,url-https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripexpert.com%2Fimages%2Fmarker-fade%402x.png(-8.073847,51.864693)/-8.672039397060871,51.707493956647006,7.936073730143531/1280x214@2x?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoidHJpcGV4cGVydHdlYiIsImEiOiJja2Fud3l2MDcwbXZ0MndyeGF3eGI3ZWhzIn0.zLqNa1RECyZZadF8zfQM5w)
Bridge HousevsBallymaloe House
Both hotels are recommended by those who travel for a living. On balance, Ballymaloe House Hotel is preferred by most writers compared to Bridge House. Ballymaloe House Hotel ranks #2 in Cork with recommendations from 5 reviewers like Condé Nast Traveler, Afar Magazine and Frommer's.
Bridge House
Lonely Planet
Bridge Street, Skibbereen
From $74/night
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Breakfast included
- Flatscreen TV
- Street parking
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Mona Best has turned her entire house into a work of art, filling the rooms with fabulous Victorian tableaux and period memorabilia." Full review
Ballymaloe House
Fodor's
Condé Nast Traveler
Hideaway Report
Frommer's
The Telegraph Lonely Planet
Shanagarry
From $333/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
Fodor's "The fountainhead of New Irish cuisine... a bigger dose of country charm can be found in some guest rooms cocooned in floral wallpapers." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "Spread across a 400-acre estate in rural eastern Cork, this seventeenth-century stone mansion earns a perfect score for "service that has to be experienced to be believed."" Full review
Hideaway Report91.0
"Gastronomic hotel in a charming country house with a vine-clad façade east of Cork near a lovely part of the coast." Full review
Frommer's "Combining a Georgian farmhouse facade with the tower of a 14th-century castle, this ivy-covered enclave of hospitality... is on a working farm, complete with grazing sheep and cows." Full review
The Telegraph9.0
"Ballymaloe has been run as a hotel and restaurant by Myrtle Allen and her family since 1964, in conjunction with the famous Ballymaloe Cookery School founded by her daughter-in-law, Darina Allen." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"The rooms have been individually decorated with period furnishings and are a pleasing mass of different shapes and sizes." Full review
