Castle Murray House Hotel, Dunkineely

Advantages: It has 18 wheeler in the arcade!
Disadvantages: It has secret communes of people hidden away...

...I'm laughing as I'm writing this, because I simply cannot believe what we've just experienced! We booked with National Holidays and were given The Norbreck Castle as a dwelling place! I got onto the net and couldn't believe my luck when I was presented with beautiful pictures of a fantastic castle with amazing facilities! We travelled down on the coach looking forward to our stay at this amazing castle! The coach arrived and my jaw quite simply hit the floor. It looks like an eastern european prison. The driver on the coach then announced, "Oh, and by the way folks, you can't check into your rooms untill 3pm!" Which was great, considering it was 10am. We entered the hotel and were greeted with a wonderful 1970s reception with lovely wooden revolving doors which felt as if they were about to fall off. Everything from the reception... Read review

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Advantages: Late bar and all you can eat food
Disadvantages: Too far to the town

...My friends and I decided to have a weekend away because it was one of their birthdays. We booked for a two-night weekend break at the Norbreck Castle Hotel in Blackpool through National Coach Holidays on 19 November 2004. The brochure described the break as being ‘All inclusive’ and we looked forward to fact that we would be able to drink copious amounts of alcohol for free (and why not!). We paid £89.00 for two night’s dinner, bed and breakfast with drinks also included from 7.30pm – 10.30pm in one of the three bars in the hotel. When we arrived at 1.30pm we were met in the lobby with a poster telling us that we were unable to check in until 3.30pm, this was our first mishap. The décor in the lobby was okay and the hotel on the surface seemed rather nice. We made our way to the bar (as you do), to kill a couple of hours... Read review

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Advantages: A Full Day Out. Superb Castle / Palace Interiors. Lovely Setting. Carriage Collection.
Disadvantages: The Drive There! Fantastically Complicated Price / Opening Time Structure. Guided Tour.

...a gateway between the Orangery and the Castle. Hotel Yes a small and out of site area of the Castle itself has for many years operated as a hotel. On our first visit here I was curious enough to enquire about rooms. Regrettably, in this most romantic, glamorous too by Polish standards, place, the hotel could only be described as old fashioned and very basic. The room that the receptionist showed us was dark and dingy, it had an en-suite that looked more than ready for re-furbishment. The Shop For what is a very large and well established museum complex, the shop at Lancut leaves an awful lot to be desired. It is absolutely tiny, three visitors standing at the counter and it is pretty much full. This problem is compounded by the fact that it is located adjacent to the Carriage House at the end of the guided tour. The shop... Read review

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