Hotels in County Galway
Ireland

Hotels in County Galway

County Galway is on the west coast of Ireland, in the historical province of Connacht, almost directly across the island from Dublin.

County Galway is one of the traditional Counties of Ireland. The location of County Galway, situated on the west coast of Ireland, allows it to be directly influenced by the Gulf-Stream. Temperature extremes are rare and short lived, though inland areas, particularly east of the Corrib, can boast some of the highest recorded temperatures of the summer in the island of Ireland.

Inishmore (Irish: Árainn (Mhór) / Inis Mór) is the largest of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay in Ireland. Inis Mór is a major tourist destination, with Bed & Breakfast accommodation scattered across the island. Private minibuses, horse-drawn carriages and bicycles are the main methods of getting about for the numerous tourists who visit the island in the summer months, the majority of which are the Irish themselves- but with an extraordinary amount of British, French and German holiday makers.

Galway city has a reputation amongst Irish cities for being associated with the Irish language, music, song and dancing traditions - it is sometimes referred to as the 'Bilingual Capital of Ireland', although like all other cities in the Republic of Ireland, the vast bulk of the city's inhabitants converse mostly in English.

Connemara is covered in green mountains. When low-lying cloud rolls in, which is most of the time, the region looks like something right out of a fairy tale. Its mountains are a deep and rich colour of green and when the clouds roll in it seems almost magical.