Some hotels take time to win you over; others captivate you the instant you arrive. Bath Priory belongs firmly in the latter camp. Approached via a leafy residential lane just minutes from the centre of the historic spa town, this honey-coloured Georgian residence makes an immediate impression with its tall ...

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From a Guinness family castle on the shores of Lough Corrib to a Connemara hideaway that inspired Seamus Heaney, here are 36 of the finest country house hotels to book this year — part of our Great British & Irish Hotels 2026/27 guide.

Ashford Castle
Cong, County Mayo
Once home to the Guinness ...

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When the Tollman family bought Ashford Castle in 2013, they quickly spotted that as well as taking on one of the most historic buildings in Ireland, they also had one other priceless asset: the staff. During the castle’s two-year, multi-million-pound restoration, hotel teams were kept on, some living in the ...

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