The Europe was always far ahead of its time - in the 1960s, it was the first hotel in Ireland to have a spa. General Manager Michael Brennan tells Emily Hourican about the many innovations.
This article was originally published in the Autumn 2024 issue of Hospitality Ireland Magazine, in October of 2024.
A weekend at the Europe Hotel in Killarney is like a few days out of time. There is something – everything – about this beautifully designed, quietly comfortable hotel, set among the Kerry hills, that flicks an off-switch for me, in the very best of ways.
Over the course of our stay, I politely refused to leave the hotel, turning downs trips to waterfalls and the National Park. Instead, I swam in the pool, lounged around the sauna and steam room, had a ESPA facial (with exactly the right amount of microdermabrasion), went on a pony ride, ate, read, dozed, ate some more, swam again ... you get the picture.