We had a wonderful stay at The White House. Both sat nav and the written directions brought us there easily even arriving late in the dark. The house is more spacious that I expected from the photos. There are two living rooms off the kitchen as well as the sun room. There is a toilet off the entrance hall and the downstairs shower is in a separate utility room, which was handy when staying with lots of people. Upstairs the double and twin rooms were very comfortable and my children loved the little bunk bed room. There were lots of toys and games as well which they enjoyed discovering. The kitchen is very well equipped and had everything we needed. The only thing we lacked were decent towels. I should have checked if they were included but as we didn’t bring our own we used the towels in the bathroom cupboard which were a bit small and not quite enough for all of us- sorry if we used the family towels and weren’t supposed to!
The house and garden are in a beautiful location, but then everything in West Cork is beautiful! We were blessed with good weather so enjoyed visiting:
Skibbereen (for the arts festival at Uillinn and other venues),
Beaches at Tralispean Cove and Tragumna,
Ballydehob (deli veggie cafe there does a tasty lunch), Ballirisode beach (yes the parking is a nightmare with single track road, cars trying to go both directions and parked along the side- but once you’re parked it’s lovely!),
Baltimore and ferry over to Sherkin Island where we walked over to Silver Strand beach which was stunning. We can recommend eating at The Glebe at Baltimore for the beautiful food and walk through the gardens.
Overall we had a fantastic and relaxing stay. Pat was a great host providing us with lots of tips for places to visit. There were so many more things we would have liked to see....we met the owner of Clonakilty Chocolate who does Airbnb experiences at her home factory which sound amazing. We would also have liked to do more walking and go in one of the boat trips had there been more time. We would love to return.