Check out: Three Dublin hotels to suit any city break style

The Hard Rock Hotel has sound-proofed rooms; opulent escapism at The Shelbourne; and Liberties Hyatt Centric is a central gem

The Shelbourne is worth the price tag.

First Impressions

You know you’re en route to The Shelbourne when you’re pulling off at a motorway Circle K to declutter your motor in advance of the hotel’s valet parking service. It’s an unexpected luxury which has caught me off guard in the past, but not on this occasion. Pulling up to St Stephen’s Green, there’s a veritable convoy of smartly-suited valets and porters lined up outside the iconic hotel, marking my arrival on what is a blistering, yet quite a vacant summer afternoon in the capital.