‘It is impossible not to like Julia and Paddy Foyle’, the ‘delightful hosts’ of this ‘sybaritic’ harbourside B&B on the fringes of the Wild Atlantic Way. ‘They have a genuine interest in seeing everyone who passes through their doors happy,’ writes a Guide inspector. It is not unusual to see guests pad into the ‘light-filled main sitting room’ to sit before the fire in their slippers. The ramble of interlinking properties, including a 19th-century harbourmaster’s house, is stuffed with antiques and curios – the hosts are itinerant auction hoppers – ‘yet the melee of styles and periods works’. Each individually fashioned bedroom has a terrace or balcony. ‘We spread ourselves out in a roomy, well-equipped triple with squashy seating and large bathroom. We slept like tops on very comfortable beds.’ Breakfast, ‘cheerfully served in the pleasant conservatory’, starts with a buffet of fresh fruit salad, Irish cheeses and cold cuts, a tempting ‘breakfast cake’. ‘Freshly squeezed orange juice and excellent coffee arrived at the table, followed by perfectly poached eggs, piping hot potato pancakes.’ The hosts provide driving and walking routes: ‘Julia transformed our itinerary.’