Owned by Bono and The Edge from U2, the Clarence Hotel is a boutique hotel housed in a 19th-century building set in Temple Bar, Dublin's cultural quarter, overlooking the famous River Liffey. The hotel features Portland stone, American white oak and Italian limestone throughout the building and the 49 guestrooms are individually-decorated in crimson, royal blue, amethyst, gold or chocolate with Egyptian cotton linen and Shaker furniture. Modern amenities include high-speed Internet ports, satellite televisions with pay movies and DVD players, CD players, direct-dial phones, minibars and safes.
Guests can choose from a variety of dining options: The Tea Room Restaurant serves a range of traditional Irish dishes with a continental influence in a chic, contemporary setting; The Study, which retains many of the room's original features, serves international dishes and drinks 24-hour a day, and the Octagon Bar, serves lunch, dinner, drinks and cocktails underneath an Octagonal-shaped dome. Guests can workout in the fully- equipped fitness room and head to the Therapy Room for beauty treatments including facials and massages. Those on business can make use of the hotel's conference rooms, business services and wireless Internet facilities; visitors arriving by car will find valet parking onsite. Practical amenities include 24-hour room service, gift shop and a multilingual concierge on hand to offer booking and tour assistance. Christchurch Cathedral, Trinity College, O'Connell Street and Grafton Street are all within 500 metres, and the Guinness Brewery, Phoenix Park and National Art Gallery are within one kilometre. Dublin International Airport is 12 kilometres away and takes approximately 30 minutes to reach by car.

Official Rating provided by the Fáilte

Fáilte assigns an official star rating for hotels in Ireland. This Hotel property is rated as 4-stars.

Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property’s location to the point of interest or attraction, and may not reflect actual travel distance.

Distances are displayed to the nearest 0. 1 mile and kilometre.

Millennium Bridge 0.1 km / 0.1 mi
Dublin Castle 0.2 km / 0.1 mi
Chester Beatty Library and Gallery of Oriental Art 0.2 km / 0.1 mi
Dublinia 0.4 km / 0.2 mi
Christ Church Cathedral 0.4 km / 0.3 mi
Four Courts 0.4 km / 0.3 mi
The Book of Kells 0.5 km / 0.3 mi
General Post Office 0.5 km / 0.3 mi
The Spire 0.6 km / 0.3 mi
St. Patrick's Cathedral 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
Trinity College 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
St. Stephen's Green 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
National Museum of Ireland Archaeology and History 0.9 km / 0.6 mi
National Gallery of Ireland at Merrion Square 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Guinness Storehouse 1.4 km / 0.9 mi

The preferred airport for The Clarence is Dublin (DUB) 9.2 km / 5.7 mi.