The Artists' Cottage & Studio

Bantry, Co. Cork
Self-catering
+44 (0)7734 663589
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Per night
€150 - €400
Per week
€770 - €2275
Place

2 places

Sleeps

Sleeping from 4 – 5

Children welcome
Pets welcome
Babies welcome

Sheep's Head Way is reputedly one of the best walks in Ireland. Come back to roaring fires, a Rayburn, art and style – terrific restorations

Per night
€150 - €400
Per week
€770 - €2275

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€150 - €400 per night

€770 - €2275 per week

The Experience

How many Irish cottages come with an outdoor pool? Next to the road but shielded by hedges, it even has sea views. You are at the tip of the strikingly beautiful Sheep’s Head peninsula, a paradise for walkers, and we couldn’t better poet Seamus Heaney’s description: ‘Things found clean on their own shapes; water and ground in their extremity.’

Everything inside Laharandota is in the best possible taste and breathes a generous spirit: a wonderful kitchen with big Rayburn stove, art, objets and a fabulous hamper, a claw-foot bath, a glass-walled sun-room, nooks, crannies and a rustic fireplace that roars in winter.

Next door’s Studio, often rented to the same party, provides comforts on a reduced scale, but the light, the art, the sea views are the same. The shared pool overlooks the sea and you’ll find a shared barbecue for perfect summer evenings. You’re also left fudge and wine to enjoy while you watch the brilliant sunsets.

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We think you'll love

  • Having breakfast on the terrace looking out to sea – don't forget your binoculars if you're a bird spotter
  • Heading out for bracing walks along the Sheep's Head Way from the door
  • Coming back to light the fires and cook something delicious on the Rayburn
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You should know

  • Choose between the three-bed Cottage or the one-bed Studio. If you want the pool and barbecue and other shared things to yourselves then book both
  • The last quarter of a mile is along a narrow road with passing places

Essentials

  • EV charger
  • Self check-in
  • Swimming pool
  • Hot tub
  • Garden
  • Open fire / woodburner
  • Breakfast included
  • Breakfast available
  • Meals available
  • Vegetarian meals
  • Oven
  • Parking on premises
  • Free parking nearby
  • Accessible by public transport
  • WiFi
  • Television
  • Central heating
  • Limited mobility
  • Wheelchair access
  • Mobile reception
  • Hob
  • Barbecue
  • Paid parking nearby
  • Air conditioning
  • Relaxation areas
  • Washing machine
  • Tennis court
  • Microwave oven
  • No smoking
  • Credit cards
  • Working farm
  • Owner has pets
  • Electricity included
  • Dishwasher
  • Pets welcome

Family friendly

  • Baby monitor
  • Books and toys
  • Children welcome
  • Babies welcome
  • Stair gates
  • High chair
  • Fire guard
  • Cot available

Nearby

  • Pub/bar within 3 miles
  • Restaurant within 3 miles
  • Shop within 3 miles

Activities

  • Bikes available
  • Food courses
  • Kayaking
  • Other courses
  • Sailing
  • Surfing
  • Wild swimming

Accommodation

Pricing

Nightly price
from €150
Weekly price
from €770
Damage deposit
£275
1 Studio for 4
From €1503 beds2 bedrooms
1 Cottage for 5
From €2505 beds4 bedrooms

Information

Booking information

Check in
From 4pm
Check out
10am
Other details
Minimum stay: 3 nights. 7 nights in high season. Short breaks available.
Closed
Never.
No smoking
Smoking not permitted anywhere in the property.
Dogs

Towels, blankets, biscuits and water bowls.

Max. 3 dogs.

Secure large garden, swimming pool, walks on the Sheep's Head & Wild Atlantic Way, beach walks. Further information & walking routes provided on booking.

Meals
Pubs & restaurants nearby.

Reviews

These cottages are in a spectacular spot overlooking the sea on the amazing Sheep's Head Peninsula - beautiful walks leave from your doorstep, you have a pool to splash about in and a terrace to enjoy breakfasts and sun downers on. It's the perfect place to rejuvenate with the sea breeze all around you and sweeping views to lose yourself in.
Inspected Zoe Sawday's Inspector

Christine, Cork

Seven days of perfect weather played its part, but the wonderful experience was framed by this super cottage, its garden, pool and position looking over the shimmering Dunmanus bay. The owner is generously considerate the accommodation has everything you could possibly need. The pool was a real treat after hours hiking the paths across Sheeps Head, this is a shared facility positioned in front of The Studio (an adjacent accommodation), luckily we pretty much had the pool to ourselves, but that's something to be aware of. Warm, welcoming and well appointed cottage, with easy check in.


Ian, Salisbury, England

Lovely stone cottage, very well appointed, with a great addition of a sun-room to the side. Very clean and well prepared. Too early in the year for any but one of the party to try the pool but it would be a great feature in the summer. The Sheep’s Head has a definite “far west” feel to it, and the distance down to the main road means that it’s a bit of a drive to get anywhere - but that said you are still only 45 minutes from many great destinations like Mizen Head and Baltimore. We will be returning.


Simon, London

We had an absolutely brilliant week here - Beautiful surroundings overlooking the sea - Lovely, cozy cottage - looking forward to a return visit.


Sinead, Cofk

Just spent wonderful days in your beautiful cottage . Thank you . Even the one bad weather day didn’t matter . We curled up by the fire and watched t v and read . A real luxury . We would have loved to have spent more time in the garden . But next time !!!


Location

The neighbourhood

Hike a part of the Sheep's Head Way: 'the best walk in Ireland' says Country Walking magazine. Head for the lighthouse, look out for choughs and peregrines. Shops and restaurants are a short drive away in Kilcrohane – Eileen's Bar, The Bay View and The Old Creamery. Lovely Bantry Town and sandy Barleycove beach are not much further.

Local points of interest from Julie FitzGerald Vitelli

  • Stroll down the lane from the cottage directly on to The Sheep's Head Way, one of Ireland's 31 Waymarked Ways (marked trails).
  • Laharandota is towards the end of the Sheep's Head, directly on the Wild Atlantic Way, with views over the Mizen Head. We are just a 5-minute drive from Kilcrohane village with 2 pubs, a restaurant and local producers' market.
  • Enjoy a taste of West Cork, named the winner of Ireland’s Top 10 Foodie Destinations for 2017 by The Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI).
  • If you do not fancy yourself as a 'wild rover', there's always riding, cycling, sailing, kayaking, diving, golf and cookery classes.
  • Magnificent Bantry House and gardens a half-hour drive away, with the local Friday Market in the town square as well as great pubs and restaurants.
  • Explore Blue Flag status Barleycove beach over on the Mizen Head, as well as Schull village and the Visitor Centre well worth a visit.