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Oldcourt, Killotteran, Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland
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Hi Guys
Am invited to a wedding in Faithlegg House in July. However, overnight rates pretty steep at €99 per person sharing. Can anyone suggest a hotel or B & B nearby where we can put our heads down for the night? I see from the website that there is a ferry going over to the hotel. Does anyone know what the story is about coming back from the hotel at night? Much appreciated. Thanks.
Check out www.smoothhound.co.uk or www2stay.com. Both sites have a good listing of B&Bs of all types.
Ahem.........the ferry doesn't quite go to the hotel - you need to get off in Rosslare and drive the rest of the way :-) Something to do with the land being in the way, don't ask me !!!
You are very close to Waterford there so there is no shortage of B&B's - although €99 pps in Faithlegg seems like a pretty good deal to me.
Thanx - actually I am coming from Dublin, but the bride-to-be said in the "blurb" she sent with the invitation that there is a ferry over to the hotel - wasn't referring to the Rosslare Ferry. Somebody told me it is on an island.
90-100 quid is a pretty standard rate for wedding guests staying overnight.
Less glamourous hotels charge about the same if not a little more. The last wedding I was at was in Tullamore where the hotel charged €110 for guests to stay the night which was pretty cheeky considering it would not be in the same class as Faithlegg. Needless to say, hardly anyone took up that offer and we all stayed in local B&Bs!
Anyhoo... if you are able to take someone with you, that should defray the cost a little?
Besides, the bride is really supposed to provide information on other accomodation options in the area, after all one cannot expect everyone to be able to stay in the hotel. Not everyone can afford it on top of all the other expenses involved in attending a wedding.
If you can get together with a couple of other guests, you may be able to negotiate a deal with one of the local B&Bs or sthg? No harm trying :-)
If you're driving from Dublin via Waterford city, then you don't need the ferry. You'd be going towards Passage East where there is a ferry terminal but you would not have to actually use it - that is the impression I'm getting from the website anyway.
Thanks for the help.
Actually I did feel that 99 euros each (198 for 2)for B&B is expensive as a special rate for guests, so I have now booked Woodlands Hotel for 114 incl breakfast for 2.
Wedding in Wexford, hence the Passage East ferry thing which I now understand, so can come back directly from Waterford afterwards.
Sorted and thanks to all!
Just for the record, there is an island with a ferry going across. But that's Waterford Castle. Woodlands is a nice hotel, great location. And on the Faithlegg side of town - well done!
We headed out of Waterford going west along the coastal road and we stopped to take in the view at the Guillamene Swimming Club in Tramore, formerly a men's only place to swim but now anyone crazy enough to jump in appears to be welcome. There's a platform and stairs to help you get back out of the water, my husband might be a bit daft but he stayed nice and dry along with me at this stop.
It was zillions of years ago when I was last in Clonea beach in County Waterford. My sister and I were staying with our cousins in Tipperary and we were taken to Clonea for the day. Great craic and a gorgeous day it was for it too. It's a lovely clean beach on Dungarvan Bay, West Waterford
Billed as Ireland's Only Flyover Pub, Jack Meade's is a must for a stop off on a road trip around Co. Waterford. It must surely be one of the pretties little pubs in Ireland. The original building is an old cottage built quite literally under a bridge and the very large gardens around it have been utilised with the utmost brilliance.
First of all, there's a large, newly built building which houses a huge bar and a food area. There are wooden tables and benches in the garden directly outside this where people sit to eat and drink. Extremely popular in the Summer, you would want to get there early at weekends to get your seat. The food is mainly barbecue style, although they have a large menu plus some delicious desserts at great value for money prices.
Beside this area there is a large playground for the kids and directly adjoining this is a museum of antique farm machinery.
The river Pill runs through the grounds of the pub and a little wooden bridge has been built across the river to a beautifully landscaped area which houses some restored stone buildings. A little paved river walk has been added and most recently an area has been fenced off for ducks and geese.
In addition to all of this, there's an animal sanctuary and a longer river walk.
To find this little gem of a place, driuve out of Waterford in the direction of Dunmore East. Take the left at the junction to Passage/Cheekpoint. Drive on for a mile or so to the next forked junction and take a right. You will pass almost immediately under a bridge and the pub is just on your left.
The restaurant formerly known as Lemongrass restaurant in Waterford City, and now known as Lime Leaf, is part of a chain of such restaurants around the country and their popularity is proved by the ever expanding size of the chain.
I've eaten here just twice as I'm not crazy about the fast food type of Asian cuisine, but I have to say it's different and it's good.
The restaurant is housed in an old building, is large and set out on two floors, and is beautifully done. In spite of the very attractive historical exterior, the internal decor is very modern with lots of chrome and glass and high ceilings. The overall feeling is airy, bright and spacious. Tables are well spaced. The food is typically Asian with a vast selection. You can view the menu online before you even get to the restaurant.
There is a very very cheap lunch option at just 10 euro and I think this even includes a drink!
What I like most about this place is the incredible dessert menu. It is most unusual for an Asian restaurant to serve good desserts, and some of them here don'ty feature any desserts at all on their menus, but the selection here is amazing and I have to recommend the coconut ice cream.
The large grey limestone building which dominates The Mall is Waterford City Hall. The building was designed by John Roberts and was built in 1783. Many important figures from Ireland’s history have visited the building including the great emancipator, Daniel O’ Connell, and Charles Stewart Parnell. The council chamber is the most interesting room in the building with a painting of Waterford by William Van Der Hagen and a huge chandelier dating from the 1780’s which is recognised as the oldest existing piece of what later became the world famous Waterford glass. A replica of the chandelier hangs in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall.
The building houses working council offices and includes the office of the City Manager and the mayor’s chamber from where 200 years of Waterford mayors have received important visitors and dignitaries.
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