2 Best Hotels in Bushmills, Northern Ireland

This comfortable old coach inn dating from the 1600s welcomes with peat fires and cozy rooms; the master distiller's suite even comes with fluffy slippers and bathrobes. Eight rooms have been upgraded to Millhouse Deluxe and come with stylish bathrooms, luxury Elemis toiletries, walk-in showers, and are more expensive. In the family rooms, children can climb a ladder to a mezzanine area with two full-size beds. For a lively dining start, try the Guinness-and-onion soup followed by a selection of meat and fish dishes that may include haunch of venison, duck breast, North Coast sea bass, vegetable katsu curry, or whiskey-cured salmon—you're in Bushmills after all, and they like to remind you. With its soft illumination and intimate snugs, the Gas Bar is the ideal place to appreciate the 25-year-old Bushmills malt whiskey from the hotel's own private cask.

Owned by the U.K.'s National Trust and flaunting a stunning location overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, this 1840s hotel is less than a half mile from the celebrated Giant's Causeway. Older rooms have been fully refurbished and freshened with a calming shade of duck-egg blue. The main restaurant has bright furnishings and serves food noon–3:30 and 5–8:30. Warming dishes on a cold day may include chowder, sirloin steak, a selection of fish, or goat cheese penne pasta.