Kerry holiday cottages

If you're looking for the ultimate escape to the country, then renting holiday accommodation in this spectacular, unspoilt region is your golden ticket.
This is a place where the skies seem intoxicatingly huge from the window of your holiday cottage, the wild Atlantic scenery is so beautiful that it feels like, as travel writer H.V. Morton wrote, "it might at any moment dissolve into mist".
Whether you ramble through mountainous ranges, cycle the coastal paths, or sail along the misty seashores - Kerry is a land to savour, linger in and absorb at a leisurely pace during your luxury cottage holiday.

Things to see and do in Kerry

Step out of your luxury holiday home to inhale the rural spirit of Kerry…

• Killarney National Park: As the centrepiece of this rural region, the clear, calm waters of the park's three lakes of Leane, Muckross and Upper offset the surrounding expanse of rugged, mountainous countryside, interspersed with vast woods and crystalline waterfalls.
• The Ring of Kerry: Starting from Killarney, a ride along this coastal route will take you on a tour around the Iveragh Peninsula, spoiling you with an array of natural and man-made treats ranging from Derrynane House to Valentia Island.
• Macgillycuddy's Reeks: This spectacular mountain range lies in the centre of the Iveragh Peninsula. Its highest peak, Carrauntoohil, is the highest mountain in Ireland.
• Skellig Islands: Wildlife lovers can take a boat out to the two remote, rugged islands, which are solely inhabited by 40,000 gannets and house the arched stone ruins of the 1st-century St Fionan's Abbey.
• Dingle: Situated on a natural harbour below Slievanea mountain, this historic port is the only town on the Dingle Peninsula.

Don't miss…

• Outdoor enthusiasts will lap up the 133 waymarked miles of the stunning Kerry Way, as it winds through the Iveragh Peninsula.

Our regional team recommends

• Slea Head: Witness the surreal site of hundreds of stone beehive huts, caves, forts, churches and standing stones punctuating the hillside.

Did you know...?

Revellers can indulge in some Bacchanalian diversions at the world- famous Puck Fair, held in Killorglin over three days in mid-August. Enjoy music, dancing, fireworks and wild fun, as a local goat is crowned 'King Puck'.

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