Above: The Garden Terrace, The Merrion

Located a three-minute walk from each other, The Merrion and The Shelbourne hotels are Dublin’s grande dames. To determine which is currently superior, we stayed at both. At the end of our trip, we tried a contemporary hotel located south of the city center.

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Above: The Garden Terrace, The Merrion

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