No. 1 Pery Square

This town-house hotel, overlooking Limerick’s People’s Park, packs a lot into its Georgian rooms, from a spa and swish restaurant to a choice of period and chic bedrooms. There’s even space for a terrace and garden. Sweeping sash windows form the backdrop to a low-key glamour of deep-hued walls, velvet-covered chairs, mirrors and candlesticks. ‘Smartly dressed’ porters whisk bags to bedrooms, either smaller Club rooms in an adjoining building with a classic contemporary style, or larger sash-windowed Period rooms. Overlooking the park or garden, these are elegant with brass bedsteads, Sanderson wallpapers and roll-top baths. All offer bathrobes and organic Voya bathroom products. The latter are used in the basement spa, a serene space with a thermal suite and treatment rooms. ‘Excellent’ dinners are served in the club-style Long Room bar, recently extended with a garden room, from a menu of confident, sophisticated dishes such as smoked salmon with preserved rhubarb, and duck breast with lentil and beet dhal. The Drawing Room’s afternoon tea is a classy event, too. Walk it off with a stroll around the surrounding Georgian Quarter.