IF someone asked you where was the No 1 Best Bargain Hotel in the World, your head would probably whirl around images of the blue oceans of the Seychelles, a chalet in the Swiss Alps, or a colourful riad in Morocco.

Well, you would be wrong because the World’s No 1 Best Bargain Hotel is in our own wonderful town of Dingle, Co Kerry. Helen and Brian Heaton’s superb Castlewood House, overlooking the waters of Dingle Bay, has swept the boards, winning Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice No 1 Best Bargain Hotel in the World 2014, No 1 Top 25 Best Small Hotels in Ireland and No 1 Top 25 Hotels for Romance in Ireland.