Looking for Hotel near UCC

6th

Just looking for suggestions for a hotel for one night on the 26th Oct. I'll be at an event in the Gaol (by UCC) and when I check Jurys its €209 for 1 night .... I dont want to stay in a hostel but dont want to spend too much.

Any suggestions?

Cheers

6th

Owen

Cork is very small 6th, the walk from any hotel in the City area to UCC will be 10 minutes tops. I would recommend Jurys first (But the price is mad), and after that, try the Clarion, the Imperial, the Victoria (For cheap and cheerful), or Jury's Inn (For beds made from bricks).

dollydrops

That seems very expensive for Jurys I stayed there about two weeks ago and it was €189 for two of us on a Saturday night B&B.
Did you ring them or just check the price online?

6th

I checked online ... maybe I'll try ring them just to clarify.

dulpit

6th wrote: »

I checked online ... maybe I'll try ring them just to clarify.

Gotta remember that that is the bank holiday weekend, so things will be pricey...

Owen

And the Jazz Festival is on too, so prices will be wild everywhere.

lostinsuperfunk

The Brookfield hotel is near UCC, a little bit further from town. There also are lots of B&Bs in the Western Road area, do a search for Glengariff House, Anam Cara, Shandon Bells. (the first ones I can think of). They tend to be expensive in that part of town though.
Also try the Quality Hotel in Shandon, probably about 15 mins from UCC and 10 mins from the city centre.

RoundyMooney

They picked a bad weekend for the World Ghost Convention.

6th

Weekend before Halloween? ... pretty good timing actually.

RoundyMooney

Ah yes, but if it were on the following weekend, it would be perfect, and you wouldn't have to contend with bank holiday madness

lostinsuperfunk

Try the Western Road B&Bs and the Quality Hotel first, they're probably the most convenient for Sunday's Well (where the old Gaol is). The Kingsley hotel is also nearby, expensive though.

Dudess

http://www.lancasterlodge.com/

It's kind of a hotel-cum-B&B on Western Road - across the river from the Gaol (note: the Gaol is on Strawberry Hill - not actually that near UCC. In Dublin terms it is, but not in Cork terms )

Hope you have a great time - this is a rare treat for you, you know!

dudara

It is the Bank Holiday weekend and the Jazz Festival to boot. I'm staying at Jury's next week (Tues) for work and its only costing 115 yoyo.

As other posters said, Cork is small and other hotels will be close. Otherwise there are lots of B&Bs on the Western Road.

Heisenberg.

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Dudess

Hayfield Manor is the five-star hotel around there. Give that one a skip I'd say.
Yep OP, Western Road is also known as B&B Street (well it isn't really but it could be...)

dulpit

Also if you wanna treat yourself try the Kingsley... (it's expensive afaik though)

TBH any hotel in the city would suit, cork being as small as it is... And if all comes to all, the no.5 bus will drop you to the door...

Toto Wolfcastle

Garnish House (I think that's the name) on Western Road (right by UCC). It's supposed to be lovely but probably booked out at this stage. You should give it a try.

lostinsuperfunk

Brookfield is a three star with a nice leisure centre, usually reasonable, although normality goes out the window on the jazz weekend.
Garinish House is supposed to be good too. You could also try the IYHA hostel, also on Western Road.
The last refuge for the desperate is to stay in the Travelodge on the N25/N27 junction and taxi it in and out, probably about a tenner each way, which might cancel out any savings on the room rate. It's pretty desolate out there though...

Dudess

Where's that? Kinsale Road Roundabout?

dudara

Yes.

There's also the Ibis out near the Dunkettle roundabout.

6th

I checked with Jurys and it was €209 for bed only ... so I booked Quality Hotels for €119 bed only.

RoundyMooney

That's not too bad.

dulpit

Where's the quality hotel??

6th

Dudess

Shandon - about 15, 20 minutes' walk from the Gaol.