Watch: Look inside John and Francis Brennan’s new-look Park Hotel in Kenmare

The newly renovated hotel has been wowing travel reviewers around the world, with Condé Nast Traveller giving it a seal of approval. Here, our reviewer checks in for a night and hears about its impressive makeover from owners, John and Francis Brennan

John and Francis Brennan seated at the champagne bar at the Park Hotel, Kenmare. Pictures: Dan Linehan

Walking through the doors of the Park Hotel in Kenmare always makes you feel like you are going back in time, but since it reopened to guests on Tuesday, it has the atmosphere of another era entirely.

You would be forgiven for expecting to see Jay Gatsby saving you a seat on the gleaming terrace or a jazz band tuning up by the new cocktail bar. Yes, the Roaring 20s are back in one corner of Kerry thanks to an Art Deco renovation of the historic hotel. It’s not a task the Brennans took lightly, they tell me.