check-in time: 3:00 pmcheck-out time: 12:00 pm. the relaxed rooms are individually decorated and feature complimentary wifi, flat-screen tvs, desks, and tea and coffeemaking facilities. there's a casual restaurant and 6 bars including a cocktail lounge, plus plasma sports screens. on eyre square, this modern hotel, bar and restaurant is a 3-minute walk from galway train and bus station, and 10 minutes from galway cathedral Shannon Airport 1 hr 6
Galway Atlantaquaria, National Aquarium of Ireland (9 min) Aquarium featuring native Irish sealife, popular fish feeding sessions & touch pools. Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church (5 min) Large, 14th-century Anglican Episcopal church visited by Oliver Cromwell and Christopher Columbus. Galway City Museum (6 min) Small displays of documents, photographs, memorabilia and medieval artefacts chronicling urban life. The Latin Quarter (6 min) Corcomroe Abbey (50 min) Stone ruins of a stately 13th-century Cistercian monastery in the countryside with a cemetery. Spanish Arch (5 min) Added to the 16th-century walls in the 18th century, this archway provides access to Spanish Parade. Galway Cathedral (5 min) Modern and airy, green-domed, renaissance-style Catholic cathedral, with a mosaic of JF Kennedy. Eyre Square (1 min) Popular square in the heart of the city featuring grassy areas, trees, sculptures & a playground. Dunguaire Castle (33 min) Immaculately restored, 16th-century bay-side fortress with a literary history and evening banquets. Menlo Castle (11 min) Well-known ruins of a riverfront castle built in the 1500s, with ivy-covered walls. Galway Walks - Galway City Walking Tours (1 min) Aran Island Ferries (4 min) Lynch's Castle (3 min) The only complete non-religious medieval building still standing in Galway features stone gargoyles. |