2023 Award Winners FAMILY FRIENDLY HOTEL OF THE YEAR 2023

Ocean Sands Hotel Enniscrone Co Sligo

Not only the stuff of a lifetime’s shared memories but family holidays are also the beginnings of attachment to places that we keep going back to – so important for hospitality and for tourism, as well as the happy visitors themselves. Sea, sand and superb cuisine is the enticing promise at Mark Devaney’s four-star Ocean Sands Hotel in Enniscrone and this spacious, newly refurbished hotel beside the town’s magnificent 5-kilometre sandy beach is just the spot for family holidays – and, importantly for many, it's dog friendly too. And then there is the food. Polish-born chef, Marcin Szczodrowski (formerly at the lovely Eala Bhán Restaurant in Sligo town), brings a fine dining touch to the varied and ever-developing offering at this seaside favourite – making it a popular destination for local diners as well as ticking an important box for discerning guests, with or without families in tow.