| For those who don't want to stay in a hotel | | | | People often choose these small, cosy places to |
| -perhaps you feel they are too impersonal, or | | | | increase their privacy as well; if it's a small, quiet |
| maybe, even if you have nothing against hotels | | | | inn with a high standard and great attention to |
| personally, you simply want a place that has a bit | | | | service that you seek, you may want to try one |
| more character to it- an inn or a bed and | | | | like the Ashfield B&B in County Cork; set in |
| breakfast may be a pleasing alternative. | | | | secluded grounds with a private salmon stream |
| Whatever your reasons for choosing to stay at | | | | and a high standard of furnishing in the guest |
| an inn or bed and breakfast, Ireland will be able to | | | | rooms, the Ashfield is sure to delight. |
| offer you a wide selection of these all over the | | | | There are a wide variety of other inns as well, |
| island for you to choose from. | | | | some of them less luxurious but no less functional. |
| If it is luxury you seek in your accommodation, | | | | If an inn still seems too aloof for you, you may |
| you may not think that a bed and breakfast can | | | | even want to investigate the possibility of booking |
| provide it; after all, the idea of a bed and | | | | into a guest house or even a farmhouse; Ireland, |
| breakfast usually implies a much smaller scale, and | | | | the land of a thousand welcomes, has many |
| fewer amenities as well. However, when one | | | | residents who open their guest rooms to |
| takes into account the fact that a smaller number | | | | travellers for a small fee, and in return tourists |
| of guests amounts to more individualized and | | | | get to see close to hand what life in Ireland is like. |
| dedicated service, luxury suddenly seems a | | | | If it's culture you want to soak up, then a stay in |
| reasonable expectation. | | | | a guest house may be just the ticket. |