Reviews for Galway City Vacation Rental - VRBO 96592ha - 4 BR County Galway House in Ireland, Large Contemporary 4 Bedroom House in Galway City

Lovely House with space for family and friends

Guest marco
Date of stay 03/27/12
Review Submitted 05/06/12

Stayed with my wife, teenage son & two daughters. House was impeccable, rooms were comfortable. Regular buses to the centre were great & very close to the house so you don't need a car.The comfortable atmosphere of the house allowed us to rest at night and enjoy seeing the sights of Galway city & county and relatives in the area. This house can also host a grand dinner. We had a great time at this location and would recommend it for families, travelers of all ages and golfers, who would enjoy the access to the nearby golf courses. Thank you Fergal for an amazing stay. My family will never forget our Ireland trip.

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Great western Ireland adventure

Guest mike r.
Date of stay 08/06/11
Review Submitted 09/28/11

The property is as described in both the text description & the photographs,modern,contemporary,"immaculately clean" & well presented it had all the conveniences you would expect full laundry facilities,flat screen tv dvd cd ,fresh crisp linen & towels comfortable beds,the location was great for our daily sight seeing activities & perfect for our excursions for evening dinner and those all important pints of Guinness ,if we were to return someday i would certainly consider staying here again,Fergal was both professional & courteous in all his expedient dealings with us.Thank you for helping to make our vacation trouble free & memorable.the only thing that was missing that my wife mentioned to me was a Hair dryer but that is a minor detail.

Recommended for: Age 55+, families with teenagers, families with young children, tourists without a car, sightseeing.

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Week in Galway

Guest jim murdock
Date of stay 07/16/11
Review Submitted 08/01/11

We had booked this house mainly as it was described as being a 15 minute walk to both the city centre and the Salthill promenade. However walking to the city centre took nearer 30 minutes with a similar time period required to reach Salthill(via Millars lane). This resulted in us driving to both destinations as required. Sheridans pub is also not 0.5 kilometers away as stated and again requires to be driven to. The house itself is described as luxury however it was equipped with an old style TV which packed in after a couple of days. This was replaced with a similar style TV. Surely luxury requires a flatscreen TV and perhaps a DVD player nowadays. We never meet Fergal until the day before we left. I would have thought he could have made the effort to welcome us to the house when we first arrived. Overall I would describe the house as average in a quite area located MORE than 15 minutes walk to both the city centre and Salthill area.

Recommended for: Families with teenagers, sightseeing.

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couuaught rangers

Guest bob s.
Date of stay 07/09/11
Review Submitted 08/02/11

The house was fully furnished and very clean. What a great place from which to do some sightseeing around Galway & the Connemara area.. Two young familys (4 adults,3 kids) stayed in fergals townhouse for a week and loved every minute. The pictures and reviews on the website truthfully depict the house and may not do it justice in some cases,its close proximity to Galway city & the nearby seaside resort of salthill was perfect for us with its many pubs & restaurants all were easily accessable by foot or local bus,and the nearby shopping mall also very handy.

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Easter week in Galway for a family wedding

Guest Derv.
Date of stay 04/25/11
Review Submitted 05/22/11

I highly recommend this property for rental for the Salthill area if you have a family of young children. Fergal was very flexible with numbers as well as dates for renting, we needed Monday to Monday! It was spacious, despite there being 11 of us at one stage, clean, well-equpped and if we needed anything Fergal was only too happy to provide with a smile at all times! There is a nice safe green area out the front with really friendly kids who played all week with my 3 children and kept them happy. I will certainly consider staying here again in the future.

Recommended for: Families with young children

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sight seeing

Guest clyde
Date of stay 04/18/11
Review Submitted 08/04/11

My husband and I have travelled extensively in Europe, and Galway was among our favourite places to stay ever.our son & daughter spent a semester in university there so we needed a place that we could all spend time together in comfortably. It gets our highest marks re: location, convenience, overall amenities, hospitality of the owner, and proximity to everything we wanted to see. The apartment is roomy, attractively decorated, and immaculate. It is one of the best value for money we found, and there is no doubt that we would stay here again if our travels ever bring us back to Galway. It was truly a home away from home! All details of our transaction were also expertly handled, and the owner was available for advice and support during the stay whenever we needed him. This will be a place we will return many times, and we would recommend it to anyone looking for a peaceful setting in Galway with all the comforts of home

Recommended for: Families with teenagers, families with young children, tourists without a car, sightseeing.

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Weekend Wedding in Galway.

Guest Ca
Date of stay 09/10/10
Review Submitted 09/15/10

Excellent place to stay when attending a function in Salthill. The house was spacious and clean. A home away from home. Fergal, the owner was very helpful. Recommended.

Recommended for: Adventure seekers, families with teenagers, families with young children, girls getaway, sightseeing.

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wonderful guest house in the city of galway

Guest Angie
Date of stay 09/02/10
Review Submitted 09/20/10

wonderful house in a nice surounding. bedrooms, kitchen and bathrooms were very clean and comfortable. although we didn´t have a car we could get to galway in a slowly 30 minutes walk. we had a great time in this house!!! a very good adress in Galway for sleeping and living. thanks a lot from berlin

Recommended for: Age 55+, families with teenagers, families with young children, girls getaway, tourists without a car.

Owner response: Unfortunately for Angie i was away on vacation that week so i was not on hand to give her the correct route to walk to the center of the city in 15minutes however she could also have taken a bus as the stop is directly across the road from the house & she would have been in the heart of the city in less than 3 to 4minutes.

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Our galway vacation

Guest Flemish
Date of stay 10/10/09
Review Submitted 10/19/09

Very nice, home away from home. There were seven of us staying, and the house was clean & fresh,very pleasantly decorated,roomy, very convenient to the city 4/5 Min's by bus to Eyre sq or 2/3 minutes to the west of the city (Dominick street i think !) with traditional bars playing Gaelic music well worth a visit. We were able to prepare all our own meals as the place is fully equipped with all kitchen accoutrement's & the washer & dryer in the laundry were a great benefit. We generally got the local bus in a & out of the city as they ran every 15mins or so & the three or four times we went to salthill promenade we liked to walk (good exercise) in 10/15 mins we also had a car & drove from there to tourist attraction such as kylemore abbey & connamara which is truly breathe taking we were so lucky to have gotten spectacular weather for this time of year . I'd highly recommend this house if you decide to visit in the city of the tribes.

Recommended for: Age 55+, families with teenagers, families with young children, tourists without a car, sightseeing.

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Great House Great Location peaceful but central...

Guest Giles & victoria
Date of stay 09/19/09
Review Submitted 10/02/09

Having returned from a most enjoyable week long stay in Galway,we feel compelled to convey our total satisfaction with our wonderful choice of holiday accommodation.On our entry to the property,(Fergal was there to greet us) we were suitably impressed, the spacious lounge had very nice & comfy leather sofas a good size TV & our two teenage boys were delighted to here there was free Wi-Fi to boot,the kitchen/dining area is quite large & fully equipped, to meet all your requirements, with a washer & dryer located in the laundry room adjacent,upstairs we were very happy with the sleeping arrangements everything was meticulously clean & fresh,nicely decorated bedrooms with comfortable double beds & good size single ones for the boys with freshly laundered towels on each of the beds. A good size family bathroom & the Master bedroom having an en-suite with electric shower. The Location of the house was Great,there is a bus stop located just two minutes from the house that ran directly into the city "every twenty" minutes our two boys were again delighted as it gave them a bit of freedom to get away & enjoy themselves in the center of the city.Salthill was only a short fifteen minute walk from the house via a little short cut called millers lane where my husband & i enjoyed several bracing strolls along the promenade breathing in that fresh sea air.We had our own car with us but i feel it not necessary to have one because the house is quite central and access to everything is within easy reach weather walking, by bus, or a taxi fare from the center only eight to ten euro.I must recommend a lovely local bar/restaurant called "Sheridans" you would be better to get a taxi or drive there but the food was wonderful (not cordon bleu) more homely with lots of local people & a great atmosphere. To sum up we would most definitely recommend you stay at this lovely house,with a very obliging host.... Thank you.

Recommended for: Families with teenagers, families with young children, girls getaway, tourists without a car, sightseeing.

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galway house

Guest Evie B
Date of stay 09/11/09
Review Submitted 09/28/09

The property fitted the bill from the perspective of the family,spacious and clean. What it lacked was any info on the day to day running of the place. We had initially had difficulty finding the house so a map with booking confirmation would be useful.It took us a while to work out the hot water which ran out very quickly so bathing the toddler was problematic and water had to be topped up with kettles. Six adults queuing for the en suite shower needed a rota! No instructions for heating could be found fortunately we had unusually good weather so it was not needed. The wheely bins were full of smelly rubbish ,we managed a dash outside when we heard the refuse cart but they did not take everything. Fergal was away so a relative kindly stood in but was not au fait with area or day to day running. The house is a good twenty minute walk to Salt Hill with another 20 mins from there to the city (at least) so we took car down to promenade and walked from there. You really need a car but beware because the traffic is very heavy and trying to leave the city in the rush hour requires about 30 mins extra on you trip to leave the city

Recommended for: Sightseeing

Owner response: I feel i must put my hands up on this occasion & i regret to hear the dissatisfaction of this review but i was away that particular week & I had someone stand in for me while i was away,unfortunately as the saying goes, " if you want a job done right you have to do it yourself ". However having said that i think the other very positive & complimentary reviews reflect the overall satisfaction guests experience when staying at the property,& i will endeavour to see this does not reoccur, incidentally you can see from the reveiw of the people that stayed the following week, they were extremely happy with the property,it's location & close proximity to Salthill & the serviced bus route two minutes from the house that runs directly into the city centre every" twenty minutes " in a five minute journey time so i would take the other reviews as a guide to the property on this occasion.

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Great Place

Guest IloveGalway
Date of stay 06/20/09
Review Submitted 12/06/09

This house in Galway city was just the best. It was great that it was a very quiet area. There is a shop just 5 minutes walk away and a shopping mall 3 minutes by bike away. We loved the garden. We were very happy that our children could go play outside. The house is big, it was clean and well-maintained, and everything we needed was in the house. The best was that the owner bought some food for breakfast so the very first day we already had something there and had not to start the day with shopping but with breakfast :-) We had a problem with the washing machine but the owner reacted immediatly and solved the problem so that we did not have to worry about anything. I would not reccomend this house if you do not have a car or bikes as it is at least a half an hour walk into the city. I would defenitely recommend this property to a friend. Galway is a great place to stay. There are a few festivals during the year, e.g. the arts festival. There are interesting things to see in the area, Cliffs of Moher, Aran Islands, Connemara. There is an endless number of restaurants and pubs so there is a lot to do in the evening. This time we were not interested. We were there with our two kids. We went to the beach. We did a city bus tour. We went to the acquarium. And we visited almost all playgrounds in Galway. Everybody was very nice to us and we had a really good time.

Recommended for: Age 55+, families with teenagers, families with young children, romantic getaway, sightseeing.

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Holiday in galway

Guest Quillet
Date of stay 05/20/09
Review Submitted 06/17/09

My wife and I found the owner Fergal o`Boyle to be very friendly and hospitable. On arrival he was particularly helpful. The house was in good order and contained everything required except perhaps a dishwasher ( but this was not really necessary for us). The beds were comfortable and the whole house was clean and well maintained. The house was cleaned and bed linen, towels etc. were changed once a week. The East/West aspect front and rear was excellent for sunlight with the double opening doors separating the Lounge and the Dining/Kitchen rooms. Very pleasant small gardens front and rear. The front of the house looks out on a large open communal green. Good and ample furniture provided and the Wi Fi was a great benefit. The nearest shops were about 15 minutes walk away. There is nothing really to do in the immediate area. You have to go to the City centre or Salthill. Unless there is a quick route that we were unaware of, it took about 20 minutes to walk to Salthill Prom. To go to Galway centre it was only a 3 minute walk to the bus stop. buses ran every 20 minutes. We took a bus most days. At night we took a taxi which generally cost 10 euros Overall we were very happy with the house and enjoyed our stay.

Recommended for: Age 55+, families with young children, tourists without a car.

Owner response: There is a short cut to get to salthill promenade it is through Millers lane,i did not point this out to them,john & his wife are in their seventies.

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Great find in Galway City

Guest Sillymoo
Date of stay 03/19/09
Review Submitted 03/22/09

We were 8 adults attending a wedding in Galway from the UK and decided to stay in this house. Communication with Fergal was easy adn meetng him to be let into the property was simple. The house is large and bright and nicely furnished and nothing is too far by taxi or a 10/15 minute walk whcih was great. The street is quiet and all beds are suitable for adults. We wanted to stay a few more days but had to come back to work!

Recommended for: Age 55+, families with teenagers, families with young children, girls getaway, sightseeing.

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A great time in Galway

Guest Cary M.
Date of stay 11/22/08
Review Submitted 12/09/08

We had a wonderful family Thanksgiving in Galway. The location of the house was perfect- allowing us easy access to both Galway City and all the area sites. We enjoyed a welcoming box of chocolates along with tea and coffee after our long flight and we were relieved to have the owner lead us directly to the house. The house was perfect for our needs, with abundant space and a full-size washer and dryer. Everything was neat and clean and the owner checked in periodically to make sure our needs were being met. I would certainly recommend this house for any family traveling to Galway and its environs. It's a perfect location for a memorable trip to Western Ireland.

Recommended for: Families with teenagers, families with young children, girls getaway, sightseeing.

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a great stay in Galway

Guest Esther villegas
Date of stay 09/06/08
Review Submitted 12/21/08

We enjoyed the house for a week last september , it was lovely and comfortable it is situated in a peaceful area , it is just some minutes driving to the center of Galway , you can also take the bus in front of the house . Galway is a lovely town full of young people and with a great atmosphere ,

Recommended for: Families with young children

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highly recommended

Guest St.deB
Date of stay 09/05/08
Review Submitted 10/01/08

The property was exactly as described and is a lot bigger than it appears in the photos. We had a wonderful time - the house is really well located and easy to get to. The accommodation is extremely well maintained, very clean; the owner is very pleasant and gave us helpful advice on where to go and what to do. The house, although centrally located is in a quiet residential area - so there's wonderful peace and quiet at night. Great time - recommend this property and the area to anyone - without reservation.

Recommended for: Age 55+, families with teenagers, families with young children, girls getaway, sightseeing.

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One home to return too

Guest Irish Rovers
Date of stay 08/16/08
Review Submitted 08/25/08

This was an ideal house, centrally situated and convenient for the coast and the city. It was in a quiet residential area. Right from the start on our arrival it felt like a home. There were three adults and two children to cater for and it certainly suited our requirements. The house was furnished and equipped to cover our basic needs. We were able to relax and make ourselves at home. Certainly suits family requirements. We will definitely be contacting the Owner again requesting the use of his house and be recommending the property to our family and friends.

Recommended for: Age 55+, families with young children, tourists without a car, sightseeing.

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Traveler Reviews (18)

Lovely House with space for family and friends

Lovely House with space for family and friends

Great western Ireland adventure

Great western Ireland adventure

Week in Galway

Week in Galway

couuaught rangers

couuaught rangers

Easter week in Galway for a family wedding

Easter week in Galway for a family wedding

sight seeing

sight seeing

Weekend Wedding in Galway.

Weekend Wedding in Galway.

wonderful guest house in the city of galway

wonderful guest house in the city of galway

Our galway vacation

Our galway vacation

Great House Great Location peaceful but central...

Great House Great Location peaceful but central...

galway house

galway house

Great Place

Great Place

Holiday in galway

Holiday in galway

Great find in Galway City

Great find in Galway City

A great time in Galway

A great time in Galway

a great stay in Galway

a great stay in Galway

highly recommended

highly recommended

One home to return too

One home to return too