Galway - Ireland 2014 - page 447

€10/day, elevator, great restaurant, helpful staff, Forster Street, tel. [phone],
www.parkhousehotel.ie , [e-mail] ).
$$$ Hotel Meyrick, filled with palatial Old World elegance and 97 rooms, marks the
end of the Dublin-Galway train line and the beginning of Galway. Since 1845, it has been
Galway's landmark hotel...JFK stayed here in 1963 when it was the Great Southern (Db-
€165-199, some discounts during slow times, best rates when you book online, at the head
of Eyre Square, tel. [phone], www.hotelmeyrick.ie , [e-mail] ).
$$$ Jurys Inn Galway has 130 American-style rooms in a modern hotel, centrally loc-
ated where the old town hits the river. The big, bright rooms have double beds and huge
modern bathrooms. (Db-€79-119 Sun-Thu, €109-155 Fri-Sat; prices depend on season,
breakfast-€10, elevator, lots of tour groups, parking-€10, Quay Street, tel. [phone],
US tel. [phone], www.jurysinns.com , [e-mail] ) .
$$$ Skeffington Arms Hotel, which feels more Irish than the Park House or Jurys
Inn, sits above a nightclub with noise from fun-loving stag/hen partygoers on weekends.
Centrally located on Eyre Square, it's furnished in a modern style (Sb-€65-110, Db-
€80-165, Tb-€125-200, Qb-€170-225, online discounts, Wi-Fi, Eyre Square, tel. 091/
563-173, www.skeffington.ie , [e-mail] ).
Hostel: $ Kinlay Hostel is a no-nonsense place just 100 yards from the train station,
with 224 beds (1-8 beds per room) in bare, clean, and simple rooms, including 15 doubles/
twins. Easygoing people of any age feel welcome here, but if you want a double, book
well ahead—several months in advance for weekends (dorm bed-€16-25, Sb-€48-60,
Db-€60-70, guest computer, Wi-Fi, elevator, self-service kitchen, baggage storage, on
Merchants Road just off Eyre Square, tel. [phone], www.kinlaygalway.ie ,
[e-mail] ) .
B&Bs
Drivers who follow city-center signs into Galway will pass a string of B&Bs just after
the greyhound-racing stadium. On foot, the B&Bs are about a 10-minute walk from Eyre
Square (from the station, walk up Forster Street, which turns into College Road). The fol-
lowing places are lined up like battleships on College Road. All have free parking. Al-
though there are other B&Bs on this road, my favorites are the ones where the owner lives
on-site (and whose pride of ownership shows).
$$ Petra House, a peaceful-feeling brick building, rents nine great rooms, including
a family room. The owners, Joan and Frank Maher, keep everything lovingly maintained.
Breakfasts are a highlight (Sb-€50-65, Db-€70-100, Tb-€100-120, Qb-€120-140, elegant
sitting room, guest computer, Wi-Fi, 29 College Road, tel. [phone], www.galway.net/
pages/petra-house , [e-mail] ) .