Galgorm Resort & Spa

Galgorm Resort & Spa Review

The manor house itself is photogenic, and the 160 acres of estate grounds—where you may go riding, practice archery, and shoot clay pigeons—cinematic (we won't even mention the Titanic room where private dinners are held). Full privileges at an 18-hole golf course, a mere five minutes from the hotel, are an added treat. The River Maine (good for brown trout) flows within view of many of the large rooms, which have wood beams on the ceilings above substantial dark-wood beds. Gillies bar is decidedly Irish; the River Room restaurant serves hearty portions of traditional Irish food ($-$$). A spa contains 12 treatment rooms, five climate rooms, heated loungers, and an outdoor hot tub. The hotel hosts private dinners in its Titanic room, where guests sit at a table commissioned originally for the Titanic liner. Built in Belfast, it wasn't completed in time and was used in the first Parliament in Belfast and later owned by Arthur Conan Doyle. Galgorm is off A42, 3 km (2 mi) west of Ballymena, 32 km (20 mi) inland of Larne, 40 km (25 mi) north of Belfast.