Hotels in Ireland

Here are our thoughts on the hotels we stayed at during our time in Ireland.

The Aspect Hotel was a smoking hotel, so all our stuff smelled like a hint of cigarette smoke.  The shower was hot and had a shower head that was massaging.  The bed and the pillows weren't all that great.  It has a beer bottle opener in the bathroom.  We had to use the computer at the little desk that was opposite the bed, that held the tv.  The view was of the parking lot and it had a huge window that you could open, but wanted to fall off the tracks!

The International Hotel faced a roundabout, out the front of the hotel.  Green lights shone into our room's window, but the curtain blocked it fine.  It had two little windows that could be opened when the sun made the room too warm.  The bed was better, the duvet was wonderful.  The pillows were still too firm.  The bathroom was beautiful in tile but had a dumb shower design that spilled water all over the floor.  My hair stunk like I washed it in the toilet each morning.  UGH!  I'm still not exactly sure what it was because Chris's hair didn't smell.  We did love the breakfast that was included each morning.  Scrambled eggs, 2 pieces of a honey-cured ham that was SO good!  There was also hot tea, pastries, juices, etc.

The Salthill Hotel was a 4-star hotel RIGHT on Galway Bay.  We ordered room service of a 12-inch pizza and a pint of beer for $15 euros.  It was the first time either one of us had ever ordered room service.  The mushroom/chicken pizza and Smithwick's beer was very tasty!  I just LOVED this room!  There was a double bed and 2 twins pushed together.  The bed was SO comfy, the pillows were SO soft, as was the duvet!  It was also a road between us and the beach!  We had to park in the underground garage one day, but it was always free!  :)

The Best Western in Dublin was fine.  But it was a Friday night and that meant the pubs right around the hotel partied till 2:20am...which meant for a rough night of sleep the night before we had to get up at 7am to fly back home.  This room was SO narrow.  The shower made LouAnna's hair smell LESS like sewer, but the smell was still there.  Dublin was a dirty city, compared to the rest of Ireland and having to park around the block and pay for parking was a hassle.