Bushmills Inn Hotel

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About Bushmills Inn Hotel

A 'living museum of Ulster Hospitality'. In the village that is home to the world's oldest distillery between the Giant's Causeway and Royal Portrush Golf Club, this multi award-winning hotel, on the banks of the River Bush, with turf fires, oil lamps, nooks, crannies and even a secret room presents an extensive range of intriguing bedrooms, an atmospheric restaurant (new Irish cuisine), a turf-fired old kitchen and a Victorian bar still lit by gas light - you're welcome.

Rooms

Bushmills Inn Hotel Public Rooms: Open peat fires, gas lights and stripped pine set the tone in the Bushmills Inn Hotel public rooms. From the hall, with its welcoming turf fire, and the elegant Drawing Room take the grand staircase to the Gallery – here the beauty of the Causeway Coast is brought to life with a permanent, but ever changing, exhibition by the internationally acclaimed local artist, James McKendry.

Then there's the quaint round tower (which just could be the entrance to the secret library!) before reaching the loft, which dates back to the 17th century and was used for storing the hay over the stables. The original oak beams still support the roof of the Bushmills Inn Hotel, and there is an intimate snug, complete with a stove fire, while the wall crevices offer an eclectic selection of reading matter.

Bushmills Inn Hotel Bedrooms: The oak–beamed Loft with its fireplace "snug" is the gateway to the Mill House on the banks of the River Bush. Here these spacious and creatively designed bedrooms, discretely accommodating modern technology, all have their own sitting room area, small dressing room and, of course, private bathrooms. Complementing the Mill House are the original Coaching Inn rooms mostly overlooking the village. These smaller budget price rooms, all different shapes and sizes, are individually decorated; all en suite, with either a bath or shower.

Location

The Bushmills Inn Hotel is located in the village that is home to the world's oldest distillery on the spectacular Antrim Coast Road, between the Giant's Causeway and Royal Portrush Golf Club, on the banks of the River Bush.

Distance to the Bushmills Inn Hotel From: Belfast – 60 miles, Derry – 45 miles, Dublin – 175 miles, Old Bushmills Distillery – 700 yards, Giant's Causeway – 2 miles, Dunluce Castle – 2 miles, Royal Portrush Golf Club – 4 miles, Carrick–a–Rede Rope Bridge – 5 miles, Causeway & Bushmills Steam Railway – 200 yards.

Directions to the Bushmills Inn Hotel: On the A2 – Antrim Coast Road – in the village of Bushmills as you cross the River Bush. From Ballymoney take the B62 to Portrush turning right onto the B17 from Coleraine.

Other

The Gas Bar: It's the gas lights that set the tone and inspired the name of this Victorian style bar within the Bushmills Inn Hotel. Pull up an armchair to the fire or take a stool at the bar counter and join in "the craic" – a local expression for a good time. You could try and snuggle away next door in front of the turf fire in the old kitchen with its flag stone floor and smoke–aged walls. You might even sample a glass of 25 year–old Bushmills malt whiskey from the hotel's private cask, while you anticipate the delights of dining in the award winning "Taste of Ulster" restaurant. You will simply relax and savour the atmosphere, borne of centuries of locals mingling with the world's visitors to the Giant's Causeway – whatever your "tipple", the choice is yours.

Bushmills Inn Hotel Restaurant: This "Taste of Ulster" restaurant within the Bushmills Inn Hotel welcomes visitors all day for an imaginatively planned selection of dishes or snacks, prepared from the best Co. Antrim produce. Overlooking the garden courtyard, this award–winning restaurant takes in the original 17th century stables and wine cellar, and contrasts intimate snugs with whitewashed walls and warm mellow brick with well–aged timbers. Dinner is from 6pm. Savour the delights of an unique blend of classical and new Irish cuisine, presented by Chef Eddie McGarvey and his team. Reservations are recommended, even for residents.

Conferences at The Bushmills Inn Hotel: The Bushmills Inn Hotel enjoys an enviable reputation for hosting small residential conferences and seminars from 4 to 40 persons. The Gallery and the Loft form the hub and breakout areas for a group of purpose–designed and unique seminar rooms. For theatre–style seminars up to 40 persons, The Pine Room is a professional organiser's dream, being discretely equipped with the latest visual aids and air conditioning.  The ultimate "hideaway" however, has to be the secret library – if you can find it – with its illuminated addresses and a book collection revealing glimpses of a family history.

Activities near The Bushmills Inn Hotel:

Golf on the Causeway Coast – The Bushmills Inn Hotel is located on the Causeway Coast, which offers a truly exceptional selection of golf courses with bracing links courses commanding magnificent views across the sea complemented by beautiful parkland courses with tree lined fairways and manicured greens. Royal Portrush, consistently ranked in the world's top ten, is but 4 scenic miles from the Bushmills Inn Hotel – in addition to the championship Dunluce course, there's the more sheltered Valley course. Other spectacular links courses within 15 miles of the Bushmills are Portstewart, Castlerock and Ballycastle. On the other side of the River Bush from the Hotel Bushfoot is an interesting 9 hole course. Beautiful Grace Hill is the nearest parkland course (15 miles) and even the world class Royal Co.Down, a championship links course at the foot of the mourne mountains, and Ballyliffen in Co.Donegal are just two of one hundred courses within a two hour drive from the Bushmills Inn.

Giant's Causeway – According to legend, the symmetrical columns reaching out to sea were the work of the giant, Finn MacCool. Today geologists try to convince us that thousands of polygonal columns were formed 55 million years ago, when a lava flow cooled and solidified, and that the oldest rocks of the Causeway started posing for visitors about 600 million years ago. The facts and the fiction of this "World Heritage Site" are vividly presented in the Causeway Centre, where there is an audio–visual theatre, tea room and gift shop. The Causeway is two miles from the Bushmills Inn Hotel and can be reached by car, walking or by a steam locomotive train with its terminal just across the River Bush from the Bushmills Inn Hotel.

Bushmills Distillery – King James I granted the original licence to distil "Aqua Vitae" at Bushmills in April 1608 and so the village has been making the finest Irish malt whiskey for almost 400 years. The distillery is situated just two miles from the Giant's Causeway and close to the Bushmills Inn Hotel. "Old Bushmills" runs a guided tour for you to see everything first hand and of course no visit is complete without enjoying a glass of the final product. The Bushmills Inn naturally features the full range of Bushmills whiskey including its own unique 25 year–old private cask pure malt.

Carrick–a–Rede Rope Bridge – There has been a rope bridge here for over 200 years, but in earlier times it had just a single hand rail. It was first erected to reach an important fishery. Salmon entering the bay below Carrick–a–Rede (the rock in the road, i.e. the road of the salmon) will not swim through the narrows below the bridge, but are deflected by the island into the fish nets. Crossing this narrow bouncy bridge of planks and ropes, precariously poised 80 feet above the sea, is not for the fainthearted. It is erected each Spring and is normally taken down in mid–September.

Dunluce Castle – The dramatic ruin of Dunluce Castle forms the remains of the largest, most sophisticated castle on the Northern Irish coastline. Perched on an 100 foot–high sheer cliff, the only way to enter is across a long narrow bridge overlooked by the battlements. The castle dates from the 10th century, and the history of the castle is a story of the legendary "Sorley Boy" of the wild MacDonnells from Scotland, and their terrible feuds with the O'Neills of Ulster and the forces of the English crown.

Other Activities – For anglers the River Bush, famous for salmon, is within casting distance of the hotel gardens, while boat and shore fishing are available from nearby Portballintrae or Portrush. For walkers the "Ulster Way", a series of circular or linear Waymarked ways, is but one giant's step from the Bushmills Inn and leads to the Giant's Causeway. All manner of outdoor pursuits can be enjoyed near the Bushmills Inn Hotel, including pony trekking, cycling, diving, hang–gliding, surfing, sailing, tennis, bowls and clay pigeon shooting.