All loved up: Perfect picks for Valentine’s Day breaks
Ciara McDonnell hunts down the best deals for romantics on February 14.
The fabulous five-star Hayfield Manor in Cork is ensuring that love is all around in February with the My Valentine Escape package.
The two-night breakincludes breakfast each morning and a four-course meal inOrchids, Hayfield’s signature restaurant, or the more causal Perrotts Garden Bistro.
After a romantic stroll around the grounds, take afternoon tea to the dulcet tones of a tinkling piano in the background. Be sure to book a treatment at the onsite Beautique Spa before taking a dip in the hotel’s outdoor Jacuzzi.
Prices start from €620 per couple www.hayfieldmanor.ie
Faithlegg House in Waterford is ready to welcome lovers thisValentine’s day. You’ll stay in a super luxe room where you’ll find rose petals strewn on the bed and handmade chocolates on the dresser.
Enjoy a woodland walk or a round of golf before heading to the Faithlegg Treatment Suites for some pre-dinner pampering. That evening, you’ll enjoy a specially created Valentine’s meal with a glass of bubbly in the Roseville Rooms restaurant.
The Leisurely Lovers Valentine’s package costs from €105 per person sharing and includes one night’s bed and breakfast, dinner with a glass of Prosecco in thetwo AA Rosettes award-winning Roseville Rooms Restaurant. www.faithlegg.com
Take charge this Valentine’s Day and book a secret love trip for you and your adored one at Tankardstown House in Meath. Tell your sweetheart to pack for one night and head off towards Meath for a super fancy night away.
The package is specific to the February 14 and includes overnight accommodation in one of the beautifully appointed Courtyard Cottage Suites, breakfast the following morning and a romantic dinner and bottle of wine for two. The Valentine’s package costs €300 for two people. www.tankardstown.ie
The Merrion Hotel in Dublin is celebrating romance throughout February with the Lasting Love package. Lovebirds can enjoy an overnight stay in a double room in the contemporary garden wing of the five-star hotel. On arrival, you’ll enjoy a complimentary heart-shaped chocolate and a bottle of rosé Champagne to get you into a romantic state of mind.
The package includes breakfast the following day, which rest assured, is worth getting out of bed for. Lasting Love at The Merrion costs from €310 per couple. www.merrionhotel.com
Castle Leslie has declared the month of February to be The Month of Love and has rolledout several romance-themed packages to accompany it. The best value break is the one on Valentine’s night itself, which includes a night in a Lodge Classic Room which features a free standing Victorian roll top bath, and separate walk-in shower as well as bathroom smellies from the Handmade Soap Company.
Achilled bottle of bubbly and chocolates will await you in your room upon arrival, and you’ll have a candlelit dinner at the two AA Rosettes Snaffles restaurant that night. The package costs €260 per couple. www.castleleslie.com
Farnham Estate Spa and Golf Resort in Cavan is pulling out all the stops to ensure that love is all around this Valentine’s Day.
Check into your room and find chilled Prosecco and chocolate-dipped strawberries. Take a Jane Austen-esque turn around the woods before sitting on one of the swing benches by the side of the onsite lake to take in the views and watch the sun set. Be sure to pack in a visit to the Water Mint Thermal Suite to recharge before dinner in the Botanica Restaurant that night before heading back to your room to a rose petal turndown service.
The package is from €140 per person sharing on the February 14 only. www.farnhamestate.ie
Just 26km north of Cork City, Longueville House offers an opportunity to step back in time to embrace a way of living that is altogether more… gorgeous. Super fancy, and yet laid back, expect crackly fires and fresh flowers to abound while you sip your cider made from apples grown on the on-site orchard.
For Valentine’s night, Longville’s package includes early check-in, a bottle of bubbly in your room on arrival, dinner for two and complimentary late check-out the next morning, If you simply can’t leave, they will throw in a complimentary bottle of wine at dinner the following night. The one-night package costs from €370 per couple. www.irelands-blue-book.ie
Ballymaloe House is welcoming gourmet lovers this Valentine’s night. Upon check-in, you’ll find a complimentary half bottle of pink champagne waiting for you in your room.
Take a romantic stroll through the 300-acre farm and gardens and work up an appetite before enjoying an aperitif in the Drawing Room before one of Ballymaloe’s famous dinner services. Be sure to leave room for the dessert cart. The one night package costs €360 per couple. www.ballymaloe.ie
Aghadoe Heights Hotel and Spa strikes the finely tuned balance between luxury and accessibility by offering the most high-endservice in an extremely friendly environment.
With views over the lakes and mountains, take a glass ofchampagne out onto your balcony and breathe in the stillness of this fabulous resort.
The Valentine’s Romance package includes an overnight stay with a candlelit dinner for two in the Lake Room restaurant and costs from €139pp. www.aghadoeheights.com
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