Bellinter House
Style Urbane Palladian mansion
Setting Rolling riverside parkland
This gorgeous mansion turned hotel, less than an hour's drive from Dublin, has had a thoroughly modern makeover, bringing contemporary luxe to original architect Richard Cassell's stately elegance. Bellinter House's wonderful spa, attention to detail and mouthwatering food are the tip of the iceberg: this is no sleepy country stately but an all-mod-cons marvel with quirky-clever decor details and 21st-century trappings.
Need to know
- Rooms 34.
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Rates
Double rooms from $168.44 (€130), excluding tax at 13.5 per cent.
The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency (€130) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
- More details Rates include breakfast.
- Facilities Gardens, library, games room, indoor pool, spa, sauna, steam room, hot tub. In rooms, minibar, flatscreen TV, DVD player, mood lighting, underfloor heating, Voya organic seaweed toiletries.
- Poolside Indoor infinity pool, lit by dramatic floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the river.
- Check-out Midday; check-in, 3pm.
- Children Welcome, with advance notice. Cots and foldaway beds provided; babysitters can be arranged. The split-level duplex rooms in the Stable block are best for families.
- Also The countryside here is rugged and gorgeous – explore on foot in a pair of Bellinter House’s loaner wellies, or on horseback from one of the five local equestrian centres.
Food and drink at Bellinter House
- Hotel restaurant Eden, set in the bright, vaulted basement, is where the chefs conjure up Modern Irish bistro fare from fresh seasonal ingredients.
- Dress code Tongue-in-cheek tweeds and cosy cashmere.
- Top table A corner table by the wine-rack wall. On sunny days, on the terrace; or order a pre-packed picnic (complete with wine, champagne and blanket) and roam the gardens until you spy the perfect spot.
- Last orders 10.30pm in Eden Restaurant; 11pm in the Drawing Room; 11pm in Bellinter Bar and the Wine Bar.
- Room service 8am–11pm. There’s also an all-day menu available in the Drawing Room.
- Hotel bar In the Bellinter Bar, pints are pulled perfectly and cocktails are cunningly crafted (we defy you not to like the honey-sweet Bees Knees martinis); oenophiles could spend a happy afternoon tasting their way around the Wine Bar’s impressively stocked cellar.
Bellinter House Navan, County Meath
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Smith extra at Bellinter House
A seaweed bath for two in the Bathhouse spa; there are two baths, so couples or friends can bathe side by side
In the know
Our favourite rooms
Main House rooms have high ceilings, huge bathrooms and cracking views; Main House 1 has a tub for two. For a peaceful, pampering-focused stay, rooms in the Ruin are tranquil, secluded and close to the spa; Ruin 3 has a copper bath, Ruin 4 a roll-top tub.
Packing tips
Swimwear (Bellinter House has an excellent spa with an indoor pool, steam room and sauna), horse riding gear and boots made for walking.
Also
Designed by Richard Cassels, 18th-century architect of the Irish Parliament, Bellinter House is of significant historical interest; the grounds and building are therefore open to the public daily from noon until 4pm.
From the Guestbook…
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