Academy Hotel Dublin

Having been to Dublin a number of times with my best friend, and listening to her rave about how much she loved the place for years after each trip, there was only one possible location for the hen do I was asked to help organise for her. Dublin is a fantastic location for a hen party, with bars a-plenty and hundreds of Irish men who are all the more eager to talk to you when you're in a pub dressed in fluffy devil horns. The hen do in question was last weekend, and it was great fun - helped largely by our decision to book into this fantastic hotel. The Academy Hotel is owned by Best Western, and it has a 4* rating. Its location just of O'Connell street is ...  Read the complete review

Me and my girlfriend deicded to check out Dublin back in June. Having spent a lot of time checking out the best places, but also at a reasonable price, we opted for the Academy Plaza which we picked up on lastminute.com for a cracking price. When we arrived we were a couple of hours early, and were happy to just have a drink in the bar, however our room was available and they were more than happy for us to check in early. First impressions of the room were very good. The room was excellent, very tidy and clean, spacious and the tv was a wall mounted LCD - a nice touch! The bathroom was nice and big and again, very tidy and clean. We ...  Read the complete review