Let Small Luxury Hotels of the World find you a luxury boutique hotel in Kilkenny. You’ll enjoy both country sports and bucolic relaxation amid a verdant landscape awash with medieval landmarks and waterside pubs.
Luxury things to do in Kilkenny
With its striking black stone façades, Kilkenny is known as the Marble City. Enjoy your own private tour of Kilkenny Castle and discover the exotic decorative motifs on the carved stone corbels of the Picture Gallery. It was created by Millais associate John Hungerford Pollen. Scale the ninth-century Round Tower to admire from above the intricate stained-glass of adjacent St Canice’s Cathedral.
Luxury outdoor pursuits in Kilkenny
In the 1500-acre, walled Mount Juliet estate, follow in the footsteps of golf legend Jack Nicklaus as you play 18 holes around the championship course that he designed. Take a master class to perfect your horsemanship. Your personal instructor will guide you through the elite disciplines of cantering and galloping. On a privately owned stretch of the river Nore, you can test your skills at the delicate arts of dry and wet fly fishing. Bring home a catch of salmon, grilse and brown trout.
Gourmet Kilkenny
Beneath the oaken beams of exclusive historic restaurants, you’ll feast on locally reared Kilkenny lamb, seared trout and lobster cooked with Irish whiskey and cream. Traditional Irish pubs with riverside settings are the ideal place to sample a pint of frothy Guinness or the creamy locally brewed Kilkenny beer. Just sink into an armchair by a roaring fire and listen to the logs crackling in the grate.
Choose a luxury boutique hotel in Kilkenny with Small Luxury Hotels of the World. You’ll feel like the lord of the manor in a magnificent Georgian country mansion and be pampered with decadent spa treatments.