The Marquis of Landsdowne's former summer residence still feels like an aristocrats' playground, with a fine-dining modern Irish restaurant, cocktail bar, spa, and 66 rooms and sumptuous suites with Italian-marble bathrooms. It's all in a glorious setting beside a waterfall on the River Sheen with views across Kenmare Bay to Carrantuohil. Amenities are many – salmon fishing or clay-pigeon shooting, anyone?
Its cellar has over 10,000 different wines from 18 different countries.