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Foreign Affairs), this handsome Georgian house has clean rooms that are just a mite care-
worn. The front-facing rooms have floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the green. Any
closer and you're sleeping with the Lord Mayor.
LA STAMPA €€
HOTEL
( 01-677 4444;
www.lastampa.ie
;
35 Dawson St; r from €120; ; all cross-city, St Stephen's Green)
La Stampa is an atmospheric boutique hotel on trendy Dawson St with 29 Asian-influen-
ced white rooms with rattan furniture and exotic velvet throws. The Mandala Day Spa is a
luxurious, all-frills ayurvedic spa, but to fully benefit from your restorative treatments, ask
for a top-floor bedroom away from the noise of the bar below.
GRAFTON CAPITAL HOTEL €€
( 01-648 1221;
www.capital-hotels.com
; Lower Stephen's St; r from €125; all cross-city)
It's hardly re-
cognisable as such today, but this centrally located hotel just off Grafton St is actually a
couple of converted Georgian townhouses. Its 75 modern rooms are designed along the
lines of function before form, which makes them perfect for the weekend visitor who
wants to bed down somewhere central and still keep some credit-card space for a good
night out. Breakfast is included.
HOTEL
O'CALLAGHAN STEPHEN'S GREEN €€
HOTEL
( 01-607 3600;
www.stephensgreenhotel.ie
;
1-5 Harcourt St; r from €159; ; all cross-city, St
Stephen's Green)
Past the glass-fronted lobby are 75 thoroughly modern rooms that make full
use of the visual impact of primary colours, most notably red and blue. This is a business
hotel
par excellence;
everything here is what you'd expect from a top international hotel
(including a gym and a business centre). There are extraordinary online deals available.
CENTRAL HOTEL €€
HOTEL
( 01-679 7302;
www.centralhoteldublin.com
; 1-5 Exchequer St; s/d from €75/89; ; all cross-city, St
Stephen's Green)
The rooms are a modern - if miniaturised - version of Edwardian luxury.
Heavy velvet curtains and custom-made Irish furnishings (including beds with draped
backboards) fit a little too snugly into the space afforded them, but they lend a touch of
class. Note that street-facing rooms can get a little noisy. Location-wise, the name says it
all.
