Galway City · Ireland
Where to stay in Galway
Galway is a city in Galway City, Ireland, home to about 83,000 people. This guide covers 3 hotels in Galway, with about 326 rooms between them. 2 of them carry a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 3
- Nearest airport
- SNN64 km · Shannon Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Dublin
- Language
- English, Irish
About
About Galway
Galway is a city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay.
Galway expanded from a small fishing village from the 13th century, when the Anglo-Normans captured the area and built a fortified city. A charter of 1396 granted power to 14 merchant families, and this elite would later be mocked by Cromwell as "tribes", hence the nickname "City of the Tribes". This illustrious 14, now immortalised in the names of the city roundabouts, were Athy, Blake, Bodkin, Browne, D'arcy, Deane, Font, Ffrench, Joyce, Kirwan, Lynch, Martin, Morris, and Skerritt. All but two were Anglo-Norman rather than Gaelic.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Galway
See
- Eyre Square
- Spanish Arch
- Mutton Island
- The Promenade
- Galway City Museum
- Galway Atlantaquaria
- Legend of the Claddagh Ring
- University Quad
- Hall of the Red Earl
- Nora Barnacle's house
- Galway Cathedral
- Saint Nicholas Collegiate Church
Do
- Corrib Princess river cruises
- Town Hall Theatre
- Druid Theater
- An Taibhdhearc
- Galway Races
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Galway
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo Hotel Galway hotel | 130 | 89/100 6,165 reviews |
| 2 | Travelodge Galway City hotel | 95 | 4.1/5 1,113 reviews |
1 more place to stay, without a published guest score
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| The g Hotel hotel | 101 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Galway to stay in
As Galway is a popular destination, there's a large selection of accommodation in all price brackets. Where else would you find so many decent hostels right in the centre? In any other city, the chain business hotels and financial firms would have bought the land from under them.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Galway
51 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata; the 40 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Glenlo Abbey Hotel | 4.5 km | |
| Adare Guesthouse | 0.8 km | |
| An Crúiscín Lán | 17.4 km | |
| Ash Grove House | 1.0 km | |
| Clybaun Hotel | 3.9 km | |
| Connemara Coast Hotel | 10.7 km | |
| Corrib House Guest Accommodation | 0.7 km | |
| Corrib Village Apartments | 2.2 km | |
| Desota House Bed and Breakfast | 0.9 km | |
| Drumcreehy Country House B&B | 17.7 km | |
| Dun Aoibhinn House B&B | 1.0 km | |
| Eyre Square Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| G Hotel | 1.5 km | |
| Goldcrest Village | 2.1 km | |
| Hazelwood Lodge | 19.8 km | |
| Hillview B&B | 9.4 km | |
| Holiday Hotel | 2.2 km | |
| Hotel Meyrick | 0.2 km | |
| Imperial Hotel Galway | 0.3 km | |
| Jameson Court Apartments | 2.2 km | |
| Kilbree House B&B | 3.0 km | |
| Lodge at The Old Barracks | 20.3 km | |
| Maldron Hotel Sandy Road Galway | 1.6 km | |
| Menlo Park Hotel | 1.8 km | |
| New Park Hotel Athenry | 20.3 km | |
| Nox Hotel Galway | 1.7 km | |
| Pádraicíns B&B | 12.0 km | |
| Park House Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| Salthill Hotel | 2.9 km | |
| Sea Breeze Lodge B&B | 4.1 km | |
| Sea Mist Bed and Breakfast | 3.0 km | |
| Sleepzone Hostel Galway City | 0.5 km | |
| Sli Na Mara | 1.2 km | |
| St Bridget's Serviced Apartments | 0.5 km | |
| The Ardilaun Hotel | 2.2 km | |
| The Continental Boutique Residence | 1.6 km | |
| The Eyre Square Townhouse | 0.4 km | |
| The Forge House B&B | 0.7 km | |
| The Lane Boutique Residence | 0.3 km | |
| The Residence Hotel | 0.4 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Galway
Galway has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19 °C; November is the wettest, with about 149 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Galway: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Shannon Airport (SNN), about 64 km from the city centre in a straight line; Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC, 73 km) and Kerry Airport (KIR, 126 km) are also within reach.
SNN · Shannon Airport
NOC · Ireland West Airport Knock
KIR · Kerry Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Galway
Stay safe
As elsewhere in Ireland dial 112 or 999 for emergencies. To report non emergency crime you can contact the local Garda Station (+353 91 538000 for Millstreet and general Galway City or +353 91 514720 for Salthill). A Garda can also take a report of a crime from you in person in any station. Galway is a safe town by any standards, but give the swerve to damnfool drunks. Galway is very accepting of LGBTQ+ people, so if you're a same-sex couple you should have absolutely no concern about displaying your affection in public. In fact, you might even get compliments that you make a cute couple!
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Galway
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Questions
Galway: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Galway?
By published guest score: Leonardo Hotel Galway (89 / 100 · 6,165 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Galway City (4.1 / 5 · 1,113 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Galway?
Galway has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19 °C; November is the wettest, with about 149 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Galway?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Shannon Airport (SNN), about 64 km from the city centre in a straight line; Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC, 73 km) and Kerry Airport (KIR, 126 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Galway?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Galway?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Galway
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.