** Relaxing Getaway with a Luxurious Hotel Feel **
We stayed at Pat and Bernie’s place for six days. We had to work a bit, so it was more of a “workacation”. The place was perfect and the description is accurate. Pat and his wife Bernie are wonderful hosts. They built the place themselves, and placed so much thought in to every design decision to really make the stay feel incredibly relaxing with a touch of luxury. It was peaceful and tasteful. The pictures just can’t do it justice, it really is beautiful.
◉ Location: The place is lovely just to stay indoors, enjoy a book and relax. The design is great, and from every point you can really enjoy the amazing view. The sunrise and sunsets are beautiful, and on a clear night you can see the moon and the starts. You can even enjoy the view as you wash the dishes!
We arrived from Galway City by bus. Pat was very helpful in offering to pick us up. The bus left us in front of the SPAR store, so we did a quick shop.
We mostly cooked, but the place included useful pamphlets with the menus from local delivery places.
Pat loaned us a couple of bikes which we used to get to Coral Strand beach. He was also really helpful in offering us a lift to Rossaveel to catch the ferry to Inishmore.
Not only was the location amazing to enjoy the local nature, Pat’s hospitality just made everything smoother and more relaxing.
◉ Room: The room is spacious, the bed is big and comfortable, and there is a fair amount of space to unpack. For a good night’s sleep, you can just close the sliding doors, put down the shades on the skylights and you can have complete darkness. Very peaceful.
◉ Bathroom: The bathroom is super nice and fancy. The two shower heads were great for a relaxing shower. Quick hot water. It’s spacious enough. A good amount of towels, toilet paper and toiletries were provided. The nice Rituals hand wash and small potted plants just added to the luxurious feel. Even the mirror was quite fancy, with incorporated light and a feature to clear the condensation.
◉ Kitchen: The kitchen was very well equipped. We mostly cooked during our stay and really appreciated that there was salt and oil that we could use. There was tea, sugar and biscuits. We didn’t use the Nespresso machine very much, but pods to make coffee were provided. The kitchen had plates, pots, pans and all implements needed for cooking. There was dishwasher soap, kitchen towels and even ziplock bags which turned out to be super useful. Just many little details that really helped.
◉ Living room: The living room/dining room area was really spacious. The reclining sofa was so great! It even had side USB connections to charge electronics. At night, the dimmable lights were very useful to have either a relaxing mood or a good light for work. During the day, you have the skylights. Really loved hanging out in the living room area.
◉ Hospitality: I really can’t say enough on how helpful, friendly and welcoming Pat and Bernie were. Always attentive to answer any questions and offer useful advice. We especially appreciated their help in offering us a couple of lifts and loaning us the bikes. They offered the right amount of help while also being careful of offering guests complete privacy.
◉ Cleanliness: Spotless and very organised.
◉ Internet: Internet worked well. We sometimes experienced a bit of issues in certain parts of the apartment, but at least in the living room it worked good enough for conference calls and watching online movies.
Overall, I highly recommend Pat and Bernie’s place. It was a wonderful stay and really look forward to being able to stay there again!