Picture this unique dining environment: Sinatra's dulcet tones and a golden sunset over picturesque western Ireland offering the backdrop to an epicurean experience in a vintage Pullman carriage. This romantic scenario is just one of the delights at Glenlo Abbey Hotel and Golf Course outside Galway city.

Others include basking in the 5-star hotel’s sheer Old World elegance: big open fireplaces with wicker baskets full of logs nearby, brass-framed mirrors, 19th-century paintings, bronze sculptures, leather armchairs, moulded ceiling-work, soft, thick carpets, ornate porcelain vases and stylish chandeliers.

Sean Hillen

During an international media career spanning several decades in Europe and the US, Sean Hillen has worked for many leading publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Times London, The Daily Telegraph, Time magazine and The Irish Times Dublin, as well as at the United Nations Media Center in New York. Sean's travel writing for JustLuxe.com and worlditineraries.co has taken him across A...(Read More)