Ashbourne hotel is number one in Ireland

The Pillo Hotel in Ashbourne has been rated 'Ireland’s No 1 Family Hotel for 2017' by TripAdvisor, the largest travel site in the world.

This prestigious award is granted by TripAdvisor on reviewing comments made on their site by members of the public who rate their experience of hotels after visiting them. With more than 60 million members and over 170 million reviews and opinions of hotels, restaurants, attractions and other travel-related businesses, TripAdvisor is the ‘go to’ site for most travellers planning their holiday.

Dublin GAA stars Alan and Bernard Brogan and their father, Bernard, reportedly paid €8m for the four-star, 148-bedroom hotel, last May.

Darrell Penney, general manager of the Pillo Hotel said: “We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded TripAdvisors No 1 Family Hotel in Ireland. The entire Pillo Hotel team are just over the moon that our guests rated us highly enough to be chosen for this award.”

Darrell continued: “Our ethos is to provide a great customer experience, and receiving this prestigious TripAdvisor award confirms that we are delivering on our promise. An advantage for holidaying families to our hotel is our location, which is close to many great cultural and family amenities. Being situated just five minutes away from a world class family attraction like Tayto Park, less than half hour from Funtasia in Drogheda and close to the world renowned Newgrange, enables the Pillo Hotel team to develop special family packages that include these attractions. We also develop special themed entertainment in the hotel at different times of the year like Easter and Halloween, which is also very popular with families”.