The staff were very attentive and the place was wonderfully clean, but for £175 a night without breakfast it was expensive. It is a very simple place that has been sympathetically converted but once you are a guest you have little choice but to pay for what they ask, which is very expensive compared to what is also available locally, but some 10 miles (16km) drive away on a very winding mountain road. The staff booked some fantastic meals out and catered for us very well, with the exception of arriving home one evening to find there was no hot water (they had forgotten to order and refill their gas tank) so we had a 36hrs without hot water, which bearing in mind the cost was not satisfactory. We stayed for 8 nights and ate in the restaurant twice, although it is closed on a Monday evening, the second time was the night before we left and I couldn’t be bothered to drive 20miles for a meal out and fancied a drink. The food is superb, but again expensive, as is the wine with the setting dramatic. We were given a ‘complimentary’ bottle of house champagne on our last night for the troubles encountered, so they did try. Overall the stay was very relaxing, the setting lovely but its not near the sea and has a racetrack of a road (N7) about 10 feet (2.5m) from the front door of the hotel which they don’t show on any of the pictures. Its expensive for what it is, although of a good standard, but I won’t be going back as I found far nicer, better located and cheaper alternatives when we were out and about. A quirky ‘boutique hotel’ that has a long way to go.













