About Fastnet Hotel
As soon as you enter the Fastnet, an aura of peace and tranquility emanate around you.
Hélène and Edward are the most welcoming couple you can imagine. They will make you stay at THE FASTNET a memorable experience, without intruding your privacy.
- All en-suite with their own private outside space.
- See section bedrooms for full description and prices.
- Hélène will cook breakfast or breakfast/brunch for you every day if booked in advance.
- Cooking is her passion. She has attended numerous prestigious cookery classes in the Manoir aux Quatres Saisons, the Raymond Blanc restaurant with 2 Michelin stars in Oxfordshire and a 6 week cookery course with the Michelin starred chef Michael Deane.
- See Instagram thefastnet1 where you can see the awards including being listed in the Sunday Independent newspapers list of the 50 Best Places to Stay in Ireland in 2024
- See https://www.facebook.com/reel/1115146763599876 where the Hotel critic, Thom Breathnach, awards The Fastnet as the Best Breakfast in Ireland in 2024
- See where the Irish Examiner Newspaper has awarded the Fastnet their highest ever score! https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/travel/arid-41306647.html
- Awarded by the Hotel critic, Thom Breathnach as his BEST PLACE TO STAY IN IRELAND IN 2023 https://www.instagram.com/p/C2Fsd5VsDBF/
- Recommended on the RTE 1 Travel Show 2024
See TripAdvisor The Fastnet Hotel for numerous 5 star reviews and Instagram thefastnet1 for award details, breakfasts and brunches etc
Awarded the TripAdvisor Winner 2025 and 2024 Travellers’ Choice Award
Telephone 0044 7968701106 for bookings (Also on WhatsApp) or e mail Helene on helenelynch@hotmail.co.uk
SPECIAL OFFER FOR LIMITED TIME IS BELOW
This studio can be booked without any breakfast for 395 euros per night for a minimum of a 2 nights stay or one night for 445 euros.
This studio can be booked with a continental breakfast for 495 euros per night for a minimum of 2 nights stay or one night for 545 euros.
This studio can be booked with a breakfast/brunch for 595 euros per night for a minimum of 2 nights stay or one night for 645 euros.
This studio can be booked without any breakfast for 345 euros per night for a minimum of a 5 nights stay.
Superb food - all as Organic as possible
If you wish having the breakfast/brunch at THE FASTNET HOTEL, it’s better booking in advance and tell Helene what you will love and if you have any dietary requirements.
She is happy to cook anything for you for the breakfast/brunch.
She is as well a spontaneous cook and will improvise for a last-minute order.
THE FASTNET has no menu as Helene cooks fresh every day, and yes you can have the Irish breakfast, smoked salmon and scrambled eggs etc …
Let yourself be surprised and you won’t be disappointed.
Hélène doesn’t mind you pop in the kitchen when she is cooking.
Hélène and Edward are open to any demand —- you are here to be spoilt and for you to enjoy and relax.
Hélène doesn’t mind you pop in the kitchen when she is cooking.
Hélène and Edward are open to any demand —- you are here to be spoilt and for you to enjoy and relax.
Isn’t holiday the time of no rules or routines?
What can you do during your stay at THE FASTNET HOTEL?
First relax and enjoy your own private room, or sit down in the dining sitting area overlooking the sea surrounded by books or have a chat with your fellow guests.
Wander around the magnificent mature garden.
Enjoy Helenes cuisine and maybe book yourself for a cookery class with a minimum of 4 people. See Helenes Instagram for some examples of her magnificent cooking. thefastnet1
Straight from your door you can enjoy the most beautiful walks with different loops ranging from 3 miles to 22 miles in all directions and these route maps will be left in your room.
A five-minute walk and you are in Colla Pier from where you can take the ferry to Long Island which has no more than 10 inhabitants or the ferry to Cape Clear Island where you can see Dolphins, Whales, Seals, and it has just over 100 inhabitants. It is a designate Gaeltacht area, where the inhabitants speak both English and Irish.
By car there a lot of fantastic one day trips you can enjoy.
You have stunning beaches like the very close Barleycove beach, less than a 1/2 hour away or the spectacular Inchydoney beach at just a 1-hour drive away.
The beautiful Mizzen Head is less than 1/2-hour drive.
The exceptionally beautiful Berra peninsula is just down the road.
On the way to all these beautiful places you cross so many pretty towns. Glengariff is well known for its subtropical vegetation that benefits The Fastnet House and West Cork due to the Gulf Stream influence. The Fastnet House actually has Palm trees growing in the front and back gardens. You can also visit nearby Bantry with its famous bay. And so many more places.
The scenery all the way to those destinations is a wonder.
Hélène and Edward will be happy to assist you in any way.
