The Globe Inn
This popular pub has seven appealing and comfortable guest bedrooms upstairs, done out in dark wood with burgundy bedspreads...
This popular pub has seven appealing and comfortable guest bedrooms upstairs, done out in dark wood with burgundy bedspreads...
Hidden down a narrow lane near the university, this winning, Dutch-run guest house squeezes tons of charm into a small space. The cosy wood-floored rooms are simple, fresh and brightly coloured, and a couple of attic eyries boast superb views...
You can't stay in Kilkenny Castle, but this historic mansion is surely the next best thing...
Chris and Ursula have worked magic to transform this into an incredibly sweet B&B. Rooms remain humble, but the place is spotless and has been enlivened with colourful butterflies, beads and travel trinkets...
It’s all change at this very central gay guesthouse above a leafy courtyard that was recently stripped naked, scrubbed clean and then dressed to the nines. Pretty girl...
Definitely in the easy-to-check-into-hard-to-leave category. Enjoy vast beds piled artfully high with bathrobes, and retro-chic bathrooms in black and white tiles. The pamper dial is set to high – they’ll even provide picnic baskets on demand.
Meaning ‘House of the Storks’, this restored 17th-century quinta (country estate) 6km northeast of Gouveia has nice views, terraced tent sites and a few private rooms and self-catering apartments...
Melo Alvim offers 20 four-star rooms in a stately 16th-century mansion. No two rooms are alike, but it is worth the extra €15 for the deluxe rooms, which have huge ceilings and ornately carved beds...
Bedding down in a barn has never been so comfortable. Located behind a pleasant old pub, this converted building now houses 10 modern en suite rooms with chunky wooden beds, sunny colours and touches of metal tracery.
Not so much a hotel as a pub with rooms, the Bank Hotel is an imposing, neoclassical building on the corner of the Royal Mile and South Bridge, slap bang in the middle of everything...
Handily set next door to the Libreria Babele, this is a gay-friendly place that has six rooms, rather sombrely decorated with lots of wood, wallpaper and oil paintings.
The new budget favourite in town, Pensão Cristal lies on a quiet street near a few galleries and bars. Corridors are narrow, but decorated with artwork, and the rooms are clean and cosy with tile floors and simple wood furnishings...
Hole up in your own art-filled, modernist-chic Venetian bolthole, with lavish breakfast buffets in the library and movies to watch in the multimedia room...
This Merchant City favourite is an atmospheric pub-restaurant with four stylish rooms upstairs. They are all quite distinct and colourful. Room 1 is the best and largest, but all are comfortable, and the location is great...
Its 30 rooms across three floors are quite generic, but the solid Mad Hatter is well located and slightly more homely than most chain hotels (it’s part of the Fuller’s brewery group) thanks to its traditionally styled reception area and attached pub...
Particularly good for families or business folk, this old seaplane base has been extensively refurbished, and the stylish rooms decked out with pine furniture are top-notch (room 5 is a fave)...
Not only is this one of Dublin's absolutely best guesthouses, but it's a carefully guarded secret, known only to those lucky enough to dare stay a short train ride from the city centre...
This extraordinary old palazzo is the stuff of dreams...
Sloping floors, creaky stairs, crooked door frames and an old-fashioned atmosphere prevail at the Tower House, a 17th-century guesthouse right at the heart of Oxford...
This grand Georgian house near the clock tower was built in 1752 on the site of a Franciscan abbey destroyed by Cromwellian troops. Avonmore belonged to the earls of Cork before passing into private hands in 1826. Rooms are basic and multicoloured.
In the heart of Youghal, deep-red Roseville, with its own walled garden, has the mood of a country house. The rooms have big comfy beds and are decorated in restful shades of beige. The garden is a fine place for lounging on a summer evening.
A faint Moroccan theme, touches of art, earthy colours and a good roof terrace are among the pluses of this economical but well-presented hostal. Triple and quadruple rooms are available.
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