Hospitality
Jewel in Cork’s crown gets a Scandi-flavoured facelift
The Montenotte Hotel is set for its most ambitious development yet: a multimillion-euro treehouse project involving elevated private nests and cantilevered woodland suites
If you’ve never been to the Montenotte Hotel in Cork, you must. Nestled on the lush hills above Cork Harbour and the river Lee, the family-owned modern boutique hotel on Middle Glanmire Road is a lesser-known jewel in this thriving city’s crown.
Owned by hoteliers Frankie and Josephine Whelehan, the hotel was originally built as a luxurious hilltop mansion house called Lee View by a wealthy butter merchant in the 1820s, keen to view his ...