Kerry
Killarney lakes, the Ring of Kerry, and the Atlantic at its most theatrical.
Courtesy of The Europe Hotel & Resort, Killarney
County Kerry is the Atlantic edge of Europe — a 200-kilometre peninsula of mountains, lakes, and surf-pounded coast that hands you a different landscape every twenty minutes. Killarney National Park's lakes hold an island monastery still standing after a thousand years; the Ring of Kerry curls around the Iveragh peninsula past Skellig Michael; and at the Dingle peninsula's western tip you're closer to Newfoundland than to Dublin. The Europe Hotel sits on Lough Leane at the gateway to all of it — its rooms looking straight at the MacGillycuddy's Reeks across the water.
May-September (long days, mildest weather)
4-6 nights recommended
Nature Lovers, Romantic Getaways, Slow Travelers, Drive-Tour Travelers
Lakefront resorts and country-house hotels with the West of Ireland at the door.
The Europe Hotel & Resort
Five-star lakeside resort facing the MacGillycuddy's Reeks at Killarney.
- ESPA-trained spa
- Lake View dining
- Direct access to Killarney National Park
Sheen Falls Lodge
Country-house retreat on a 300-acre estate above the Sheen Falls.
- Private waterfall
- Falls Restaurant
- Salmon and trout fishing
Park Hotel Kenmare
A turreted Victorian hotel on Kenmare Bay since 1897.
- Sámas spa
- Kenmare Bay views
- Award-winning gardens
The Europe Hotel & Resort
Courtesy of The Europe Hotel & Resort, Killarney · Fora Travel
Killarney Lakes
Evening Terrace
Lake View Suite
Terrace Dining
Atlantic seafood, Kerry lamb, and a quiet emergence as one of Ireland's strongest dining regions.
- A long dinner at The Park Restaurant overlooking Kenmare Bay
- Dingle Peninsula seafood — fresh crab claws at Out of the Blue, Dingle
- Killarney lamb hot pot at the lake-view kitchen of The Europe
- Murphy's ice cream in Dingle — sea salt or Irish coffee, take your pick
Lake mist, mountain shadow, and the kind of quiet you can only find at the edge of a continent.
- Dawn over Lough Leane from a lakeside walk
- The Skellig Ring at sunset — the Atlantic hammers granite, no other car in sight
- A pony trap through the Gap of Dunloe with the Reeks ahead
- Slea Head at the western tip of Dingle — the next stop is Boston
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