Schoolhouse Hotel

Location.

Occupying a former 19th-century schoolhouse, this boutique hotel is in Dublin's leafy Ballsbridge neighborhood. Aviva Stadium is about a five-minute walk. Trinity College, St. Stephen's Green, the O2, and city-center shops are all about 1.4 km (0.8 mi) away.

Hotel Features.

The hotel offers an Irish breakfast. The Schoolhouse Restaurant serves modern Irish fare in a restored dining room with a fireplace and 40-foot vaulted ceiling. The convivial Schoolhouse Bar, housed in a former classroom, includes a lounge, mezzanine, and outdoor seating area. Room service is available 24 hours a day. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available throughout the Schoolhouse Hotel. On-site parking is complimentary (availability limited). Guests enjoy a 10-percent discount on all treatments at the Urban Day Spa, a short walk from the hotel.

Guestrooms.

The Schoolhouse Hotel offers 31 guestrooms, individually decorated with William Morris designs. Each room is named after a famous Irish writer. 26-inch flat-panel TVs come with complimentary Internet access. Wireless Internet access is also complimentary. The hotel provides complimentary tea, coffee, cookies, and bottled mineral water. Private bathrooms feature power showers and designer bath products. Signature Schoolhouse bathrobes are provided upon request.