Arriving by car

Driving directions to Victoria Hotel from Shannon International Airport 1. Head east 600 m 2. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto N19 Go through 3 roundabouts 5.0 km 3. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto the M18 ramp to N18/ Gaillimh/ Galway/ Inis/ Ennis 600 m 4. Merge onto M18 41.8 km 5. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto N66 170 m 6. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Galway Road/ N18 Continue to follow N18 Go through 1 roundabout 24.8 km 7. Turn left toward R338 900 m 8. Continue straight onto R338 4.2 km 9. Turn left onto Dublin Road/ R338 Go through 1 roundabout 3.6 km 10. Turn left onto R339 1.2 km 11. Continue onto Forster Street 180 m 12. Continue straight onto Eyre Square 94 m 13. Turn left onto Victoria Place 84 m 14. Continue onto Queen Street Destination will be on the left

Arriving by public transportation

Public transportation in Galway mainly consists of buses, but they are plentiful and easy to use. A number of bus companies do business there. Bus Éireann, Ireland´s national bus company, has extensive service, offering transport in the city and to its surrounding areas as well as tours and trips for tourists. Schedules and fares are on their website. Galway´s other public bus service, City Direct Bus, offers service within the city only. Several private bus companies also offer service in the area. GalwayTransport.info has maps and timetable-links for the city bus routes (all companies), info about key places (bus-stops, taxi-ranks, airport, etc). It also has detailed public-transport directions for getting to many public facilites and tourist attractions. Public rail service is also available to people who may wish to travel to other parts of the country from Galway. Irish Rail, the country´s national rail service, provides time tables and sells tickets visit their website. Several public ferries also offer service to the islands off of Ireland´s west coast from the Galway area. To see a listing of ferry companies visit Ireland West´s ferry page.