Tucked away in quiet suburban Dublin, the 12th century Clontarf Castle Hotel, with its magnificent entrance hall and original medieval features, is located two miles from Dublin city centre. The 111 guestrooms are decorated in green and orange with heavy fabrics and dark wood furnishings and feature high speed Internet connections, televisions with pay movies, tea/coffee making facilities, telephones and complimentary toiletries.
The hotel offers a number of dining options: Templars Bistro serves modern dishes such as Carpaccio of Ostrich, while the Knights Bar offers an extensive bar menu. The Drawbridge Tavern serves lunch from Monday to Friday and boasts original features including the drawbridge itself. Conference rooms cater for meetings of up to 500 people and come equipped with the latest audio visual equipment including public address systems and ISDN lines for video conferencing, while other practical amenities include free parking and a currency exchange service. The hotel has a small gymnasium on site,while a number of outdoor pursuits are located nearby.These include the many walking paths immediately surrounding the hotel; five golf courses within a 10 kilometre radius and sea fishing which can be arranged in Howth, a small fishing village 10 kilometres (six m iles from Clontarf Castle. The concierge is on hand to assist with booking tours and restaurants and can also advise on the area's best attractions, many of which can be reached via the city centre bus service which calls outside the hotel. Trinity College, where the Book of Kells is kept, is 4.5 miles from the hotel, while five miles away, guests can take tours of the old Jameson Distillery and the Guinness Storehouse. Malahide Castle, with its 250 acres of parkland and extensive collection of Irish portrait paintings, is also five miles away. Dublin International Airport is five miles from the hotel. Taxis are the most convenient method of transport to the hotel and will cost approximately 20 EUR. Aircoach offers a service from Dublin's city centre and Dublin south to and from the airport. The service runs 24 hours, every day. Tickets can be purchased from the bus driver and cost approximately 10 EUR (return.