An extravaganza staying in luxury hip hotels, enjoying a tour of the sexiest places in Ireland
These hotels have prepared a surprise for you at each step. Hotels that exude an accessibility and modernity that encourages interaction and modification, setting the trend for the future. Experimenting with new design and concepts and aiming to seamlessly merge style with substance.
"Old Fashioned Ireland's dead and gone, It's with O'Leary in the
grave" - with apologies to W B Yeats
Arrive at Dublin airport where your tour director will meet you in the arrivals hall and bring you to your hotel, with an overview of the city on the way. In Dublin you will be staying in The Dylan or The Morrisson
The Dylan is An Amazing Hotel. The furniture is unique, fabrics are high quality and the staff just can't do enough. It is wonderfully glamorous: an explosion of colours and eye-pleasing details. Murano glass chandeliers, blood red sofas and leather-studded walls. Minimalist it is not. This visual over-stimulation continues in the hotel's gorgeous pewter bar. The atmosphere is lush and just a little decadent, and the crowd is made up of hotel guests, trend-conscious Dubliners and out-of-towners keen to soak up some of the Dylan's cool
The Morrison is probably the next coolest luxurious city centre hotel in Dublin. The world famous designer John Rocha is responsible for the original design of the Morrison, which opened in 1999 with its unique "East Meets West" theme. The inviting interior of this luxury boutique hotel is a mix of high ceilings with pale white walls, original art, stone floors and beautiful grey hand crafted Irish carpets. This stylish Dublin hotel is a haven of calm and designer luxury and is renowned for its great service and easy going atmosphere.
If you have the energy then VIP passes can be arranged for clubbing this evening, Otherwise just chill out in the hotels’ bar, or your gorgeous bedroom.
Day 2
Spend the day exploring Dublin’s City. Your personal concierge will be on hand to guide you to the smartest shops and introduce you to the owners, designers and managers – fashion, antiques, art, food, wine, or design – all await you.
Overnight Dublin and eat in your hotel - The Dylan in particular
has one of the best and most innovative kitchens in Dublin
Day 3
By way of the Japanese Gardens in Kildare and the great Rock of Cashel to Killarney.
Overnight in The Ross in the heart of Killarney.
This stunning modern boutique hotel features the very latest in interior design combined with sheer comfort, making this a hotel break you won't forget.
Coupled with the unique and contemporary design are the outstanding facilities and services provided by the hotel's friendly and professional staff.
Guests at The Ross are invited to experience The Spa at The Killarney Park Hotel, Ireland's only member of 'The Leading Spas of the World'. Located only 200 metres across the road from The Ross, the spa offers world class facilities and amenities with treatments from Eve Lom and Elemis.
Enjoy the stunning beauty of the National Park, the lively nightlife of Killarney, and some quiet time in the Canadian Hot Tub on the Roof Top Garden.
The Cellar One Restaurant has the best food in Killarney
Day 4
Explore the stunning ring of Kerry, a road that snakes around the peninsula between the mountains and the sea. Learn how to work a sheep dog, check out some local designers and experience the abundant profusion of some of the great gardens.
Return to Killarney for the night and another magic meal.
Day 5
Explore the wild peninsula Dingle and visit the most fashionable chocolatier in Ireland. See where the movies Ryans Daughter and Far and Away were made. Travel on through divinely pretty thatched villages to the city of Limerick, with its castle, cathedral and university.
Stay in The Absolute, a aensationally chic 99 bedroom hotel with space, style and sophistication. Located on the bend in the Abbey River, it makes the most of its river frontage with floor to ceiling windows and outdoor terraces from the restaurant and bar and also from the Spa and Juice bar. With its light filled lobby and roof top garden with 360 degree views of the entire city, the hotel shows a keen design sensibility and thoughtful use of space Ultramodern smart rooms with flat panel tvs, a sleek Scandanavian look.and all sorts of lighting options.
Day 6
Explore Bunratty castle, for a medieval design experience, the Cliffs of Moher, for natures design, and The Burren, a wild limestone plateau with charming artisan craft workers studios hidden away in remote spot. Overnight at The G Galway
The exuberant spirit of Galway has been captured in the g. From the strikingly contemporary exterior to the warm Irish welcome waiting inside, the first impression of the g is that it is a welcome compliment to the city. The g’s design director is renowned hat-designer Philip Treacy, a native of Galway, and his special touch is evident everywhere, from the bespoke concierge wall to the artwork in every room. The emphasis throughout is on luxury and glamour. This is carried through to the exclusive ESPA at the g, created and managed by ESPA, the world leader in creating fabulous lifestyle spas. ESPA at the g is Ireland’s first "urban" spa, an oasis of calm and relaxation. If Philip Treacy’s distinctive flair defines the g experience, it is underpinned by impeccable standards of service, and attention to detail, without which the g would not be the first-class hotel that it is. Once again the food is as memorable and original as the decoration.
Day 7
Tour the wild heart of Connemara, a land of bottomlemless black lakes, heather moorland and quartzite conical mountains puncturing the sky. Visit the small harbour down of
Westport, with its busy colourful streets, antique galleries and design shops. Follow the banks of Lough Conn to stay in the Ice House on the quay in Ballina.
The newly opened Ice House Hotel and Spa is located in a historic and beautiful building commanding a picturesque stretch of the River Moy. The Hotel comprises 32 bedrooms, Spa and Zen garden, treatments rooms, relaxation rooms, a large vaulted dinning room and bar. It maintains the tradition of a fine Country House combined with the off beat luxury and style of today. The seamless fusion of design and warm hospitality provides a unique environment where you can explore the outdoors, sample delicious cuisine or get busy doing nothing at all.
Day 8
By way of Sligo and the countryside that inspired the poet W B Yeats.
Stop for lunch in the lakelands near Castlepollard and overnight at Bellinter House,
Navan
Set in beautiful parkland, it is only about 45 minutes from Dublin Airport,
Bellinter is the first of a new generation of cool country house hotels. The interior has been restored with meticulous attention to the architectural integrity of the building, but with a youthful, contemporary twist; public rooms include the Drawing Room on the main floor (all day dining is available there), the Bellinter Bar (ground floor, perfect for ‘pints and cocktails’; bar food available any time) and The Wine Bar in the basement, which is adjacent to the restaurant. all rooms are luxuriously furnished in a fun way with hand made and old furniture, and have extra large beds (with goose down pillows wrapped in Egyptian cotton), centrally controlled mood lighting, drinks cabinet, custom made Italian multi-media 40 “plasma screens, Bose Sound systems, DVD players WIFI, and the beautiful bathrooms have full bath and/or power showers and pampering details including a full range of certified organic seaweed toiletries. The gardens are worth a special mention as the amazing, colourful and fun ‘pavilion pod’ that won Diarmuid Gavin a silver medal at the Chelsea Flower Show has found a new home in the gardens here - a great decision that neatly sums up the philosophy behind
Bellinter. The restaurant, Eden, is so good that many of your fellow
diners will have driven the 30 miles from Dublin city just to eat here.
Day 9
Depart Dublin Airport
The Cost:-
The cost includes 8 nights accommodation in 4* and 5* hotels with breakfast, service and tax included. It includes all admissions when taken with a driver guide.
With a self drive car - from Eu1350 per person sharing based on two people
With a driver guide - from Eu 3750 per person sharing based on two people
With a mini coach for a group with a driver guide - from Eu1860 per person sharing based on 10 people
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