10 of the Best

Offering a choice between serviced accommodation and the independence of self catering, together with on-site amenities that are not available at most standalone self catering destinations, hotels with self catering houses and apartments provide the best of both worlds to travellers seeking to combine comfort and services with peace of mind. Here are ten for your wish list.
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For Christmas, or any time when you want a gift to be something to look forward to, you can’t beat a voucher that can be used to enjoy Irish food and hospitality whenever the time is right. And, again this year, we need to make the season of giving work for everyone, including our hotels, restaurants, pubs and food producers. So why not gift a voucher from a favourite hotel or restaurant - or better still, perhaps, from a hospitality marketing group, to give the fun of choosing and planning a treat from all the experiences they offer, and spread the spending around to help more businesses? If we could all buy at least one hospitality voucher again this Christmas - for personal and corporate gifts - there will be so much more for everyone to enjoy next year.
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A carefully selected hamper always makes a good Christmas present, but this year it’s different - hampers and gift boxes are not only a pleasure to give and to receive, but also a lifeline for artisan producers who have found so many of their routes to market closed off in recent months...
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It is never easy opening a new business, and extraordinary to see them popping up bravely in a pandemic.
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Flowers are perfect for special gifts - but not all flowers are equal. Fresh, lively, seasonal flowers from a local grower will out-class the superficial perfection of imported ones any day - and many of our home grown blooms have beautiful natural fragrance too, which is rarely the case with those flown in from afar...
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