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Supervalu Breaks - Good Galway city choice?

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  • 27-01-2012 10:58pm
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    twirlagig
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    My mam just informed me she has like about 4000 of these points! :eek::D
    Galway city would be handy for both of us, as neither of us drive but buses to Galway readily available to both.
    Any of ye stayed in a pretty central hotel in Galway using these deals? As I said, something too far out is not preferable ( we'll be using the buses!) :)

    'Pillo Hotel' - is that far out? Say... walking distance from Eyre Square? :confused:
    'Hotel Clybaun' - same question?

    Only had a very quick look and saw the these two first, so if ye know of anywhere else, let me know! Would appreciate it :)
    Thanks in advance!


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    ben.schlomo
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    twirlagig wrote: »
    My mam just informed me she has like about 4000 of these points! :eek::D
    Galway city would be handy for both of us, as neither of us drive but buses to Galway readily available to both.
    Any of ye stayed in a pretty central hotel in Galway using these deals? As I said, something too far out is not preferable ( we'll be using the buses!) :)

    'Pillo Hotel' - is that far out? Say... walking distance from Eyre Square? :confused:
    'Hotel Clybaun' - same question?

    Only had a very quick look and saw the these two first, so if ye know of anywhere else, let me know! Would appreciate it :)
    Thanks in advance!
    Pillo is a 15 min walk and Clybaun would be at least 30 id say.


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    twirlagig
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    ben.schlomo wrote: »
    Pillo is a 15 min walk

    How safe/well-lit is that walk at night? Thanks for reply Ben :)


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    ben.schlomo
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    twirlagig wrote: »
    How safe/well-lit is that walk at night? Thanks for reply Ben :)
    Its a main road with a shopping centre and two retail parks so its well lit. Apartments and houses on the route too. The number 7 bus from Eyre Square stops across the road and about 200 yards walk then. Never came across any hassle walking home in all the years i've done it. Taxi would be around €8/9.


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    twirlagig
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    Thanks a million! Great info! :)


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    RubyGirl
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    ben.schlomo wrote: »
    Pillo is a 15 min walk and Clybaun would be at least 30 id say.

    The Clybaun hotel is at least an hours walk to Eyre Square.


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    inisboffin
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    Clybaun is the other side of town from Pillo. Dunno why everyone bases everything off Eyre Sq?:D Presumably as the train is nearby, but there's more to town than the square. Clybaun would be closer to Salthill for example. I had family stay there a year or two ago for an event and they loved it. It has a bar, a gym, pool and outdoor hot tub. They bussed out on the red bus and the one late night in town (they'd have been at Róisín Dubh) their cab fare home was a tenner.
    I'd say the walk is 45 mins.


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    benj
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    stayed in forster court hotel a few times with super valu breaks....
    would highly reccomend it and its just off eyre square....


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    Mrs OBumble
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    twirlagig wrote: »
    'Pillo Hotel' - is that far out? Say... walking distance from Eyre Square? :confused:
    'Hotel Clybaun' - same question?


    I wouldn't recommend either of these for a holiday visit here for parents.

    Some of the walking times you've been quoted are for fit active students, not for (not-even-aged) parents. Neither of them are walks that I'd be doing at night in a city that I didn't know. (And I'm no wuss when it comes to taking reasonable risks re safety while travelling.)

    Buses are ok-ish during the day, but route 7 (to Pillo) is pretty sparse at night.

    Have they got any other options? City hotels include Forster Court, Imperial, Victoria, Skeffington, Garveys even ... These are all just off Eyre Square.


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