All the hotels you will find in Kinsale are older, this one is one of the ones we have stayed at on 2 occasions. They are in the process of refurbishing this one right now and the main level is beautiful! We did not stay here this last trip, but did go inside. They have opened up the downstairs more and redid everything and it is lovely. I'm not sure if they will be working on the rooms soon or if they allready have. Based on our stay last year, each room has it's own insuite bathrrom. The only drawback on the bathroom is the weird glass door that swings out and doesn't extend to the end of the tub, so they have the water pressure to the shower lowered to avoid water getting on the floor (which it still does). The room itself is nice sized with chairs for comfort and all rooms have their own electric tea kettle and the items necessary for making tea in your room. The rooms on the front overlook the harbor and have a nice view. The windows are a little high though. They serve a wonderful breakfast in the dining room down stairs, try the porridge! It is really good with some of the brown sugar on top! They also have serve lunch in the bar area and dinner in the bar area and the Captains Table Restaurant on premises. Very convenient to walking down to the center of Kinsale or all around.
Pool, fitness facilities, Rooms on front have nice views, convenient location.
I stayed here this past weekend and it was a great experience. The hotel is just across the room from Kinsale Harbour. The facilities were great but I had a mad/weird experience in my hotel room - 312. I was moving the chair to get to an iron and once I lifted the chair, a whole load of water came out of it. I thought that I was seeing things and had to ring down to the reception to get someone to confirm that I was not seeing things. Such a funny experience. I would recommend this hotel to anyone who stays in Kinsale as the staff were brilliant and helped me in anyway.
The view of Kinsale harbour from room 312 was amazing. The bed was kingsize - never seen a bed like that before. The pool was great with an amazing outdoor hottub. The food was lovely and not too expensive.
Directions: You have to get a bus from Cork Bus Station in the Number 10 Depot. It brings you right to Kinsale and stops about 500 yards from Acton's Hotel
