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Reidence Monte Pucci Loc Valle Clavia Peschici  71010 Tel:   0884 963434 Fax:   0884 4963434 E:   residence.montepucci@tiscali.it W:   www.montepucci.it

Country House and Restaurant  * * * * No Of Bedrooms :  17 No of Suites       :  2 Hidden away on the shores of Carigh Lake, Ring of Kerry enchanting "Carrig" offers an 'escape from it all' and the most beautiful scenery in Ireland. Enjoy golf, fishing, horse riding or hiking. Tour the King of Kerry, Dingle Peninsula, Kilarney National Park or World Heritage Site Skelling Michael. Snuggle up in a comfy king size bed and awake to the sound of the lake lapping on the shore. Stroll the wonderful gardens (950species) or indulge in a good book or gme of chess in the spacious Drawing Rooms. Savour fine wines and mouth-watering Irish Country House cooking in our award winning Lakeside Restaurant. Frank, Mary and team extend a warm welcome and uniique Irish Country House Experience. Carrig Country House & Restaurant Caragh Lake , Killorigin Co Kerry T:   +  353 (0)66 8769100 F:   +353(0)66 879169 166 E:   info@carrighouse.com W:   www.carrigho

Historic Inn and Restaurant* * * * No od Bedrooms:   41 The Bushmills Inn is situatd in an enviable location a stone's throw from Royal Potrush Golf Club.   The Giant's Causeway and Dunluce Castle.  Roaring peat fires, nooks and crannies and a secret library set the tone. In the bar still lit by gas lght, try a glass of malt from the hotel's private cask and sample the finet North Antrim produce in the AA Rosette restaurant. Whether you wish to linger by the fire, enjoy afternoon tea on the garden courtyard, partake in water sports, hike in unspoilt countryside or play golf on some of Ireland's finest courses Bushmills Inn is the ideal location. Bushmills Inn Hotel Dunluce Road. Bushmills Co Antrim  BT57 806 T:   44 (0)28 207 33000 E:   mail@bushmillsinn.com W:   www.bushmillsinn.com

Restaurant and Accommodation No of bedrooms:  4 courtyard suites:   1 1cottage in the grounds In this Georgian country house standing the head of Dunmanus Bay everything revolves around the courtyard.  Finely restored with cobbled paths, shrubs and flowers, its 250 year old stone outbuildings contain four beautiful guest apartments as well as the restaurant, with its magnificent dining room.    Blairscove Retaurant is best known for its buffet style starters and scrumptious desserts.     The elegant setting, the pretty courtyard and the landscaped gardens make it an ideal venue for intimate weddings. Blairscove Restaurnt has one of the most beautiful settings of any restaurant   ---- Irish Times. Sunday Time 2011:   Bes Restaurant with Rooms in Ireland. Blairscove House  AA2 rosettes 2011 Burns near Bantry Co Cork T:   +363 (0)27 61 27       +363 (0)27 62913 Restaurant F:   353 (0)27 81 487 E:   info@blairscove.ie W:   www.blairscove.ie

The Benedicitine abbey of Caunes - Minervois situated in the heart of the village of Counes, renowned for its red marble, was founded around 780, in the 11 C and 12C, the abbey experienced a period of prosperity under the protection of the Counts of Carcassone, and acquired substantial wealth during the Albigensian Crusade and the fight against the Cathar heresy in the region.  This period of growth was to last until the 14th C.  More difficult times followe uring the 15 C and 16C, after which the monastry ws reformed by the Benedictine congregation of Saint-Mour.  After the Revolution the abbey church became the parish church.   The chevet of the abbey church of Caunes- Minervois dates from the 11C. The decor of the rest of the church, with the exception of the 14 C vaults, belongs to the Romanasque period and dates from the 12 C.

Designed to provide havens of peace in a holistic world, these abbeys are not only architectural buildings made from wood and stone but also symbols of an idel religious life dedicated to prayer.  They were also major landowners and importnt centres of economic activity.   As burial places for local lords, guardians of religious relics, places of worship and centres of pilgrimage, these religious establishments played an important role in the artistic and culturl development of the Pays d'Aude.   The Aude deprtment along with the Pyrenees - Orientales, is now home to the largest number of abbeys in the Languedoc Roussillion region. Around the year 1000, a new blossoming of monastic reform was accompanied by a revolution in technique and style.   Born in  Northern Italy and quickly adopted by the major abbeys in Catalonia and Roussillion, the Romanesque style spread to all areas of former Septimania via the Upper Aude Valley and the Corbieres mountains.  The style was distingui