Derry and County Donegal - Ireland 2014 - page 617

walls on Newmarket Street near Ferryquay Gate, tel. [phone],
www.millenniumforum.co.uk , [e-mail] ) .
The Nerve Centre shows a wide variety of art-house films and live concerts (inside
city walls at 7-8 Magazine Street, near Butcher Gate, tel. [phone],
www.nervecentre.org ) .
The Playhouse Theatre is an intimate venue for plays (£9-20 tickets, inside the
walls on Artillery Street, between New Gate and Ferryquay Gate, tel. [phone],
www.derryplayhouse.co.uk ) .
If you want to get away from tourists and mingle with Derry residents, try Peadar
O'Donnell's pub on Waterloo Street for Derry's best nightly traditional music sessions
(often starts late, at 23:00; 53 Waterloo Street, tel. [phone]).
Sleeping in Derry
$$$ Tower Hotel is the only hotel actually inside Derry's historic walls. It's a real splurge,
with 93 modern and immaculate rooms, a classy bistro restaurant, and private base-
ment parking (Sb-£65-99, Db-£70-135, online deals, Butcher Street, tel. [phone],
www.towerhotelderry.com , [e-mail] ).
$$ Merchant's House, on a quiet street a 10-minute stroll from Waterloo Place, is a
fine Georgian townhouse with a grand, colorful drawing room and nine rooms sporting
marble fireplaces and ornate plasterwork (S-£40-55, Sb-£60-75, Db-£65-80, Tb-£90-110,
Qb-£100-135, Wi-Fi, 16 Queen Street, tel. [phone], www.thesaddlershouse.com ,
[e-mail] , Joan and Peter Pyne also run the Saddler's House, next).
Ask the Pynes about their appealing self-catering townhouse rentals inside the walls (great
for families or anyone needing extra space).
$$ Saddler's House, run by the owners of Merchant's House, is a charming Victorian
townhouse with seven rooms located a couple of blocks closer to the old town walls
(S-£40-55, Sb-£55-70, Db-£60-75, Wi-Fi, 36 Great James Street, tel. [phone],
www.thesaddlershouse.com , [e-mail] ) .
Sleep Code
(£1 = about $1.60, country code: 44, area code: 028)
S = Single, D = Double/Twin, T = Triple, Q = Quad, b = bathroom, s = shower
only. Breakfast is included and credit cards are accepted unless otherwise noted.