Need a Valentine's day retreat? These five luxury hotels have you and your partner covered

Breakfast in bed, gorgeous spas, and atmospheric dining await

Dunluce Lodge, Northern Ireland’s newest independent five-star hotel

Valentine’s luxury

When Dunluce Lodge opened last year, The Hotel Examiner awarded it 8.5 out of 10, impressed with its style and service. As Northern Ireland’s newest independent five-star hotel, the 38-suite venue overlooks the fourth fairway of Royal Portrush and the Atlantic beyond. This year, the chic lodge’s luxury Valentine’s retreat offers an elegant overnight escape in a suite on the Causeway Coast from €490 per couple with breakfast, a four-course dinner with a glass of bubbles, delicious local in-room goodies, and access to the gorgeous spa facilities.

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Barberstown Castle in Co Kildare

Great escape

Barberstown Castle in Co Kildare has put together a romantic escape offer for one or two nights from €415 per couple. The experience includes B&B, a chocolate treat in your room on arrival, and dinner with a glass of champagne in the castle’s atmospheric Barton Rooms. Many guest rooms have four-poster beds, while the castle’s grounds and surrounding countryside are perfect for relaxing and exploring.

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Ballygally Castle on the picturesque Antrim Coast

Dram fine offer

A short drive from Belfast, Ballygally Castle on the picturesque Antrim Coast is offering an overnight winter whisky retreat that’s both fun and superb value. Dating back to 1625, the castle is the only 17th-century building still used as a residence in Northern Ireland. Cosy and unique, their Whisky Retreat package costs from €156 for two people sharing and includes breakfast and a stylish bedroom with Netflix, popcorn, and a miniature of McConnell’s Irish Whisky.

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The Newpark Hotel Kilkenny’s new suite treat package sees a 20% discount off the hotel’s adult-only signature suite experiences.

Suite hotel deal

The Newpark Hotel Kilkenny’s new suite treat package sees a 20% discount off the hotel’s adult-only signature suite experiences. Book in for a stay in a suite that includes breakfast, a bottle of prosecco on arrival, rose petal turndown, and chocolates. The suite treat is available for a limited time only, starting from €230, with bookings open now until March 26.

Balcony hot tub suites feature private outdoor hot tubs overlooking the hotel’s gardens, with four-poster king-sized beds and floor-to-ceiling windows. Newpark’s Escape Health Club & Spa provides further opportunities for unwinding, including an outdoor infinity pool.

Just minutes from Kilkenny city centre, it is perfectly positioned for discovering medieval streets, cultural attractions, and vibrant dining scene.

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The Heritage features its own cinema

Mud is good

The Heritage Hotel & Spa in Laois is welcoming couples to its ‘fall mud-ly in love’ romantic spa package.

The one-night getaway includes bed and breakfast, a romantic dinner for two in Blake’s Restaurant, and a couple’s rasul mud treatment with a glass of bubbly.

The 45-minute rasul treatment is a shared spa ritual made for two, with mineral-rich muds before herbal steam, scrubs, and a star-lit tropical rain shower.

From €356 per room.

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