Robin's Nest Cottage is close to perfection if you are looking to get away from it all. The cottage itself is very cosy, and the kind of place you can enjoy living, cooking and relaxing in - renovating the cottage was obviously a labour of love, and there are hundreds of personal hand-made touches in the decor that make it a really special place to stay. This theme extends beyond the house, as the grounds on which the cottage and the owners' house is set is full of interesting sculpture and great features (like a tree-house with beds and a sound-system) that the owners made us feel very welcome to use.
There are a host of outdoor activities nearby (walks, stone circles, cycling, boat trips etc) in this most beautiful and unspoiled part of the world, and after a week we felt we'd only just begun to discover places we wanted to visit. The Sheen valley is exceptionally beautiful, even by Kerry standards, and the towns of Kenmare and Glengarriff nearby are both lovely places to visit with lots of charm and things to do.
Our hosts made us feel very welcome, and we are already thinking about when we'd like to go back.