Inishowen Gateway Hotel
Inishowen Gateway Hotel
Situated in picturesque Buncrana, The Inishowen Gateway Hotel offers a luxury spa, a 20-metre pool, and a modern Irish restaurant. With colourful bedrooms, the hotel has wonderful views of Lough Swilly and guests can go golfing for free at Buncrana Golf Course right next to the hotel. The spacious rooms are sumptuously decorated with rich fabrics and ornamental cushions, and all feature a work desk, tea and coffee facilities and a modern en suite bathroom. Room service is also available, and most rooms have scenic lake views. The Loughview Bar serves a light lunch and traditional evening menu, and the Peninsula Restaurant serves creative cuisine using local produce in more formal surroundings. The grand Lisfannon Banqueting Suite offers a popular Sunday cavery. The Seagrass Wellbeing Spa features a sauna, indoor swimming pool and wellness centre, with an extensive range of indulgent beauty treatments available. The Inishowen Gateway offers free private parking and free Wi-Fi, and overlooks the Buncrana golf club. Just 15 minutes’ from Derry, Inishowen Gateway Hotel is also only 30 minutes from Letterkenny. Glenveagh National park can be reached in an hour, and there are a number of golf clubs within 15 minutes’ drive, including The North West Golf Club and Greencastle Golf Club.
Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 9.3 for a two-person trip.
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Most popular facilities
- 2 swimming pools
- Spa and wellness centre
- Fitness centre
- Facilities for disabled guests
- Non-smoking rooms
- Restaurant
- Free parking
- Tea/coffee maker in all rooms
- Bar
Guest reviews
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Guests who stayed here loved
- Victoria
Canada“Breakfast was excellent. Staff were very helpful especially Ricardo on the front desk and Rory in the bar. Lovely guys. Angela who was in charge of the breakfast was really nice & helpful.” - Tony
United Kingdom“Room was spotless clean reception staff welcoming and breakfast staff welcoming too 😁👌” 
Katherine United Kingdom“Friendly staff, comfortable surroundings, bar food just right.”- Robin
Ireland“Good breakfast. Nice evening dinner in the bar. Relaxing massage. Good craic in the bar for Rory in the golf. Helpful and friendly staff.” 
Martha United Kingdom“The location of the hotel was excellent. Comfortable bed in a large bedroom. Cleanliness was first class. I really enjoyed the breakfast as it was well cooked and hot. I also paid for an evening meal in hotel's Restaurant which was delicious.”
Brenda United Kingdom“It was a lovely,family hotel and the golf was an added bonus.”- Stephen United Kingdom“Booked as a Christmas present for my parents. They love this place and can't rate it enough.”
Brogan United Kingdom“Perfect good quality products and excellent service”- Breige United Kingdom“Very relaxed stay,food delicious, good music, lovely staff.”
- Ryan Ireland“Great staff Lovely bar and restaurant Gorgeous spacious room”
Hotel surroundings
Restaurants1 restaurant on site
- Peninsula Restaurant
- CuisineIrish
Facilities of Inishowen Gateway HotelGreat facilities! Review score, 8.8
Most popular facilities
- 2 swimming pools
- Spa and wellness centre
- Fitness centre
- Facilities for disabled guests
- Non-smoking rooms
- Restaurant
- Free parking
- Tea/coffee maker in all rooms
- Bar
Bathroom
- Toilet paper
- Towels
- Bath or shower
- Private bathroom
- Toilet
- Free toiletries
- Hairdryer
- Bath
- Shower
Bedroom
- Linen
- Wardrobe or closet
Outdoors
- Picnic area
- Outdoor furniture
- Beachfront
- Terrace
- Garden
Kitchen
- Dining table
- Electric kettle
Room Amenities
- Clothes rack
Activities
- Aerobics
- Live sport events (broadcast)
- Live music/performance
- Bike toursAdditional charge
- Walking toursAdditional charge
- Movie nightsAdditional charge
- Beach
- Evening entertainment
- Horse ridingAdditional charge
- CyclingOff-site
- HikingOff-site
- CanoeingAdditional charge
- Children's playground
- FishingAdditional charge
- Golf course (within 3 km)
Living Area
- Dining area
- Seating Area
- Desk
Media & Technology
- Flat-screen TV
- Cable channels
- Satellite channels
- DVD player
- Telephone
- TV
Food & Drink
- Wine/champagneAdditional charge
- Kid mealsAdditional charge
- Special diet menus (on request)
- Snack bar
- Breakfast in the room
- Bar
- Tea/Coffee maker
InternetWiFi is available in public areas and is free of charge.
ParkingFree private parking is possible on site (reservation is not needed).
- Accessible parking
Reception services
- Lockers
- Private check-in/check-out
- Luggage storage
- Currency exchange
- 24-hour front desk
Entertainment and family services
- Babysitting/child servicesAdditional charge
Cleaning services
- Daily housekeeping
- Dry cleaningAdditional charge
- LaundryAdditional charge
Business facilities
- Fax/photocopyingAdditional charge
- Business centreAdditional charge
- Meeting/banquet facilitiesAdditional charge
Safety & security
- Fire extinguishers
- CCTV outside property
- CCTV in common areas
- Smoke alarms
- Key card access
General
- Shared lounge/TV area
- Vending machine (snacks)
- Vending machine (drinks)
- Designated smoking area
- Non-smoking throughout
- Wake-up service
- Heating
- Packed lunches
- Carpeted
- Lift
- Family rooms
- Ironing facilities
- Facilities for disabled guests
- Non-smoking rooms
- Iron
Accessibility
- Upper floors accessible by elevator
- Entire unit located on ground floor
2 swimming pools
Pool 1 - indoorFree!
- Open all year
- All ages welcome
- Heated pool
Pool 2 - indoor (kids)
Free!
- Suitable for kids
- Heated pool
- Shallow end
Wellness
- Kids' pool
- Fitness/spa locker rooms
- Fitness classes
- Fitness
- Full body massage
- Hand massage
- Couples massage
- Neck massage
- Back massage
- Spa/wellness packages
- Spa lounge/relaxation area
- Steam room
- Spa facilities
- Light therapy
- Body scrub
- Body treatments
- Pedicure
- Manicure
- Facial treatments
- Beauty Services
- Massage
- Spa and wellness centreAdditional charge
- Fitness centre
- Sauna
Languages spoken
- English
- Irish
House rulesInishowen Gateway Hotel takes special requests - add in the next step!
Child policies
Children of any age are welcome.
Children 13 years and above will be charged as adults at this property.
To see correct prices and occupancy information, please add the number of children in your group and their ages to your search.
Cot and extra bed policies
The number of cots allowed is dependent on the option you choose. Please check your selected option for more information.
There are no extra beds available at this property.
All cots are subject to availability.
The fine printNeed-to-know information for guests at this property
Guests are kindly asked to book at reception to go golfing.
During quieter months the Peninsula Restaurant may be closed and dinner served in Lough View Bar.
In response to Coronavirus (COVID-19), additional safety and sanitation measures are in effect at this property.
Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), this property adheres to strict physical distancing measures.
Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), wearing a face mask is mandatory in all indoor common areas.
