In recent years, Ireland has developed an enviable reputation for the quality of the food produced and Cork is widely consider ‘Ireland’s Gourmet Capital’. Well if food is your thing, we have a treat in store for you. You will stay two nights in wonderful Ballymaloe House & Cookery School located just 40 minutes from Cork Airport. While staying at Ireland’s most famous home of cookery you will not only enjoy the beauty of the woods & gardens, there is also a special treat of a choice bread baking in the kitchens with the Chef for the early risers or alternatively an 1130 walk in the gardens with the Head Gardener.
Things to do in the area
- Ballycotton Cliff Walk
- Shanagarry Pottery
- Jameson Distillery
- Lismore Castle & Town
Next it is off to Inchydoney Island Lodge & Spa, one of Ireland’s leading destination spa’s where you will stay in a deluxe room with ocean views on a dinner B&B basis. Here you will head off on a half day sea foraging trip by kayak or along the sea shore and get to cook up and eat some of the sea weeds found along the way. Then it’s back to the hotel where you will enjoy a Seaweed Bath and Body Wrap as well as access to the heated Seawater Therapy Pool.
Things to do in the area
- Walk the Sheeps Head Way
- Clonakilty Model Village
- Timoleague Abbey
- Visit Garinish Island
Package:
2 nights B&B in Ballymaloe House
Valid 01 Nov ’15 – 30 Mar ’16
Dinner in Ballymaloe House
Signed cookery book by the owner Myrtle Allen
Baking in the kitchens or Garden Tour
2 nights B&B in Inchydoney Island Lodge & Spa
Sea foraging excursion
4 days car-hire (Ford Focus or equivalent)
Price from €754.00.
Please email concierge@discoveringcork.ie or call +353 (0) 21 243 1000 to book your Indulgent Gourmet Escape.
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