| the casual, individually decorated rooms feature flat-screen tvs, desks, and tea and coffeemaking facilities. check-in time: 3:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. 4 km from galway airport. there's free wi-fi in public areas, and a pub that offers bar food and nightly live music. set in galway's lively latin quarter, this traditional hotel is a 2-minute walk from the galway city museum, a 10-minute walk from galway train station and 9
Shannon Airport 1 hr 8
The Latin Quarter (1 min) Galway Cathedral (10 min)
Modern and airy, green-domed, renaissance-style Catholic cathedral, with a mosaic of JF Kennedy. Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church (3 min)
Large, 14th-century Anglican Episcopal church visited by Oliver Cromwell and Christopher Columbus. Corcomroe Abbey (52 min)
Stone ruins of a stately 13th-century Cistercian monastery in the countryside with a cemetery. Galway Atlantaquaria, National Aquarium of Ireland (6 min)
Aquarium featuring native Irish sealife, popular fish feeding sessions & touch pools. Eyre Square (5 min)
Popular square in the heart of the city featuring grassy areas, trees, sculptures & a playground. Galway City Museum (3 min)
Small displays of documents, photographs, memorabilia and medieval artefacts chronicling urban life. Spanish Arch (2 min)
Added to the 16th-century walls in the 18th century, this archway provides access to Spanish Parade. Lynch's Castle (4 min)
The only complete non-religious medieval building still standing in Galway features stone gargoyles. Menlo Castle (14 min)
Well-known ruins of a riverfront castle built in the 1500s, with ivy-covered walls. Galway Walks - Galway City Walking Tours (5 min) Dunguaire Castle (36 min)
Immaculately restored, 16th-century bay-side fortress with a literary history and evening banquets. Aran Island Ferries (7 min) | 
