The Best Hotel in Great Blasket Island, The Southwest

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Great Blasket Island Accommodation

$$ | Great Blasket Island, Dunquin, Ireland

Three restored self-catering cottages offer the magical opportunity to overnight on this wild and remote island. 100,000 people applied to be the on-island caretakers for the 2022 season! Running water, a gas cooker, and wood-burning stoves are included but there's no electricity on the island, so your evenings will be lit by candles and atmospheric lanterns. Guests can avail of Péig's Breakfast, (€10 each) named after the island's most famous inhabitant, Peig Sayers, known to every Irish child as her autobiography was required reading in Irish schools. The cottages' caretakers also run Europe's most westerly coffeeshop, serving hot beverages, drinks and snacks. A 20-minute ferry ride for overnight guests costs €35 each.

Pros

  • A wild escape from the modern world
  • Experience the silence after the day-trippers leave
  • Unique, bragging-rights-type stay

Cons

  • No electricity
  • Sailings are weather-dependent
  • Must bring own food supplies
Great Blasket Island, Dunquin, Ireland
086-313--5098
Hotel Details
Closed Oct.--Apr.
3 cottages (each cottage sleeps up to 7)
No Meals
Price is for 1 person, each extra person pays €50

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