the village remains a fine dog base because of what's within walking distance. The tunnels path through the old tramway cuttings is a brilliant, traffic-free dog walk at any tide, linking Coppet Hall, Wiseman's Bridge and Amroth, whose western beach welcomes dogs all year round. Do it out along the coast, pub stop at Wiseman's Bridge, and back before lunch.

Out of season the village beach opens to dogs and becomes one of the best low-tide gallops in the county. The stays below accept dogs (numbers per listing), and we've favoured properties with enclosed gardens and walkable access to the tunnels path — because a holiday where the dog walk starts at the door beats one that starts with a car boot.

The beaches, in order of usefulness with a dog

Saundersfoot Beach closes to dogs from 1 May to 30 September and has RNLI lifeguards daily from early July to early September. Coppet Hall, a few minutes through the first tunnel, allows dogs in designated areas all year — the reason several listings here mention it by name — and Glen Beach, between the harbour and Monkstone Point, is the quiet dog-friendly stretch reached by a path opposite Pine Tree Cottage. Carry on through the tunnels to Wiseman's Bridge and Amroth, whose western end is dog-friendly year-round and whose National Park car park is the easy place to leave the car. The whole tunnels walk is flat and traffic-free; our Amroth to Tenby walk covers the full stretch.

Where the dog-friendly stays actually are

Pine Tree Cottage, a four-bedroom house opposite the Glen Beach path with an enclosed garden and a wood burner, is the obvious pick for a family with a dog who want to walk everywhere. The converted-hotel apartments near the centre — Turnstone takes two dogs and sleeps two couples in en-suite rooms — suit people who'd rather be in the village than above it. Inland at Stepaside, the lodges on Heritage Park (Heritage Park 92 takes one small dog, not in the bedrooms) sit on the old railway line to Wiseman's Bridge, which is a dog walk in itself. Every listing states the dog limit the provider supplies; where a provider adds a rule — not on the furniture, downstairs only — the write-up repeats it, because that's the sort of thing you want to know before the dog does.