With direct flights now available from Glasgow as well as Birmingham and Stansted, Cork is a perfect alternative to the Dublin Experience. Cork sees itself as the true capital of Ireland and is a great short break destination – good nightlife, restaurants and excellent hotel accommodation. We’ve selected the four star Hayfield Manor near the city’s university and just a short distance from the city centre and probably one of the best four star hotels in the area. Relax in the tranquil public rooms, enjoy a pint o the black stuff in the more relaxed bar or just enjoy the leisure club. Cork, Ireland’s largest county has some of the country’s most amazing fishing villages and if you’re picking up a hire car at the airport then you must explore some of them. You could certainly do worse than lunch or dinner in one of Kinsale’s seafood restaurants – and while you’re out that way golfers must make a visit to one of the world’s most publicized new golf courses The Old Head of Kinsale perched as it is precariously on a peninsula into the ocean.