A family-run guesthouse on Inis Mór, the largest of the Aran Islands — a 5-minute walk to the trailhead for Dún Aonghasa, the prehistoric clifftop fort. Stone-walled garden, full Irish breakfast with home-baked soda bread, and a Gaeltacht setting where Irish is the everyday language.

Pro tip: stay at least one night so you experience the island after the last ferry leaves at 5 PM. The stars are visible the way they aren’t on the mainland, and the evening trad sessions in Kilronan are the real thing.