Adare Manor
Limerick, Ireland
As accommodations go, it's pretty tough to beat a castle — especially one as charming as Adare Manor. Built in the mid-1800s by the Dunraven family, this interesting piece of architecture is laid out as a Calendar House, with 365 stained windows and 52 chimneys to mark the days and weeks, and interior references to the 7 days of the week and 12 months of the year. There's 62 bedrooms to choose from, including the original quarters of Lady Caroline Dunraven, as well as an 18-hole Championship Course — the last major golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. — a cottage spa, two restaurants, and a cellar-style bar with live-music. [via]
