Hotel review: Five star luxury in the heart of Killarney National Park

This five-star property goes back as far as 1796, with the bones of that original inn still standing today

Aerial photograph of the Muckross Park Hotel in Killarney National Park 

Location

“What’s central?” is all relative when it comes to Killarney hotels. The Muckross Park Hotel & Spa may sit a little beyond the pulse of the town (a 4km jaunt nonetheless), but it surely offers one of the best hotel settings in the country for tranquility-seeking nature lovers.