An honest review of one of Dublin’s top-rated coastal hotels

Old-world luxury at the Haddington House Hotel in Dublin (Picture: Ailbhe O’Donnell)

Dublin is full of historic hotels, but few have a view quite like Haddington House Hotel in Dún Laoghaire.

Once a girls’ finishing school, this collection of Victorian townhouses is now one of the finest hotels on the coast, with sweeping sea views, top-notch service and a cocktail bar trussed up like a Hollywood boudoir.

Its crowning glory, though, are the six suites with roll-top bathtubs, right in the middle of the room.

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