The Whispering Sands | Bed & Breakfast in Timaru

5.2 (6 Reviews) |   Pet Friendly   5 Bedrooms  5 Bathrooms  10 Guests
Timaru Bed & Breakfast | The Whispering Sands

5 Bedroom Bed & Breakfast in Timaru

Offering a garden, The Whispering Sands provides accommodations in Timaru. Housed in a building dating back to 1925, this bed and breakfast is a 11-minute walk from the Caroline Bay Beach. The bed and breakfast offers garden views, a terrace, and free Wifi is available throughout the property. The rooms include a shared bathroom. At the bed and breakfast, the units include bed linen and towels. Richard Pearse Airport is 6.2 miles from the property.

The Whispering Sands is located in Timaru.

This 5 Bedrooms Bed & Breakfast is suitable for tourists and travelers. It has several amenities that would guarantee your comfort. These amenities include: Balcony/Terrace, Security/Safety, Fireplace/Heating, and several others. This is a good star rated property and has over 6 reviews with the average score of 5.2 . Coming to Timaru and needing a place to stay? Be it for work or for leisure, consider staying at this Bed & Breakfast for your next visit, you will surely love it.

You can check the reviews and description of this 5 Bedrooms Bed & Breakfast if you want to learn more about this place in Timaru. These details are authentic, as they are provided by our partner, booking.com.

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Amenities

Pet Friendly
View
Balcony/Terrace
Security/Safety
Fireplace/Heating
Guest Services
Child Friendly
Internet

Facility Overview

General
  • Wifi in all areas
  • Pet friendly
  • Smoke-free property
  • Non-smoking rooms
  • Heating
Guest Services
  • Express check-in/out
  • Daily housekeeping
Internet
  • Internet
  • Free Wifi
  • Wifi
Outdoors
  • Garden
  • Terrace
Security/Safety
  • Guest accommodation sealed after cleaning
  • Property cleaned by professional cleaning companies
  • Linens, towels, and laundry washed in accordance with local authority guidelines
  • Guest accommodation disinfected between stays
  • Use of cleaning chemicals that are effective against coronavirus
  • Guests have the option to cancel any cleaning services for their accommodation during their stay
  • All plates, cutlery, glasses, and other tableware sanitized
  • Delivered food covered securely
  • Food can be delivered to guest accommodation
  • Hand sanitizer in guest accommodation and common areas
  • First aid kits available
  • Shared stationery (e.g. printed menus, magazines, pens, paper) removed
  • Staff follow all safety protocols as directed by local authorities
  • Process in place to check health of guests
  • Contactless check-in/out
  • Cashless payment available
  • Physical distancing rules followed

Policies

Check-in
The minimum age for check-in is 18
Cancellation policy
Non refundable
Payment Policy
Credit card required
Pet Policy
Pets are allowed and free.

This property does not accommodate bachelor(ette) or similar parties.

Reviews

Value for money:
7.92
Location:
8.44
Staff:
7.17
Facilities:
7.6
Comfort:
8.23
Cleanliness:
7.81
Arundata
Dec 26, 2025 08:00:00 AM
Review Score:   5
Taiwan, Province of China
Reviewer Type: Couple
Travel Purpose: leisure
Negative: Booking.com sends me confirmation but the property owner didn't receive any booking. I even received a confirmation email to welcome me into the stay. When I reached there, i was told that there wasn't any of my booking. I was lucky to reach there before 5 pm as the representative is available at the premise to sort this out. Else, i will be in big trouble as booking.com can't help me at all. i need to call overseas just to listen to all press 1, 2,3. That will be very costly for me. After much discussion, the owner is able to help me to locate another property to stay in. Otherwise i will end up sleeping in the car. There is no way to contact booking.com during Christmas. We went through the AI agent and then got cut off saying looking for agent. This is really frustrating for both of us, the owner and myself. Also, i really wish that property owner and booking.com can be contacted via Whatsapp as it is so expensive making overseas call when i am in another country.
Summary: frustrating with booking.com for not being able to provide immediate help when such situation occur.
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Room Arrangement

Room Info Facilities
Deluxe Queen Room
Room Type: Double
Room Size: 15 m2
1 Full bed(s) Bed
Deluxe Queen Room

Food & Drink

Tea/Coffee maker

Bathroom

Body soap, Shampoo, Towels, Shared toilet, Shared bathroom, Conditioner, Toilet paper

View

View, Garden view

Kitchen

Electric kettle

Services

Executive lounge access

Bedroom

Linens

Accessibility

Upper floors accessible by stairs only

General

Smoke Alarm
Deluxe Queen Room
Room Type: Double
Room Size: 20 m2
1 Full bed(s) Bed
Deluxe Queen Room

Bathroom

Body soap, Shampoo, Towels, Shared toilet, Shared bathroom, Conditioner, Toilet paper

Media & Technology

Flat-screen TV

Kitchen

Electric kettle

Services

Executive lounge access

View

Garden view

Bedroom

Linens

Accessibility

Upper floors accessible by stairs only

General

Smoke Alarm
Deluxe Queen Room
Room Type: Double
Room Size: 12 m2
1 Full bed(s) Bed
Deluxe Queen Room

Bathroom

Body soap, Shampoo, Towels, Shared toilet, Shared bathroom, Conditioner, Toilet paper

Kitchen

Electric kettle

Services

Executive lounge access

View

Garden view

Bedroom

Linens

Accessibility

Upper floors accessible by stairs only

General

Smoke Alarm
Deluxe Queen Room
Room Type: Double
Room Size: 12 m2
1 Full bed(s) Bed
Deluxe Queen Room

Bathroom

Body soap, Shampoo, Towels, Shared toilet, Shared bathroom, Conditioner, Toilet paper

Kitchen

Electric kettle

Services

Executive lounge access

View

Garden view

Bedroom

Linens

Accessibility

Upper floors accessible by stairs only

General

Smoke Alarm
Deluxe Queen Room
Room Type: Double
Room Size: 20 m2
1 Full bed(s) Bed
Deluxe Queen Room

Bathroom

Body soap, Shampoo, Towels, Shared toilet, Shared bathroom, Conditioner, Toilet paper

Kitchen

Electric kettle

Services

Executive lounge access

View

Garden view

Bedroom

Linens

Accessibility

Upper floors accessible by stairs only

General

Smoke Alarm
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