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Travelers seeking a leafy Ballsbridge base can walk to the RDS, Herbert Park, and Sandymount while keeping Dublin's center within reach.

What makes it special

Two acres of gardens and the Garden Terrace lend this city hotel an outdoor rhythm, with greenery close to its indoor lounges.

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Consider One Bedroom Suites for family stays: the separate living room gives everyone more space, and you can request a sofa bed.

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In The Reading Room, celebrate over afternoon tea with freshly baked scones, Shibui loose-leaf tea, and a glass of rosé Champagne.

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InterContinental Dublin

InterContinental Dublin is not the hotel for guests who want Dublin at its loudest. Its strength is the opposite: space, gardens, polished service, and a Ballsbridge address that gives the city room to breathe. Set near embassies, the RDS, Aviva Stadium, and the residential streets south of the Grand Canal, it works best for travelers who want a 5-star hotel in Dublin with more calm than the central tourist core can usually offer.

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Rooms

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Hotel Style

  • Charming Charming

Leisure

  • Fitness Fitness
  • Pool Pool
  • Spa Spa

Experiences

  • Culture Culture
  • City Vibe City Vibe

Rooms & Suites at InterContinental Dublin

Classic Room
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Classic Room

452 sqft
From 362 USD

Large windows light a bedroom with a generous writing desk and a place to sit away from the bed. The featured Classic interiors have an...

Classic Courtyard View Room
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Classic Courtyard View Room

452 sqft
From 429 USD

The writing desk and an armchair give you separate places to work and relax within the bedroom. In the pictured Classic layout, a matching footstool...

Classic Balcony Room
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Classic Balcony Room

452 sqft
From 440 USD

Floor-to-ceiling windows frame a bedroom in cream and warm neutral tones. The large writing desk has room for reading or work, with seating set apart...

Premium Family Room
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Premium Family Room

560 sqft
From 535 USD

The open bedroom layout leaves room for family routines as well as sleep. A large writing desk provides a useful surface for reading or work,...

Junior Suite
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Junior Suite

830 sqft
From 658 USD

An open-plan layout links the sleeping area to a lounge through a broad opening. The featured interior has armchairs, a sofa and a low table...

1 Bedroom Suite
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1 Bedroom Suite

893 sqft
From 714 USD

Doors between the lounge and bedroom let you keep conversation and sleep in separate spaces. A sofa and armchairs provide room to gather, with a...

1 Bedroom Balcony Suite
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1 Bedroom Balcony Suite

893 sqft
From 769 USD

The lounge has space for dining and sitting, with a writing desk set apart from the seats. In the featured One Bedroom interior, a sofa...

1 Bedroom Terrace Suite
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1 Bedroom Terrace Suite

893 sqft
From 1’104 USD

A sofa and armchairs face a low table in the lounge, with a small dining table set beside the window. Glass doors lead to outdoor...

W.B Yeats Signature Suite
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W.B Yeats Signature Suite

1,776 sqft
On Request

The dining table seats six to eight, and double French doors lead into the master bedroom. Several seats fill the lounge, where silk wall coverings...

Lady Gregory Signature Suite
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Lady Gregory Signature Suite

1,776 sqft
On Request

An entrance foyer leads into living and dining areas arranged for spending time together. The table seats six to eight, while the lounge provides a...

Pembroke Suite
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Pembroke Suite

1,776 sqft
On Request

Living and dining areas sit apart from the bedroom, with a microwave for preparing a quick snack. Doors lead out to balconies, and the rooms...

James Joyce Presidential Penthouse Suite
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James Joyce Presidential Penthouse Suite

2,691 sqft
On Request

Sofas and armchairs stand around a low glass-topped table in the lounge, with room for several people to sit together. A separate dining area seats...

Ballsbridge changes the rhythm of a Dublin stay. Trinity College, Grafton Street, St Stephen's Green, the National Gallery, and the Georgian core are still within reach, but they are not pressing against the front door.

That distance is a choice. Guests staying at The Westbury or The Shelbourne gain a more immediate central position. Guests staying here gain larger rooms, gardens, easier access to the RDS and Aviva Stadium, and a softer return after meetings, museums, shopping, or late dinners.

The setting is especially useful for business travelers, families, event guests, and anyone arriving after a long flight. Dublin can be sociable, compact, rainy, and busy. InterContinental Dublin gives it a composed edge.

The hotel also has a history that explains its scale. It opened in the former Four Seasons Dublin era and still feels larger and more resort-like than many city hotels in Ireland.

The hotel has around 215 guest rooms and suites, a large number for a property that still feels residential in mood. The rooms are among the main reasons to book.

Many Dublin hotels trade on heritage, centrality, or nightlife access. InterContinental Dublin competes with size. Rooms feel generous, with marble bathrooms, separate tubs and showers in many categories, good storage, and a softer classic style.

That matters on trips with more than one purpose. A guest may be attending a conference at the RDS, hosting family, seeing a match at Aviva Stadium, shopping in the city, and recovering from jet lag. A small room can make that schedule feel tight.

Suites add real value for families, longer stays, and guests who need a sitting area for quiet work or informal meetings. Connecting options and larger layouts are part of the hotel's practical appeal.

The two-acre garden setting is not just scenery. It changes how the public spaces feel. The arrival is slower, the lounge has more pause, and the hotel avoids the hard urban edge found in more central addresses.

The Lobby Lounge is one of the most useful rooms in the hotel. It works for coffee, lunch, a quiet meeting, a glass of wine, or the first hour after arrival when guests want to gather without committing to a full restaurant meal.

The Reading Room gives afternoon tea a more intimate setting overlooking the garden terrace. It is a better fit for conversation than for spectacle, which suits this hotel well.

The Whiskey Bar adds a Dublin note without turning the stay into a theme. With more than 100 whiskeys often cited by travel guides, it gives guests a reason to stay on property for one last drink.

Seasons Restaurant carries the formal dining role, with breakfast and Irish-influenced cooking shaped by local produce. It is useful for both leisure mornings and business meals because the room feels controlled rather than hurried.

The hotel's dining story is not about having the largest restaurant scene in Dublin. For that, guests should go into the city. Its value is reliability: a polished breakfast, a lounge that works all day, afternoon tea, a bar with character, and room service when timing collapses.

That makes it a practical luxury hotel in Dublin for people with layered schedules. A family can eat early. A business guest can take a quiet meeting. A couple can start with tea and still head into town later.

The result is less dramatic than a destination restaurant, but often more useful. Not every Dublin stay needs every meal to be an outing.

The 14-metre indoor heated pool is one of the details that separates the hotel from many city competitors. It is bright, protected from Dublin weather, and useful for both adults and families.

The Spa at InterContinental Dublin, sauna, steam room, whirlpool, and fitness facilities give the property an urban-resort layer. This is a strong point for guests arriving from North America, the Middle East, or Asia after overnight travel.

Some Dublin hotels are better for stepping straight into nightlife. This one is better for resetting. Swim, breakfast, meetings, museum, dinner, then a quiet return is the pattern it handles well.

Wellness here should not be oversold as a destination retreat. It is more valuable as daily recovery: a proper pool, treatment rooms, heat facilities, and enough calm to make a city stay feel less compressed.

InterContinental Dublin is a serious events hotel. Meeting rooms, ballroom space, garden views, and a Ballsbridge location make it useful for conferences, weddings, private dinners, launches, embassy-linked events, and incentive programs.

The RDS is nearby, and Aviva Stadium is close enough to make the hotel a strong base for rugby, football, concerts, exhibitions, and high-demand weekends. Staying in the area can save time when traffic and crowds build.

For weddings, the hotel has a softer advantage. Gardens, broad public rooms, and spacious bedrooms help guests move through the day without feeling squeezed.

Corporate travelers get a similar benefit. The address feels formal enough for business but comfortable enough for recovery, which is not always true of smaller city hotels.

The Merrion is stronger for Georgian heritage and museum-like intimacy. The Westbury is better for guests who want Grafton Street at the door. The Shelbourne has more historic theatre beside St Stephen's Green.

InterContinental Dublin wins on space, garden setting, indoor pool, family flexibility, and event scale. It is less romantic in a grand old-city sense, but more comfortable for long stays and mixed-purpose trips.

That distinction should guide the booking. Travelers who want to walk everywhere from breakfast may prefer a central hotel. Travelers who want Dublin with breathing room should look closely here.

The hotel is also a sensible first or final stop on an Ireland itinerary. It offers the capital, but with enough calm to help guests arrive, regroup, or prepare for onward travel.

Choose InterContinental Dublin if the main reason to book is space in the city: large rooms, gardens, a 14-metre indoor pool, spa facilities, polished lounges, and a Ballsbridge address near the RDS and Aviva Stadium.

It is ideal for business travelers, families, embassy visits, event guests, rugby weekends, longer stays, and leisure travelers who want Dublin close but not constant. It is also strong for guests who value a proper room over a tiny central address.

It is less suitable for travelers who want the buzz of Temple Bar, instant access to every central pub, or a small townhouse mood. Those guests should stay closer to the historic core.

The reason to book is not flash. It is control: a calm Dublin base with real space, strong service, garden views, pool time, and enough city access to make the trip feel easy rather than crowded.

Why we love this hotel

Why we love this hotel

The daylight-filled spa links a heated indoor pool, steam room, sauna, and courtyard garden, making a restorative pause easy to build into a stay.

At Simmons, seasonal ingredients and contemporary techniques give guests a fine dining introduction to Irish cooking in Ballsbridge.

Italian marble bathrooms with separate showers and bathtubs bring everyday comfort to Classic Rooms, beyond the hotel's more expansive suite categories.

Location of InterContinental Hotels DUBLIN

Simmonscourt Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, D04 A9K8, Ireland

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What to Know About InterContinental Dublin

Is InterContinental Dublin worth it?

Yes. InterContinental Dublin is worth it for travelers who want a five-star urban resort feel in Ballsbridge. It is strongest for spacious rooms, gardens, spa time, business stays, family trips, rugby weekends, and quieter Dublin visits.

Where is InterContinental Dublin located?

InterContinental Dublin is in Ballsbridge, one of Dublin's most established embassy and residential districts. The hotel is close to Herbert Park, the RDS, Aviva Stadium, Grand Canal Dock, and short taxi rides from central Dublin.

How many rooms and suites does InterContinental Dublin have?

InterContinental Dublin has 208 rooms and suites, with some of the city's more spacious guest accommodations. The room size is a major reason to stay here, especially for families, longer visits, and travelers with luggage.

What are the rooms like at InterContinental Dublin?

Rooms and suites are classic, generous, and comfortable, with large windows and a calmer feel than many city-center hotels. Many guests choose this hotel for space, marble bathrooms, garden or city views, and a more residential Dublin setting.

Is InterContinental Dublin close to Dublin city centre?

Yes, but it is not in the busiest city-center streets. Ballsbridge is quieter and more residential. Guests can reach central Dublin by taxi, bus, or a longer walk, depending on weather and schedule.

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