Frommers.com Frommers.com
Most Recent Connemara Forum Posts
Most Recommended Articles
Most Commented Articles

Delphi Lodge Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

On the R335, Leenane, County Galway
Frommer's ReviewMap It
Location The Delphi Estate and Fishery, Leenane, Around the County
Phone 095/42222
Fax 095/42296
Web site www.delphilodge.ie
Room Information 12 units, 5 cottages
Prices €200 double. Rates include full Irish breakfast. 2- and 3-bedroom self-catering cottages €450-€650 per 3 nights or €800-€1,1950 per week, plus metered utility bills
Credit Cards AE, MC, V
In Room Amenities TV
Closed Closed Christmas and New Year's holidays

Delphi Lodge Review

A vast country house dwarfed by the mountains that surround it, Delphi Lodge was built in the early 19th century as a sportsman's hideaway, and it was purchased and restored for the same purpose by the current owners in the 1980s. It forms part of an exquisite landscape of crystal lakes and trickling rivers, hardwood forests, and mountain slopes. The rooms are spacious and a bit masculine, furnished with an informally elegant touch, all with peaceful lake and mountain views. Guests are divided evenly between those here for the fishing and those here for the relaxation. Dinners (€50 per person) here are excellent, with an emphasis on the catch of the day, and eaten together at the elegant, long dining table. The library and lounge are warmed by wood-burning fireplaces, there's an honor bar where you make your own cocktails in the evening, and the staff is warm and friendly. Owner Peter Mantle can supply you with everything you need to fish -- permits, licenses, and equipment rental. Note: Rooms do not have locks, but the staff keeps a close eye on who comes in and out of the building. And all cancellations incur a penalty fee of €30.

Facilities:
Restaurant (guests only); sitting room; fishing trips; honor bar; private lake

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.


Back to Top



Destination Guide
Destination Guide Destination Guide Destination Guide
Destination Guide Destination Guide Frommer's Ireland, 22nd Edition Destination Guide Frommer's Ireland, 22nd Edition

Author: Christi Daugherty
Pub Date: December 27, 2011

Learn More
Destination Guide Destination Guide Destination Guide Related Titles:
Frommer s Ireland, 22nd Edition (International Edition)
Destination Guide
Aberdeen and the Tayside and Grampian Regions, Scotland: Frommer's ShortCuts
Destination Guide
Argyll and Southern Hebrides, Scotland: Frommer's ShortCuts
Destination Guide
Destination Guide Destination Guide
Destination Guide Destination Guide Destination Guide
Destination Guide
Destinations
Destinations
 
 

Frommer's Star Ratings

Frommer's Recommended 0 stars Frommer's Recommended
Frommer's Highly Recommended 1 stars Frommer's Highly Recommended
Frommer's Very Highly Recommended 2 stars Frommer's Very Highly Recommended
Frommer's Exceptional 3 stars Frommer's Exceptional

About Our System

Frommer's ranks every hotel, restaurant, attraction, shop, and nightlife establishment it reviews for quality, value, service, amenities, and special features using a star-rating scale, an expression of the strong compare-and-contrast opinions that are a brand hallmark.

Other ratings provide stars based primarily on price and amenities; the Frommer's star rating is meant to quantify the kind of intangible, experiential elements that help travelers make informed decisions.

The "baseline" recommendation is zero stars--every hotel, restaurant, attraction, shop, and nightlife establishment that Frommer's chooses to review is recommended; otherwise, we simply wouldn't include it.

Close Window