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Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

This is really an oversize boutique hotel, with an ideal location just across the Liffey from Temple Bar. Fashion fans will surely have no trouble pegging the design as the work of design star John Rocha, who is responsible for everything from the crushed velvet bed throws in blood red, to the Waterford crystal vases. Rocha uses a palette of neutral colors -- cream, chocolate, and black -- to achieve a kind of warm minimalism in the guest rooms, which have stereos, Egyptian-cotton linens, and cool Portuguese limestone in the bathrooms. The stylish atrium-style restaurant, Halo, is one of the most talked-about in town. A recent expansion has added a new wing of 48 bedrooms, significantly increasing The Morrison's capacity.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Ireland 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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