Can anyone recommend, preferably but not essential with web site, a B&B with easy access to the City in Galway whose tariff is less than 20 punts per person per night in June 01.

I stayed at Knockrea Guest House B&B and really enjoyed it. SOmeone had recommended it to me and I was very happy there. <BR>It is within walking distance to the centre of town...about a 20 minute walk and is also within walking distance to restaraunts and to the walkway along Galway Bay. <BR>The web site is <BR>www.galway.net/pages/knockrea <BR>Eileen is very , very nice. <BR>Good luck <BR>

Well, we stayed in Salthill (just outside Galway, and we walked into Galway one day and took a bus in on the other, no problem). The B&B was called Marless House - we stayed in 7 B&B's on our last trip, and Marless house was the best!! Clean, pretty, comfy, cheery, the best hostess, Mary (when I told her how much I liked her tea set, she insisted on sending it home with me!!!). Think it was more like 22 or 23 punts per person, though.

KNOCKREA GUESTHOUSE: 55 Lower Salthill Rd. Tel: 091-521794. Fax: 091-529985. E-mail: [email protected] (9 rms., all w/toilet & bath or shower.) IR£52-70/68-91EURO double. Full Irish breakfast (8-10am, includes a choice of French toast, smoked salmon or omelette) is included in the rates. Visa, MC. Charming refurbished smoke-free guesthouse w/nicely pinewood furnished & identically decorated bright nice-size rms., cable TV w/CNN, phones, #6 has a double bed, huge bathroom w/bathtub & faces the side; #2 (faces street) & 3 (faces the side) both have double beds & compact showers; #5 (faces back) & 4 (faces the side) both have double beds, twin beds & large bathrooms w/bathtubs; #1 is a large rm. w/double bed, 2 twin beds, large bathroom w/bathtub & faces back; wooden flrs., hairdriers, tea/coffee makers in each rm., two sitting lounges, no elevator, 3 flrs., free parking. Owned & managed by Eileen Storan for more than 12 yrs. (Closed Dec. 23-25.) Many hotels can be found on Web site: http://www.galway.net/ <BR>

My daughter stayed at Bohola House - just outside Galway - close to bus... <BR>exactly 20 punts per person back in May of last year. Very nice and people very accommodating...

Bake, <BR>Be careful with margo's recommendation as it cut and pasted from her book with no personal experience. Remember that the first weekend in June (4th-6th) in Ireland is a holiday weekend so pre-book. Any Irish Tourist Board approved B&B (with the green shamrock sign) should be suitable. The standard of B&Bs in Ireland has improved over the past few years, <BR> <BR>Joyce

Perhaps Margo DOES have personal experience and just wants to be very thorough with the information. <BR>I can tell you from personal experience, I have stayed at Knockrea and loved it. <BR>Also, I tried to make a reservation at Marless House months in advance for a SINGLE room, only to be told they were fully booked. When I was in Salthill, I went for a walk and passed Marless House. There was a vacancy sign our front. Perhaps they had a cancellation, but it did make me wonder if they just didn't want single occupancies.

Lee, <BR> <BR>If you ask for a single you would just get a room with a single bed and maybe that was all booked. Some B&B will not take a single in a double room and this can be told by if it lists a single supplement in the B&B book

To Me <BR>I have been to Ireland several times and have always paid a single supplement and have always stayed in a room with a double bed. Never have I asked for a single room and got a single bed. Most B&B's just don't have single rooms. So, I'm well aware what single means...I'm not a novice .. <BR>Most B&B's will take a single person. <BR>In fact in Killeybegs I had a room with 3 beds. Paying the single supplement is not a problem for me. <BR>Oh and I am fully aware of how to read the B&B listings. And Marless House most definately lists the single rate...which is why I contacted them in the first place.