Wine Goose Cellar - Cavan

This is a great place to retreat with your favorite (like a GF, BF or BFF). It is not for the weak wallet or untested, but it does provide you one hella sleep. Be sure to bring your hiking boots or running shoes, so you can go cross-estate on the tracks behind the golf course. It is well worth a few hours outside to check out the different routes and take in the scenery. If you are half decent with a camera you might as well take a few shoots to show off on Facebook and make all you friends jelly. You can also pamper yourself or a group of friends in the mint-steam spa resort. Complementary access comes with a stay, but any massage or fancy treatments will come out of your pocket at a price. The restaurant offers your amazing food and whether your for beer, cocktails, mock-tails or wine they will have something to suit your taste buds. It can get quite busy when there is no wedding in house, because other couples will spend their time here as well. So be sure to book in advance of your stay or your spouse might be cheated of an worthy experience.

Apparently the biggest country house estate in Ireland certainly lives up to its name. It takes about 5 minutes to drive from the gate to the hotel! Check in was very efficient and the room was lovely, looking out into the countryside and spa. We managed to sneak in an hour in the pool and steam rooms the former included an indoor and outdoor heated infinity pool area looking out to the rolling hills of Cavan with a hint of cow poo in the air. Can't get any more Irish than that! Both the Botanica Restaurant and Wine Goose Cellar Bar were lovely, serving very good food and drink although prices are on the steep side. All in all a very pleasant stay :

I was here for a wedding this past New Year's Eve and it was amazing. This estate is breathtakingly beautiful. It is absolutely massive and is a perfect venue for a big wedding. The staff was great and super helpful every time I got lost wandering around the place. They have a full spa and pool with steam rooms. We stayed in the cottages next to the wedding hall which were beautiful and such a treat to stay in. I wish everyone I knew could get married there so I had an excuse to go back.

Brilliant hotel in relaxing countryside. Can not wait to get an excuse to stay here again. The only complaints I have are that the cellar bar is far too welcoming for you to leave at a reasonable hour, the beds are far too comfortable to let you get up respectably early, the breakfast way to good to risk missing and the pool is beyond too great to miss by having too big a breakfast. Man, it is just one tough decision after another. The food was exceptionally good. The main attraction for us was that unlike many restaurants the food was not pickled in salt to mask poor quality ingredients. Hence the flavour of the ingredients was evident and the health risk of high salt-intake lessened. Nice one. Do yourself a favour and try this one out.

Fantastic location with walks through the forest to the lake. Good food particularly recommend the Sunday lunch. Best of all the relaxing with indoor and outdoor pools, gym and thermal relaxation rooms.