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the g Review
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the g
- Address: Wellpark, Galway City, Co. Galway
- Phone: 091/865-200
- www.monogramhotels.ie
- Price range: $$$$
- Location: Galway City
Fodor's Review:
"G" is for glamour—or good grief (depending on your taste)—at this flamboyant player at the top end of Galway's hotel scene. The g opened in 2006 in a retail and leisure complex beside a busy roundabout, about 15 minutes' walk from Eyre Square in the Wellpark neighborhood—it's an oddly unhip location for a style icon. The architects worked with superstar hat designer Philip Treacy, a native of Galway, to create an interior that is every bit as extreme as Treacy's hats. The reception area is in black glass and marble, lighted by a tank of sedately bobbing, Connemara-bred sea horses. Yes, sea horses. Black-and-white op-art whorls feature on the aptly named Vertigo carpet in the vivid Pink Room, where afternoon tea (EUR 42 for two; EUR 59 with a glass of pink champagne) is popular with the ladies. Dimly lighted corridors with pink carpet lead to rooms where the decor is thankfully more restrained. Massive, extremely comfortable beds are dressed in white linen, and graceful custom-made furniture has an Art Deco air. Windows look onto pebbled areas with greenery that distract from the mundane views. Sea-shell-theme bathrooms are luxurious havens of marble and fine porcelain. Perched on scallop-shape purple velvet banquettes or jelly-tot-bright chairs in the ordinary but expensive Restaurant at the g, you can order from an Italian menu. The ESPA spa takes pampering to serious extremes. Pros: a must for design lovers; it may be OTT, but it's fun, an icon of post-Celtic Tiger Ireland. Cons: no bargain: will eat into your budget; weird location 1 km (½ mi) from town center.
- Hotel Details: 101 rooms
- In-room: refrigerator, Wi-Fi.
- In-hotel: restaurant, bars, pool, gym, spa, Internet terminal.
- Rate includes: Full breakfast
- Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V
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