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Parknasilla Hotel

Parknasilla Resort, Sneem, Kerry
Phone: +353 (0)64 6675600

The grandfather of poet Robert Graves rented the original house at Parknasilla as a summer residence. It was bought by Southern Hotels, who in 1890 erected a new hotel nearby, designed by the architect of the Park Hotel and Ashford Castle. Southern Railways, who found themselves in the curious position of owning a winter resort hotel nowhere near a rail station. Their passengers had to be conveyed by horse and carriage the not inconsiderable fifteen miles from Kenmare.

The view is magnificent: the bay is spread out before the hotel and is scattered with small islands - the hotel owns two, and you can walk to them over a footbridge and picnic there if you wish. There is also a little private rocky cove, hidden beside the indoor pool, where sailing boats and a motor boat for water skiing await your pleasure. There are large, well-tended grounds with palm trees, horses if you wish to ride, and a prize winning village to explore a few miles down the road.

The hotel has been entirely refurbished and a new wing added since its Victorian heyday.

Welcome Picture of Parknasilla Great Southern Hotel
Welcome Picture of Parknasilla Great Southern Hotel

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Description

Bedrooms have good modern bathrooms and are close capeted. Furnishings are in pleasant plain shades, in no way frilly or country-house, but everywhere is spotless. A large sun-lounge sitting room provides promptly served freshly-prepared snacks, a more formal drawing room has chandeliers and a large fireplace, where a fire is lit each evening, the dining room has sea views and pleasant peach-coloured decor. The food is tasty, the service impeccable.

The Ring of Kerry on which the hotel stands is one of Ireland's most noted beauty spots. Great bushes of crimson fuchsias and clusters of orange day-lilies line the narrow road which circles the Kerry Peninsula.

Parknasilla does not have designer-chic, but it does have a finer setting and far better service and food than many places with far greater pretentions.