Romantic Honeymoon Destinations

• HOTEL It would be hard to imagine a more luxuriously romantic location for a wedding than the K Club, especially for anyone with golfing connections - set in lush countryside, and overlooking formal gardens and its own pair of championship golf courses, the hotel boasts unrivalled opulence and provides a fine setting for ...

• HONEYMOON DESTINATION (HOTEL) Ireland's dramatic north coast has great romantic appeal as a honeymoon destination and, if you like a cosy old-world atmosphere, The Bushmills Inn will be the perfect place to stay. It is one of Ireland's best-loved hotels and, although it has grown considerably since its establishment as ...

• HOTEL Set in a 300-acre estate just across the river from Kenmare town, this stunning hotel enjoys a beautiful waterside location, and welcoming fires always burn in the foyer and in several of the spacious, elegantly furnished reception rooms, including a lounge bar area overlooking the tumbling waterfall. It makes a lo ...

• HOTEL During the three centuries that this extraordinary place has been in the Leslie family it has changed remarkably little - and its fascinating history intrigues guests as much as the eccentricity of Castle Leslie as they find it today. In a charming reverse of circumstances, the family lives in the servants' wi ...

• COUNTRY HOUSE The O'Flynn family's renowned 1798 country house is beautifully-located in 350 acres of lush parkland and gardens, on the western edge of the Wicklow Hills, only an hour's drive south of Dublin. There are numerous old country churches nearby, and wedding blessings can also be held in Rathsallagh's beautiful ...

HOTEL Blessed with one of Ireland's most beautiful locations, on the shores of Lough Eske, the Gysling family's hotel is in a setting reminiscent of their native Switzerland - a dramatic backdrop for those who opt to arrive by helicopter or boat. It's a wonderful area to explore and anyone travelling here for the first time would be well advise ...

HOTEL The Slattery family's unique hotel is an old railway junction, which was closed in 1963 and all the various buildings have since been converted to create an hotel of character - and it is set in 12 acres of gardens, creating a lovely atmosphere for a wedding and presenting excellent photo opportunities. There are several churches in the a ...

• HOTEL Cork's premier hotel is a luxurious latterday manor house set in two acres of mature trees and gardens near the university, in the south west of the city. Although quite new, it has the feeling of a large period country house - albeit with some striking contemporary features since the completion of recent renovatio ...

RESTAURANT WITH ROOMS The O'Donnell family has run Danny Minnie's since 1962, and a visit is always a special treat. There's nothing about the exterior as seen from the road to prepare first-time visitors for the atmosphere of this remarkable restaurant: hidden behind a frontage of overgrown creepers a surprise awaits when, after a warm we ...

• HOTEL Ireland's grandest castle hotel, with a history going back to the early 13th century, Ashford is set in 350 acres of manicured gardens and beautiful parkland and - if a stunning setting, grandeur and tranquillity are among the criteria - it is probably Ireland's most romantic wedding venue. Panelled walls, oil pain ...