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The Royal Hotel, Arklow
Arklow sits at the mouth of the River Avoca, where the dark water meets the Irish Sea and the Wicklow Mountains rise to the west on clear days. It is a working town with real character, the kind of place where the craic in the bar after golf feels genuine rather than manufactured for visitors. The Royal Hotel is right in the middle of it, on Main Street, which puts you within easy reach of everything the town has to offer.
Arklow is a smart choice for golfers who want proper links golf, a lively town-centre stay and enough course variety nearby to build a longer trip around. For societies, annual tours and groups who want to play more than one course without stretching the budget, this is exactly the kind of set-up that works.
Who is this for?
Golfers and groups looking for a well-located, great-value base in South Wicklow with easy access to Arklow Golf Links and the wider County Wicklow golf scene. It also suits stag and hen parties, cycling and walking groups, and anyone who wants to be in the heart of a lively Irish market town with everything on the doorstep.
Who is it best for?
Societies and travelling groups who want comfortable accommodation at a sensible price, a proper meal and a drink at the end of the day, and genuine links golf within a short drive.
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Accommodation at The Royal Hotel, Arklow
The Royal Hotel Arklow works well for golf groups because it focuses on the things that matter most on a short break: a central location, comfortable rooms and an easy start and finish to the day. Set on Main Street, the hotel puts you right in the heart of Arklow, within walking distance of the town's pubs, restaurants and shops. After a long day on the links, having the town on your doorstep rather than a quiet country road is a genuine advantage.
Rooms are well kept and well suited to a one or two-night golf stay. Each one is en-suite and comes with the essentials you actually need after a day on the course, including a flatscreen television, hairdryer and free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel. The Wi-Fi is worth mentioning specifically: when you are trying to book tomorrow's tee time or settle a Stableford argument with evidence, a reliable connection matters.
The range of room types is one of the Royal's strongest suits for travelling groups. Single rooms are available for solo travellers, doubles and twin-double rooms for pairs, triple rooms combining a double and a single for three-ball groups, and a quad room sleeping four for those who want to keep costs down without sacrificing comfort. For the trip organiser, that flexibility makes planning considerably easier. You are not trying to fit everyone into the same configuration, and it gives you more room to balance the group's budget against their expectations.
For societies and larger parties, the hotel's town-centre position adds another layer of value. Once the clubs are put away and the cards are signed, the evening takes care of itself. Arklow's bars and restaurants are all within easy walking distance, which means no taxis, no logistics and no one getting left behind. That kind of simplicity is exactly what a golf society trip should feel like.
Breakfast is served from 7:30am, which gives early starters plenty of time to fuel up before heading to the first tee. The kitchen runs through to 8:30pm in the evening, covering the full arc of a golf day from first light to last orders. If your priority is a well-organised golf trip with easy access to Arklow Golf Links and a good spread of nearby courses, the Royal gives you a reliable, well-priced base to build the whole thing around.
Food & Drink
The restaurant at the Royal serves fresh, daily food from 7:30am through to 8:30pm, which covers everything a golfer needs across the course of a day. A proper breakfast before an early tee time, something to come back to after the round and a relaxed dinner once the cards have been signed and the scores debated at length.
The menu is geared towards easy, familiar dining, ideal before an early tee time or after a full day on the course. It is the kind of food that does its job well: filling, straightforward and exactly what you want when you have spent several hours walking into a headwind. Breakfast sets up the round, and the evening meal is the reward for getting through it.
For a drink after golf, the town itself offers plenty of options within easy walking distance of the hotel. Staying in the middle of Arklow rather than out on the fringes means the evening has a natural shape to it, and that suits groups who want to make the most of the town as well as the golf.
