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Corthna Lodge Country HousevsBallymaloe House
Both properties are rated very highly by professional travelers. On balance, Ballymaloe House Hotel scores significantly higher than Corthna Lodge Country House. Ballymaloe House Hotel ranks #2 in Cork with praise from 5 reviewers including Frommer's, Lonely Planet and Condé Nast Traveler.
Corthna Lodge Country House
Lonely Planet
Air Hill Schull, Schull
From $0/night
- Free Internet
- Free Parking
"There's an outdoor hot tub, sauna house and gym at this rambling modern home just outside the centre, as well as seven sprightly rooms."
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
"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
"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
91.0
"Gastronomic hotel in a charming country house with a vine-clad façade east of Cork near a lovely part of the coast." Full review
"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
9.0
"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
Top choice
"The rooms have been individually decorated with period furnishings and are a pleasing mass of different shapes and sizes." Full review