Getting an extended family into one place is harder than it should be. Hotels scatter you across floors, self-catering cottages rarely sleep more than eight, and somebody always ends up in a different building. The Brambles Retreat takes sixteen under one roof, in eight bedrooms that each have their own bathroom. That last detail matters more with family than with anyone else — three generations sharing two bathrooms is where the goodwill goes. The dining room seats sixteen at one table, so you eat together rather than in shifts. The kitchen is fully equipped for cooking as a group. There's a lounge with a fireplace, a library, a private bar, two hot tubs and a garden with the Mournes behind it. Enough separate rooms that the people who want quiet and the people who want noise can both have it. Dogs are welcome, and there's a secure garden, so nobody has to arrange kennels.