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Bridge HousevsBallymaloe House Hotel, an SLH Hotel
Both hotels are recommended by those who travel for a living. On balance, Ballymaloe House Hotel is preferred by most writers compared to Bridge House. Ballymaloe House Hotel ranks #2 in Cork with recommendations from 5 reviewers like Condé Nast Traveler, Afar Magazine and Frommer's.
Bridge House
Lonely Planet
Bridge Street, Skibbereen
From $74/night
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Breakfast included
- Flatscreen TV
- Street parking
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Mona Best has turned her entire house into a work of art, filling the rooms with fabulous Victorian tableaux and period memorabilia." Full review
Ballymaloe House Hotel, an SLH Hotel
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
