Eccles Hotel & Spa

An iconic destination once more

Glengarriff has been renowned for it’s mild and humid micro-climate for centuries. At the mouth of Bantry Bay and the base of the mountain, with shelter from prevailing winds, it’s a place that is picture perfect beautiful. It’s no wonder that Eccles Hotel & Spa was a destination health and wellness resort right through the Victorian era. Visitors didn’t come here for faddish treatments, they knew better than that. They came for the sea air, the freshest seafood and locally grown produce, the warm West Cork welcome and Eccles classic style and effortless charm. Today, General Manager David Manning and his team have brought the Eccles back to it’s glory days. Now a charming 4 star hotel and spa and acclaimed as one of ‘Ireland’s

Fab 50 Places to Stay’ the Eccles has been sensitively restored and refurbished without losing the rich history and charm that makes this place so special. “History and legend permeate every inch of this wonderful hotel. William Makepeace Thackery, William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw and Maureen O’Hara were inspired, indulged and revitalised right here. You can imagine them holding court at the bar or relaxing on the veranda as the light danced on the islands that stretch across the bay.” With 3 luxurious treatment rooms, a deluxe double treatment suite overlooking Bantry Bay and the ultimate selection of VOYA organic Irish seaweed based therapies and experiences, you will be completely pampered in a world of your own at The Spa at Eccles Hotel. But that’s only part of this exciting story. In the kitchen, magic

happens!

Lucinda O’ Sullivan, Sunday Independent

Helmed by renowned Chef Eddie Attwell, the food celebrates the very best of what’s fresh, local and in season. “There’s a lot of history at The Eccles Hotel. In Victorian times it was a wellness spa with a seawater pool outside and glass houses covering the land at the back where they grew fruit and vegetables. I’m going back to that — like a rebirth of the hotel, back to where it started from. It’s nice to be able to tip the hat to what the hotel was 250 years before I ever got here. ” With a great team, an amazing environment and the best produce in Ireland, Eddie has all the ingredients he needs to surprise and delight with every plate. A destination wellness resort that drinks in the wild Atlantic sea air and eats all that is fresh and hyper local. A spa that fuses the restorative powers of the sea with holistic healing for body and soul. A location like no other with a view to die for. A sense of classic welcoming charm that wraps you in its warm embrace from the moment you arrive. All at the gateway to the beautiful Beara Peninsula, right on the water’s edge. This is Eccles Hotel Glengarriff. This is… where better begins.

“...even if a dish reads simply on the menu, it will be a work of art on the plate.”