| an upscale, 2-floor spa offers treatments for a fee. room service is available. check-in time: 3:00 pmcheck-out time: 12:00 pm. this ultra-chic hotel in a contemporary building is a 6-minute drive from eyre square and a 9-minute drive from the national university of ireland. there are also 3 elegant specialty suites offering upgraded furnishings, and 1 includes a terrace and a dining room. dining options include a plush irish restaurant and 3 trendy lounges designed by milliner, philip treacy. upgraded rooms add living areas, and suites add fireplaces. posh rooms featuring modern, bespoke decor and furnishings include minifridges and complimentary wi-fi
Shannon Airport 1 hr 2
Galway Atlantaquaria, National Aquarium of Ireland (11 min)
Aquarium featuring native Irish sealife, popular fish feeding sessions & touch pools. Eyre Square (8 min)
Popular square in the heart of the city featuring grassy areas, trees, sculptures & a playground. The Latin Quarter (7 min) Lynch's Castle (8 min)
The only complete non-religious medieval building still standing in Galway features stone gargoyles. Spanish Arch (6 min)
Added to the 16th-century walls in the 18th century, this archway provides access to Spanish Parade. Dunguaire Castle (30 min)
Immaculately restored, 16th-century bay-side fortress with a literary history and evening banquets. Corcomroe Abbey (46 min)
Stone ruins of a stately 13th-century Cistercian monastery in the countryside with a cemetery. Aran Island Ferries (5 min) Galway Cathedral (8 min)
Modern and airy, green-domed, renaissance-style Catholic cathedral, with a mosaic of JF Kennedy. Galway City Museum (6 min)
Small displays of documents, photographs, memorabilia and medieval artefacts chronicling urban life. Menlo Castle (12 min)
Well-known ruins of a riverfront castle built in the 1500s, with ivy-covered walls. Galway Walks - Galway City Walking Tours (6 min) Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church (8 min)
Large, 14th-century Anglican Episcopal church visited by Oliver Cromwell and Christopher Columbus. | 
