travel42 Hotel Review: Ashford Castle

Ashford Castle travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Part of the Red Carnation Hotel Collection—siblings include The Milestone near Kensington Palace in London, Hotel d'Angleterre in Geneva and The Twelve Apostles in Cape Town—this hotel is a showstopper. For anyone who has ever dreamed of bunking down in a fairytale castle, this is your opportunity to dress up (jackets are required in the fine-dining room).

The property, which dates to 1228, was converted to a hotel in 1939 after serving as the Guinness Fa...