Holiday Inn Belfast

... for 10 days on driving holiday, mostly staying at charming Blue Book hotels. Howth Castle Leslie Belfast Bushmills Inn Ballnahinch Castle Dromoland Castle Dingle Kenmare Waterville golf Youghal Rathsallagh golf Dublin - Merrion Hotel A ...

... where they built the H.M.S Titanic, and Queen's University all the while giving us histroy and facts about Belfast. We ended up staying at the Holiday Inn on University Street. After a short walk around we had dinner at Spud's potato restaurant and later ...

... and, along with the hopeless map we got from the internet, made finding out hotel a real challenge.  We did eventually find the Holiday Inn Express, check in and then let ourselves loose on the city that was once a worldwide no-go area due to the ...

... the brawn call. Strange shower though, variable water temperature and pressure. Showered, we head off to breakfast which in good Holiday Inn Express style is basic but good. An over-eager staff member took my purse to the reception desk because he ...

... a lay of the land. It was a great tour, and our guide Susan gave a very informative and entertaining dialogue the whole way. Belfast is a city in transition, and it’s really quite amazing how far it has come from its not so distant past filled with ...

... by Pat, the driver of a Black Taxi Tour Raylene had prearranged.  Pat took us to the key sights of West Belfast, the area where Protestant and Catholic communities lives adjacent to each other, separated only by so called "Peace Walls".  Since ...

... itself still holds cultural significance, unlike Dublin which can be a bit run down by tourists and foreign employees. We stayed in Holiday Inn Express, about 10 minutes walk to the city centre in South Belfast. Value for money hotel, only 164 pound for ...

... for Continental and was in Belfast for the night. He was definitely under the influence but only had to walk around the corner to the Holiday Inn. The bar I went to was friendly and had a live band... not bad for a Wednesday night. I think I will have ...

... been quicker but I didn't fancy lugging our luggage around. A relatively quick journey into London and we arrived at the Holiday Inn. Our nemesis - school groups - was apparent again as I waited and waited behind a couple of US boys changing travellers ...

... (at half the price of my original fares) on a 10:00 am flight that day. I went back to the hotel room (good ol' Holiday Inn) and woke the family.  We cleaned up and had breakfast in the hotel and were back at the airport in plenty of time for ...

... morning we were supposed to return the hire car to the rental company. We had been given a number to call of a representative in Belfast but this number, as well as the number of the Sixt branch in Dublin where we picked it up from was not answering and ...

... , so we ended up arriving in Glasgow at about half twelve - too late to find a hostel, thus we ended up at the Holiday Inn, which was a real treat after all the hostels and camping, but ouch!! Expensive. But worth it for the nice shower and complimentary ...

... us to get an early night, but alas twas not to be. We scoured the streets for an open bar and ended up..next door at the Holiday Inn where the bar stayed open until 11.30. Wahoo!!! Here, we met 2 Irish girls and two Aussie guys, called Peter and Peter and ...

... relaxing overall... and helped work off the wheaten/soda bread for breakfast! We were actually planning to spend tomorrow exploring Belfast but fortunately the ladies at the B&B told us it was actually the Belfast marathon tomorrow, so we altered ...

... weapons. Once we finished the tour we hopped back on the river boat and headed back to the Westminster Bridge Pier. We passed the HMS Belfast which is moored in the river and open for tours. The HMS Belfast was the first ship to fire on the morning of ...

... , we inquired about menus and were told that the kitchen had just closed.  Having, with hope, not canceled our Belfast reservations, we assessed our losses, counted ourselves lucky at being kept safe, ordered dinner (greasy burgers and ...

... of course!     Ok, so we had two nights, or a day and a half in Glasgow, before heading on to Belfast. The first night, we arrived from Edinburgh (4 hour train ride) at around supper time, and took the insanely expensive bus out to ...

... a nice overview of everything on the bus, and stop if there's somewhere interesting to check out. Thursday we're off to Belfast by coach and ferry. I'm looking forward to the ferry *g* Finally heard back from a real estate agent! Only to say ...