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9:00-19:00,Thu-Friuntil21:00,Sun12:00-19:00,supermarketinbasement).Lotsofsmal-
ler grocery shops are scattered throughout town.
Lohan's Restaurant
is right on the seafront promenade in Salthill (just west of the
aquarium) and offers traditional Irish favorites at reasonable prices (€11-16 meals, daily
12:00-22:00, 232 Upper Salthill, tel. 091/522-696).
If you have a car, consider a
Dunguaire Castle medieval banquet
in Kinvarra, a
efficiently when you're driving into Galway (B&Bs can accommodate late arrivals if you
call ahead).
From Galway by Train to: Dublin
(8/day, 2.5-3 hours),
Limerick
(4/day, 2 hours),
En-
nis
(5/day, 1.25 hours). For
Belfast, Tralee,
and
Rosslare,
you'll change in or near Dub-
lin. Train info: Tel. 091/561-444,
www.irishrail.ie
.
By Bus to: Dublin
(hourly, 3.25 hours; also see Citylink, below),
Kilkenny
(3/day, 5
hours),
Cork
(hourly, 4.25 hours),
Ennis
(hourly, 1.25 hours),
Shannon Airport
(hourly,
1.75 hours),
Cliffs of Moher
(8/day in summer, some with change in Ennis, 2 hours),
Doolin
(5/day, 1.5 hours),
Limerick
(hourly, 1.5-2.25 hours),
Dingle
(5/day, 6.5 hours),
Tralee
(8/day, 4.5 hours),
Westport
(5-7/day, 2-4 hours),
Rosslare
(2/day, 7.5-8 hours),
Belfast
(every 2hours,6hours,change inDublin),
Derry
(6/day,5.5hours).Bus info: Tel.
091/562-000,
www.buseireann.ie
.
Citylink (tel. 091/564-164,
www.citylink.ie
)
runs cheap and fast bus service from the
coach station near the TI to
Dublin
(arriving at Bachelor's Walk, a block from Tara Street
DART station; hourly, 2.5 hours),
Dublin Airport
(hourly, 3 hours), and
Cork Airport
(6/day, 3.75 hours).
By Car:
For ideas on driving from Galway to Derry or Portrush in Northern Ireland,
see “Sights Between Galway and Derry” at the end of the Connemara and County Mayo
chapter,whichdescribessightsintheRepublicofIreland.ForsightsonthisrouteinNorth-
ern Ireland, see “Between Derry and Galway” on
here
of the Derry and County Donegal
chapter.
