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The Bantry BayvsBallymaloe House
Both Ballymaloe House Hotel and The Bantry Bay are recommended by reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, Ballymaloe House Hotel scores significantly higher than The Bantry Bay. Ballymaloe House Hotel has a TripExpert Score of 85 with recommendations from 5 sources including Frommer's, Condé Nast Traveler and Afar Magazine.
The Bantry Bay
Lonely Planet
Wolfe Tone Square, Bantry, West Cork, Bantry
From $71/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Restaurant
- Meeting Rooms
- Beach
- Flatscreen TV
Lonely Planet "Most of the 14 comfortable, if not exciting, rooms at this powder-blue hotel overlook the square, with glimpses of the bay."
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
