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The Laggan Hotel

Cairngorms, Highlands Scotland

The Laggan Tartan Backgorund

Breath-taking views

We are inspired by our beautiful surroundings, deep in the Scottish Highlands. Each of our bedrooms showcase panoramic views of the spectacular landscape, while the verdant countryside is home to a wide variety of wildlife, from Golden Eagle and Osprey to Red Deer Stag and Pine Martin, as well as an abundance of wild flowers, plants and trees.

Directions from major Irish airports

Directions from Galway city (27 miles) Directions from Knock (40 miles) Directions from Shannon (84 miles) Directions from Dublin (155 miles)
Ashford Castle map of grounds
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Grounds access

Please be advised that Ashford Castle is for hotel residents only. As we are a fully operational hotel we do not offer tours of the castle.

Please note that access to the gardens is currently for residents only, we cannot provide tickets during this time.

Chauffeur service

Chauffeur driven transfers

Chauffeured car journeys are available to all major Irish airports. The prices below are based on a maximum of two passengers.

Ashford Castle to:

  • Dublin Airport €400, each way
  • Shannon Airport €260, each way
  • Knock Airport €150, each way
  • Galway City Centre €150, each way

We are happy to arrange private chauffeur tours at a price of €60 per hour for up to two people in a car and €70 per hour in our Mercedes V Class, which accommodates between three to six people. Please note that private chauffeur tours must be booked for a minimum of four hours. For larger party requests, please contact the hotel for further details.

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Chauffeur tours

Ashford Castle's own Fáilte Ireland National tour guide is delighted to offer our guests chauffeur driven tours in luxury SUV vehicles.

Tailor made tours are available for both full and half day excursions. Visit Connemara National Park, featuring 2,957 hectares of mountains, bogs, heaths, grasslands and forests, or Kylemore Abbey and Victorian Walled Gardens, one of Ireland’s best loved and most iconic tourist attractions and home to the Benedictine nuns since 1920.

The lunar landscape of the Burren and breath-taking heights of the Cliffs of Moher will leave you in no doubt as to the dramatic splendour of the West Coast of Ireland and The Wild Atlantic Way.

Discover a full list of excursions

Contact the Castle Concierge to book

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Explore Ireland’s finest sights

Aerial view of the Ruins of Moyne Abbey in county Mayo in Ireland

County Mayo

Discover Ireland’s most captivating county
Morning view on row of buildings and fishing boats in Galway Dock with sky reflected in the water

County Galway

Explore spectacular scenery along the breathtaking Connemara Peninsula

Day trips

We have some of Ireland’s finest sights within easy day-trip distance
Aerial view of the Ruins of Moyne Abbey in county Mayo in Ireland

County Mayo

Discover Ireland’s most captivating county
Morning view on row of buildings and fishing boats in Galway Dock with sky reflected in the water

County Galway

Explore spectacular scenery along the breathtaking Connemara Peninsula

Day trips

We have some of Ireland’s finest sights within easy day-trip distance
Aerial view of the Ruins of Moyne Abbey in county Mayo in Ireland

County Mayo

Discover Ireland’s most captivating county
Morning view on row of buildings and fishing boats in Galway Dock with sky reflected in the water

County Galway

Explore spectacular scenery along the breathtaking Connemara Peninsula

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