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Sat 06 Jun 2008Go Overnight
Patsey Murphyvisits the Ice House Hotel and Spa, Co Mayo
UNLIKE THE famous Ice Hotel in the Arctic Circle, you don't have to pose in an ice bar, freeze in an ice grotto or wear gloves to dinner at the Ice House in Ballina. But it's a cool place to chill, just the same. It doesn't so much overlook the River Moy as overhang it, and when you enter the riverside bedrooms and are faced with huge floor- to-ceiling windows it seems as if you could walk on the water. The view is magnificent, especially as the sun sets behind Belleek Wood.
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