On the banks of the River Corrib in Galway city centre, the award-winning Herons Rest Boutique B&B offers luxurious rooms and an extensive gourmet breakfast menu. Featured in Conde Nast Traveller, The Irish Times and Food & Travel Magazine among others, its rooms look out over picturesque Claddagh Harbour, and have free Wi-Fi.

Each room has a flat-screen TV with cable channels, and speciality teas and coffee with chocolates, mineral water and a decanter of port. Beds have…