Map of Galway

Map of Galway

Galway Driving Route 1

Coast Road Drive to Clifden

Leave Galway City via Salthill and Knocknacarra ( R366). Pass through Barna (The Twelve Hotel), Furbo, Spiddal, Inverin, Rossaveal, Carraroe (optional), Screeb, Gortmore, Rosmuc, Kilkerrin, Carna, Cashel, Roundstone, Ballyconeely, and on to Clifden (capital of Connemara).


Galway Driving Route 2

Scenic drive to Roundstone

Take N59 from Galway City to Moycullen, Oughterard, and then on to Maam Cross. On leaving Maam Cross, take the N59 towards Clifden. After approximately 12 miles, take a left turn at the signpost for Roundstone.

Hotels Galway

Hotels in Galway

List of Hotels in Galway

Anno Santo Hotel
Ardilaun Hotel
Carlton Hotel
Claregalway Hotel
Clayton Hotel
Connemara Coast Hotel
Hotel Clybaun
Courtyward Marriott Hotel
Eyre Square Hotel
Flannery's Hotel
Foster Court Hotel
The G Hotel
Galway Bay Hotel
Galway Harbour Hotel
Glenlo Abbey
Hanley Oaks
Imperial Hotel
Jury's Galway Inn
Kings Valley Hotel
Menlo Park Hotel
Hotel Meyrick
O'Connors Warwick Hotel
Oranmore Lodge Hotel
Park House Hotel
Maldron Hotel Oranmore
The Radisson Blu Hotel
Ramada Encore Oranmore
Rockbarton Park Hotel
Salthill Court Hotel
Skeffington Arms Hotel
Spanish Arch Hotel
Spinnaker Hotel
The House Hotel
The Twelve Hotel
Travellodge Galway
Victoria Towers Hotel
Wards Hotel
Westwood Hotel
The Western Hotel

Galway City - Places of Interest

1. Galway Cathedral, University Road/Gaol Road
2. St Nicholas' Church, Market Street
3. Town Hall Theatre, Woodquay
4. The King's Head, High Street
5. Omniplex Cinema, Headford Road
6. Galway City Museum, Beside Spanish Arch
7. Spanish Arch, Long Walk
8. Lynch's Castle, Shop Street, Abbeygate Street
9. The Claddagh, Claddagh Quay
10. Ceannt Station(Bus and Rail), Forster Street
11. Galway Tourist Office, Forster Street
12. Post Office, Eglinton Street
13. Greyhound Stadium, College Road
14. City Hall, College Road
15. Eyre Square Centre, Eyre Square
16. Browne Doorway, Eyre Square
17. Blake's Castle, Quay Street
18. Tigh Neachtain, Cross Street
19. Kirwan's Lane, Cross Street
20. The Black Box, Dyke Road

The Quays, Quay Street, Galway

The Quays Pub, Galway

The Quays encapsulates the friendly and conversational spirit of Galway's Latin Quarter. There are always large numbers of people eating, drinking and chatting both inside and outside it.

The Quays looks small on the outside, but inside it is capacious and beautifully decorated with stained glass windows, carved wood and pews, etc. imported from a French medieval church.

Patrons of the Quays can enjoy traditional Irish music sessions seven nights a week.

McDonagh's Seafood House, Quay Street, Galway

McDonagh's Seafood House, 22 Quay Street, Galway, serves the city's best traditional fish and chips and a wide variety of fish dishes in the Seafood Restaurant.

McDonagh's Seafood Bar - Opening hours: Mon-Sat 5pm to 10pm
McDonagh's Fish and Chips - Opening hours: Mon-Sat 12 noon to 11pm / Sunday 4pm to 10pm

Awards

'Bridgestone' Guide' - Best in Ireland - 2009 and 2010

'Georgina Campbell's Ireland' - 2009 and 2010

Galway Restaurants and Cafés 2

7. GBC Restaurant (Galway Bakery Company), Williamsgate Street, off Eyre Square, Galway.
Restaurant (upstairs) Serving lunch from 12 noon -4 pm. A La Carte & Dinner from 4pm.
Coffee Shop (ground floor) Serving: beverages, breakfast, soup, chowder, baps, paninis, rolls, and light lunches.

8. Sam Baileys Food Hall & Cafe, Eglinton Street, Galway. Bridgestone 2010 Winner. Award-winning full Irish breakfast from 7am & all day on Sunday. Catering service. Take out service. Open from 7am to 5pm 7 days a week.

9. Food 4 Thought, 5 Lower Abbeygate Street, Galway. Vegetarian cafe and sandwich bar. Freshly made every day. Full breakfast and lunch menu available. Paninis, melts, wraps, baps, soup, salads, scones, and desserts.

10. McCambridges, Shop Street, Galway. One of the city's oldest grocery stores. The Best of Irish Food. Irish whiskeys, chocolates, tea, smoked salmon, jams & preserves, cheeses, etc. Open 8am - 7pm Mon-Wed & Sat. 8am-9pm Thurs & Fri. 12pm-6pm Sunday.

11. Vina Mara Restaurant, 19 Middle Street, Galway (beside the Augustinian Church). Award-winning restaurant with welcoming Mediterranean atmosphere. Lunch 1.00pm - 3.30pm. Dinner 5.30pm-8.00pm.

Galway Restaurants and Cafés 1

Dining in Galway - (Extract from Galway Shopping and Dining Guide)

Published by Galway Business Association


1. Just off Eyre Square is one of Galway's favourite lunchtime haunts - Revive. Mix with locals in this busy city centre café, which has a well earned reputation for imaginative, wholesome, home-cooked food.

2. Sample the friendliest of welcomes and great service at Park House Hotel. Enjoy a la carte and dinner menus in the famous Park House Restaurant with great bar food and great value.
Foster Street, Eyre Square

3. Don't leave Galway without trying the 100% Irish-owned Supermac's famous Chico Cone, the Supermac's Sundae or one of their delicious ice-creams.

4. Papa John's prides itself on using only 100% fresh dough giving your pizza a deliciously authentic flavour. Eyre Square and Cross Street

5. Imperial Hotel. One of Galway's longest established hotels, The Imperial offers good value, good quality food and carvery lunch and bar food every day.
Eyre Square

6. For excellent food, fast service and great prices, visit Fegan's Sports Bar, a buzzing city centre venue. 12 screens, Sky 3D and high definition.
Hotel Meyrick, Eyre Square

Best Western Flannery's Hotel, Galway

Best Western Flannery's Hotel, Dublin Road, Galway

Best Western Flannery's Hotel is long established in Galway as a hotel offering luxury and style within restful surroundings. This hotel is only minutes away from Galway's vibrant city centre.

A family owned and operated hotel which has over 30 years' experience in the hospitality industry, Best Western Flannery's invite you to sample comfort, a genuinely caring professional service and top class hospitality that will ensure a memorable stay.

Best Western Flannery's - Galwegian Restaurant

Savour some of the finest cuisine in the comfortable Galwegian restaurant where importance is placed on value, standards of food, and friendly service. Prepared with flair in the kitchen, each meal is complemented by a range of freshly prepared vegetables and a selection of fine wines. Combining traditional hospitality with attentive service, there is something for every palate on the varied menu.

Best Western Flannery's - Frankie's Bar

Throughout Ireland you will find the pub in the centre of conversation and social life. It is where deals are done, friends are made and life moves at its own pace. Popular with locals and guests alike, Frankie's Bar is the place for a perfect casual lunch. Music, from traditional to country, features at weekends all year round.

Best Western Flannery's Galway - Special Offers

Barna (Bearna), Galway

Barna (County Galway) - site of The Twelve Hotel - is a tranquil seaside village with a picturesque stone pier and harbour. It is located 8km from Galway City on the R336 coast road.

Barna has several fine restaurants, including the award-winning O'Grady's On The Pier and the perennially popular Donnelly's Bar and Restaurant.

Driving from Galway, you'll find Barna Woods on the right and the popular, blue flag Silver Strand beach on the left.

Visitors to Barna, the gateway to Connemara, enjoy excellent views of the Burren hills of County Clare; and, when conditions are favourable, the Aran Islands can be seen.

*** O'Grady's On The Pier, Pier Road, Barna, County Galway

*** Donnelly's Bar and Restaurant, Main Street, Barna, County Galway

*** Mulberry's Restaurant and Wine Bar, Unit 14, Barna Village Centre, Barna, County Galway

Best Western Flannery's Hotel, Galway

"It's the Galway hotel they all return to"

Best Western Flannery's Hotel, Galway - situated right next to Galwegians RFC's rugby ground - is the perfect choice at anytime during the year.

Winner of the 2008 Best Irish Best Western Hotel Award, Flannery's Hotel is ideally located just 5 minutes drive from Galway City Centre.

You'll enjoy authentic Irish hospitality at this long-established hotel in Galway, gateway to Connemara and the West of Ireland.

Best Western Flannery's Hotel, Galway, offers easy access to the spectacular Cliffs of Moher, Kylemore Abbey (home of the Benedictine nuns) and The Burren (the largest limestone region in Western Europe).

The Best Western Flannery's Hotel facilities include 'The Galwegian Restaurant', newly refurbished, the local place of choice where you can savour selections from the A la Carte Menu or their chef's choices that change daily on the Table d'Hote menu, both served nightly.

Enjoy carvery lunch, offered daily in Frankies Bar. In addition to pints and cocktails, Frankie's Bar also offers a bar food menu with choices ranging from light appetizers to hearty fish and chips.

This modern, newly refurbished hotel bedrooms offer all the comforts of home, including tea and coffee in room, Free WIFI and cable television.

Many of the Best Western Flannery's Hotel rooms have a safety deposit box available, free of charge.

Renovation of all guestrooms was completed in March 2009.

Book your getaway now and sample Best Western Flannery's renowned traditional Irish hospitality!

They are looking forward to adding your name to the list of happy guests that come back again and again.

The Twelve, Galway Hotel

"The Twelve", "The Twelve", "The Twelve ....."

Whenever you're in Galway you'll hear ”The Twelve” repeated in casual conversation in bars and restaurants in the city centre and throughout the villages of Salthill, Barna, Spiddal, Inveran, Rossaveal, Carraroe, Roundstone, Clifden and beyond.

Like many another visitor, you may find it puzzling. What does 'The Twelve' mean? What are they talking about?

The Twelve Apostles?
The Twelve Days of Christmas?
The Twelve Labours of Hercules?
The Twelve Tribes of Israel?
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix?
The Twelve Olympian Gods and Goddesses of Greek mythology?
The Twelve – an American comic book from Marvel Comics?
The Twelve – a novel by Stuart Nevilles?
The Twelve – a 1970 film directed by Mel Brooks?
The Twelve Sullivans – a traditional Irish folk group?
The Twelve signs of the zodiac?

None of those twelve!

'The Twelve' is a multiple award-winning Galway Hotel located in Bearna (Barna), the gateway to Connemara.

Its name, 'The Twelve', refers to the 'Twelve Pins' or 'Twelve Bens', a small mountain range of sharp-peaked quartzite ranges located northeast of Roundstone in Connemara.

James Joyce would surely have approved of the name 'The Twelve Hotel'.

Anthony Burgess, in 'Finnegans Wake – What It's All About', had this to say:

“There are twelve months in the year, and these will give us the twelve Sullivans or Doyles, customers in HCE's bar but also twelve apostles and twelve jurymen, always ready to give ponderous judgment in polysyllables ending in "-ation". Their number, as with a jury, is more important than their names, which are always changing: when we meet a catalogue of apparently new characters, it is enough for us to take breath and count: we shall usually find the same old twelve."

Learn that off by heart and the next time you're in 'The Twelve Hotel', you can regale your audience with your esoteric knowledge.

Who knows? You could have twelve disciples before the night is out!

The Twelve Hotel, Galway

The Twelve Hotel - Galway

The Majesty of the Atlantic and The Mystique of Connemara

Possibly the best hotel in Galway to give the closeness you want to Galway city's atmosphere and enough room away to love it.

The Twelve Hotel is a luxury boutique hotel in Galway boasting prestigious awards for 'Best New Hotel', and 'Best Boutique Hotel'.

Complementing the hotel's mission to impress, The Pins Bar really sets the tone with a hip, urban style (awarded Best Gastro Pub in Ireland), this hangout attracts an eclectic crowd.

Grab a cocktail and enjoy the best of live music on the weekends. Experience West @ The Twelve and 'one of the most outstanding wine lists in the world'. Then retire to your chic room and consider ordering spa treatments, enjoying complimentary DVDs or simply sit back and plan tomorrow's host of activities available in this wonderful part of Galway.

Whether coming to Galway for the night life or an incredible food & wine getaway, "The Twelve delivers".

For further information about The Twelve Hotel and BOOKING details, please see Galway Hotels - Special Offers and Promotions at the top of this page.

The Latin Quarter, Galway

Galway's Latin Quarter

"A highlight for many visitors to Galway is strolling along the medieval pedestrianised streets of the city's Latin Quarter. The area is characterised by buskers, boutiques, unique shops, cafes, bars and restaurants.

Geographically, The Latin Quarter is best defined by some of Galway's most historic landmarks. Starting at St. Nicholas' Church, it runs through Galway's Saturday market and onto O'Brien's Bridge. From there it follows the River Corrib down to the Spanish Arch where the Galway City Centre Museum is located and then swings back along Middle Street and turns up Buttermilk Lane where it joins the starting point.

The retail shops of The Latin Quarter are largely locally owned and it boasts some of Galway's best loved and most iconic restaurants.

Among the festivals that take place in The Latin Quarter are the Little Havana Festival in June and 'Galway Aboo!' at Halloween."

Galway City and County Guide

See http://www.thelatinquarter.ie/

Harbour Hotel, Galway

The Harbour, Galway

Harbour Hotel, Galway

The Harbour Hotel, located on Galway's Waterfront in the heart of the City of the Tribes, is only a short stroll from Galway's Latin Quarter (Quay Street and Shop Street) and Eyre Square.

This modern, comfortable, family-owned hotel is renowned for its friendly and professional service.

The Harbour Hotel's Krusoe's Restaurant is dedicated to delivering the best of seasonal Irish produce with superb service at great prices and the K Bar is the perfect place to chill out, meet friends and soak up the atmosphere.

The Harbour Hotel can facilitate meetings and events for up to 100 attendees. From corporate meetings to celebrations, each client is given the highest level of personal attention by our Events team.

The Haven Spa which boasts a variety of treatments that will leave you feeling revived, refreshed and rejuvenated.

The Harbour Hotel is within leisurely walking distance of Eyre Square, Shop Street or Quay Street (3 minutes, the Spanish Arch (5 minutes), and Salthill Promenade (10 minutes).

Visit The Harbour Hotel, Galway, today and experience the vibrant spirit of this unique and
unforgettable city in the West of Ireland.

For further information about The Harbour Hotel and BOOKING details, please see Galway Hotels - Special Offers and Promotions at the top of this page.

Liam Ó Maonlaí of Hothouse Flowers
listens to Niceol Blue on Quay Street, Galway

"Spend long enough on Quay Street, Galway, and you'll eventually see everyone in the world," said the man at the bar in Tigh Neachtain's (Naughton's).

Niceol Blue from Oregon was singing when Liam Ó Maonlaí of Hothouse Flowers stopped to listen.

Mindful, I'm sure, of his own days busking in Grafton Street in Dublin, Liam fished unobtrusively in his pockets for the coinage of appreciation. When Niceole had finished singing, he dropped the money into her guitar case, complimented her quietly and moved on.

On hearing who her celebrated fan was and that I had managed to capture the moment on camera, she was delighted.

'Don't Go' - Hothouse Flowers

"And there's a black cat lying in the shadow of the gatepost

And the black cat tells me that love is on the way

There's a black cat lying in the shadow of the gatepost

And the black cat tells me that love is on the way

Don't go Don't leave me now, now, now

While the sun smiles

Stick around and laugh a while,

stick around and laugh a while"

Complete lyrics at http://www.hothouseflowers.com/

The Clayton Hotel, Galway

The Clayton Hotel, Galway, located in close proximity to Galway City Centre, Galway Airport and Galway Racecourse (Ballybrit), is one of the finest hotels in Galway.

This luxury 4 star Galway hotel accommodation has 195 spacious bedrooms, 12 dedicated meeting rooms, an expansive and adaptable ballroom, and an impressive leisure centre with 20m swimming pool, steam room and sauna.

Reputed for its warm Galway welcome, attentive service, sumptuous beds, and fine cuisine, The Clayton Hotel guarantees you a hotel experience to cherish.

For further information about The Clayton Hotel and BOOKING details, please see Galway Hotels - Special Offers and Promotions at the top of this page.

Galway Hotels Special Offers

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