Galway Race Week Accommodation

Galway Race Week accommodation should be booked as early as possible to obtain the hotel, apartment, house or bed and breakfast of your choice.

Since most racegoers prefer Galway Race Week accommodation that is within walking distance of the centre of Galway (where the real festival action takes place), hotels and guesthouses with convenient access to the following locations usually fill up first: Eyre Square, William Street, Shop Street, High Street, Quay Street, Eglinton Street, St Francis Street, Smith Street, Upper Abbeygate Street, Lower Abbeygate Street, Middle Street, Lower Dominick Street, and the Spanish Arch and Museum area.

'Galway Race Week Accommodation' is a phrase that crops up with increasing regularity in conversations throughout the country as the Galway Races approach. Regular Galway racegoers know from experience that it is important to book their accommodation well in advance of the Ballybrit racing festival, but there are always the newcomers who arrive in Galway at the last minute expecting to check in to their chosen hotel or B&B in the centre of the city at a moment's notice.

"For one group of incorrigible optimists, who have no accommodation booked, the hundreds of 'No Vacancies' signs around Galway have necessitated a frustrating odyssey through Salthill, Barna, Spiddal, Inveran and the distant outcrops of Connemara. "There's three of us sleeping under an upturned currach!" jokes the man with the pint. €39.99 for bed and breakfast. The woman said it was a special offer. Still, I wouldn't miss Galway for anything."
From 'Galway Races - Memories in the Making'