{"id":86475,"date":"2025-09-26T09:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T09:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/86475\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T09:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T09:29:10","slug":"cabu-by-the-lakes-review-i-could-hardly-believe-something-so-special-could-be-so-close-to-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/86475\/","title":{"rendered":"Cab\u00fc by the Lakes review: \u2018I could hardly believe\u00a0something so special could be so close to home\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">\nChecking in to Cab\u00fc by the Lakes in Co Cavan is the perfect opportunity to switch off and relax over a few cocktails in magical surroundings\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A cabin at Cab\u00fc by the Lakes in Co Cavan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2fb28978-be21-4271-8d56-f35939b5fffb.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">A cabin at Cab\u00fc by the Lakes in Co Cavan<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">I\u2019m convinced we\u2019ve taken a wrong turn, and it\u2019s no doubt my fault. I am co-pilot (and navigator) as we try to make it to Cabu\u0308 by the Lakes in Killykeen Forest Park, Co Cavan. I am no stranger to a rural road, and am much more comfortable on one with grass sprouting up the middle than I am on the M50, so it surprised me the most when even I was counting the route to Cab\u00fc as extremely remote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The last 10km stretch of winding, narrow roads to Cabu\u0308 is filled with sprawling homes, guesthouses and art galleries. When we do arrive, it\u2019s a different world, and a slower pace at that too. I go to check in at the main building and am greeted by a white dog lazing on a rug by a wood-burning fire. I think, \u201cWhat a lucky pup to get to relax here every day,\u201d but learn that he\u2019s actually lost and is just taking refuge until his owners can be found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Checking in to Cab\u00fc by the Lakes in Co Cavan is the perfect opportunity to switch off and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[23203,18,117,56996,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-86475","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-aoife-rooney","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-hotel-reviews","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}