Kenmare holiday cottage rental, Collorus with walking, beach/lake nearby, log fire, balcony/terrace, rural retreat, TV, DVD

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Hilltop Cottage (cottage)

Home description

This traditional stone farmhouse, built around 1850, has recently been completely restored to a high standard. It occupies a quiet and secluded location on the top of Collorus Harbour on the Beara Peninsula, and offers stunning views across the Kenmare River to the Macgillycuddy Reeks and Kilmakilloge Harbour.

The house has a beautiful landscaped garden, built-in barbecue, patio with garden furniture, flower and herb garden, a sandpit for todlers. The location is todlers friendly. Smoking is allowed on the patio. There is ample parking space. And, if that is not enough, the sea is accessible for swimming 200 meters from the door. All front windows have a sea and mountain view. You can enjoy the spectacular views while cooking, dining, sitting by the fire, in bed or even lying in the bath!

Birds-eye view of house and Collorus point	Front of house
Sitting room	Dining room

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The County Kerry region

County Kerry, traditionally known as the 'kingdom', is situated in the extreme south-west of Ireland. Kerry has two contrasting types of terrain - the mountainous south with the Beara, Iveragh and Dingle peninsulas, and the smaller 'plains' area that stretches as far north as the Shannon estuary. Along the coast, sandy bays alternate with cliffs and rocky headlands. You'll also see regions of outstanding scenic beauty, such as the Ring of Kerry and Ring of Beara. Kerry is also home to Ireland's highest mountain and the famous Killarney National Park. It is an area of lush, almost tropical vegetation, due to the influence of the gulf stream.

Kenmare / Collorus area

Collorus is a hilly peninsula with a sheltered harbour, situated on the north coast of the Beara Peninsula, close to the Kerry/Cork border. Derreen Gardens and woods, Cloonee Lakes, Gleninchiquin waterfall, Ring of Beara, the Healy Pass leading to Glengarriff and the fishing harbour of Castletownbere are all nearby. This is an extremely scenic area with pretty villages and stunning sea views around every corner. The area is ideal for walking, water sports, touring, golfing and fishing. You can step into the Beara Way (196 km walking trail) near the house. Private boat trips on the River Kenmare for nature watch or fishing can be organised locally at reasonable rates. There are many archeological sites nearby. Traditional pubs with food, music and dance are available locally. An evening menue cooked by the host is available on request.

How to get there

Visitors can fly into Kerry, Cork or Shannon, all of which are within a reasonable drive of the cottage. Ryan Air do cheap flights into Kerry airport. The nearest town is the heritage town of Kenmare on the Ring of Kerry.
• From Kenmare take the R571 in the direction Castletownbere.
• Follow the road for 25 km to Lauragh.
• Continue on the R571 through Lauragh for another 5 km. Turn right at the brown sign for Sli Na Mara.
• You are now on the Collorus Peninsula.
• From the brown sign, keep going for 300 metres, as you start to go down hill, take the first turning on the left and the cottage can be seen on the right.

Activities near Kenmare

Facilities

Further details indoors:
The house has an open-plan layout and is tastefully furnished and equipped to a high standard with a mix of original contemporary paintings, antique and modern country furniture. It has solid wooden floors and natural slate in the kitchen, utility room and shower room. The front door opens to the patio with panoramic views.

Downstairs there is a utility room, toilet and shower room, large open plan dining and living room with a wood burning stove, TV, DVD and video player and hi-fi. The kitchen is well-equipped with dishwasher, fridge/freezer and washing machine. The house has oil-fired central heating. Water is provided by a deep well.

Upstairs has a large bedroom with a double bed, two single futons, four windows and large en-suite bathroom with bath, shower attachment, toilet and hand wash basin. Single and double duvets, bedlinen and towels are provided.

Further details outdoors:
The house has spectacular sea and mountains views, a beautiful landscaped garden, built-in barbecue, patio with garden furniture, flower and herb garden, a large sandpit for todlers. The location is todlers friendly. Smoking is permitted on the patio. There is ample parking space. The sea is accessible for swimming within 200m of the house in Collorus natural harbour. The cottage is ideally situated for walking (you can step onto the Beara Way close by) and there is a diving school in Killmackillogue, sailing and riding schools nearby. The host lives over the yard and can cook an evening menu or party food, made of local produces for you (vegetarian or vegan meals as well). The "Pure Collorus" products are home made and available in the little farm shop over the yard (jams and preserves, fresh eggs, vegetables, brown bread, postcards, silver and gems jewellery). The host can also babysit.

Further details

Booking periods are Saturday to Saturday.

Rental of Hilltop Cottage starts at 16 hrs on the day of arrival and should be vacated at 11 hrs on the day of departure.

Please contact the owner Colette Mougin, at least 24 hours before arrival.
She speaks French and German as well as English.

Please leave Hilltop Cottage as you find it, in a completely clean and tidy condition.

A deposit of €100 per week is required or full payment if your booking is within 6 weeks of your arrival. Deposit is non-refundable if booking is cancelled less that 8 weeks prior to arrival.

Conditions

A well-behaved dog is allowed but sorry, no cats.
No smoking inside the house please.

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Oct/Nov/December	3 Oct 09	19 Dec 09	200£ 179	0-	0-	1 Week
Christmas/New Year	19 Dec 09	2 Jan 10	330£ 295	0-	0-	1 Week
Jan/Feb/March	2 Jan 10	3 Apr 10	200£ 179	0-	0-	1 Week
Easter	3 Apr 10	10 Apr 10	330£ 295	0-	0-	1 Week
April	10 Apr 10	1 May 10	290£ 259	0-	0-	1 Week
May	1 May 10	29 May 10	350£ 313	0-	0-	1 Week
june	29 May 10	26 Jun 10	400£ 357	0-	0-	1 Week
July-August	26 Jun 10	28 Aug 10	550£ 491	0-	0-	1 Week
September	28 Aug 10	25 Sep 10	350£ 313	0-	0-	1 Week
Oct/Nov/December	25 Sep 10	19 Dec 10	200£ 179	0-	0-	1 Week
Christmas/New Year	19 Dec 10	8 Jan 11	330£ 295	0-	0-	1 Week

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

• Electricity and oil charged at cost price (meter reading)

• Cleaning included

• Towels and bed linen provided

• No charge for cot and highchair

• No charge for dogs (only well behaved)

• We can accept payments by cheque or bank transfer in GBP or Euros.

Guestbook for Hilltop Cottage

Hilltop Cottage has a soul. A warm friendly spirit. If it had a tail, it would be wagging. Thank you Hilltop Cottage and thank you Colette for this spendid week in July 2008. Brian, Kate, Daniel, Oskar from Iceland

Thank you so much for a wonderful week. The house is absolutely lovely and very comfortable. Everything you could need is there. The location is second to none, the views stunning and every bath a real joy! Ruth and Bob from Dublin Sept. 08

Hard to keep words simple in such a delightful place. Renate and Christian from Munich, Mai 2007

This is certainly the nicest cottage we have stayed at. Lesley and Steve from UK, May 2008

Availability

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Contact details for the advertiser of home 25779
Name:	Colette Mougin
Tel:	+353 (0)64 6683552
Mobile:	+353 (0)87 2117727
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