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Adare Manor Review
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Adare Manor
$$$$, Adare
Fodor's Review:
Play king or queen for a day at this spectacular (and, interestingly, American-owned) Victorian Gothic mansion, once the abode of the earls of Dunraven. The castellated mansion is enormous and set amid French-style gardens. Inside is a wonderland of vast stone arches and heavy wood carvings. Center stage is taken by the decorated ceiling in the baronial central hall and the 36-foot-high, 100-foot-long Minstrels' Gallery, wainscoted in oak. As for decor, a period air is retained but several of the color schemes are as bright as today and, thus, much of the time-burnished ambience is lost. The eight "staterooms" in the original house are the most sumptuous, with huge marble bathrooms and stone-mullioned windows. Most rooms have super-king-size beds; all have heavy drapes and carpets and overlook the 840 acres of grounds. Adare's golf course, designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., is one of Ireland's best. (Note that breakfast is a hefty EUR 23 extra here; plan accordingly.)
Member Reviews & Ratings:
Some people just like to complain....
Posted by Darla from Orlando on 9/8/06
I read some of the other reviews and couldn't believe they were talking about the same place. We have stayed at Adare Manor on 4 of our 5 trips to Ireland and couldn't have been treated better.We have stayed at Dromoland, Ashford Castle and Mt. Juliet as well, but love Adare the best.The breakfast is outstanding. We found the staff friendly and enthusiastic. Our rooms overlooked the formal gardens in front and had beautiful leaded glass windows. Granted,Dromoland gives out better chocolate and always has fresh fruit in the room, but Adare just has a special ambiance that is hard to articulate. Plus all the steps you get to climb to the rooms on the top floor burn off some of the calories in the to-die-for desserts.
INFO
- Address: Adare, Co. Limerick
- Phone: 061/396-566
- Fax: 061/396-124
- Web site
- Hotel Details: 63 rooms
- In-room: no a/c, Wi-Fi.
- In-hotel: restaurant, golf course, bars, pool.
- Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V
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- Adare Heritage Centre
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