"Adare is a delicious mix of old and new. Barely 30 minutes from Shannon Airport, it’s one of the closest country manors U.S. travelers can reach for an uber-green, romantic getaway in Ireland. (It's also an easy two-hour drive from Dublin.) While retaining an old-school, aristocratic vibe, Adare's fanciful gargoyles, genuinely warm staff, grand and intimate spaces, and super-comfortable rooms make it somewhere uniquely and unabashedly the Ireland of right now—with a recently redesigned golf course, courtesy of pro architect Tom Fazio, and falconry to boot. Also of note here: There are 365 leaded windows, 52 ornate chimneys, four towers, and seven stone pillars, symbolizing the days, weeks, and seasons in a year, and the number of days in a week. (When it was built in 1860, it was in the Neo-Gothic “calendar house” style.) A good omen for long-lasting relationships, no?" - CNT Editors, Betsy Blumenthal
