Celebrate 250 Years of Guinness In Style At Ashford Castle
Ashford Castle – an actual, 13th-century castle in County Mayo, Ireland, that doubles as as five star hotel – is celebrating its 70th birthday next month. So far, so worthy. Forgive us being slightly more excited about the fact that Guinness is turning 250. Now that’s worth celebrating.
Luckily, the folks at the castle agree with us (it was once the country retreat of the Guinness family, which probably has something to do with it). So they’ve designated October as Guinness Month and 15 October as the date for a five course "Black and White dinner", where the head Brewer will talk about the black stuff.
It certainly doesn’t come cheap – it’s €195, or $278 per head for the dinner, and €210 ($308) for the cheapest room. Is it worth it? Well, TripAdvisor reviews of the place are good on the whole – seems you shouldn’t expect air con, and waiting times at the restaurant can be unsatisfactory.
But then, it’s a castle, not a W. Plus, apparently, it has WiFi throughout the building, and their current 70th birthday promo means if you buy two nights, you’ll get a third free. Plus, there’s the setting, which, as you can see, is quite extraordinary. A castle with WiFi, a free night’s stay and Guinness on tap? Right now, that sounds like a keeper to us.
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