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Car Rental Shannon IrelandInformation About Rental a Car in IrelandIf you are looking for a car rental in Ireland, there are a number of options available to you with regard to pick-up locations and type of vehicles. In general car rentals in Ireland is a competitive market and you would be best to look around all the main companies, and even the smaller ones that are specific to Ireland as it is not uncommon for them to be offering the best value. In terms of locations of your car rental in Ireland, the two main cities, Cork and Dublin, are covered by all the car rental companies, and in general Dublin Airport, Cork Airport and Shannon Airport are also covered by all companies. If you are picking a car rental up at one of the major airports you may fill in much of the paper work in the airport itself before getting a bus to the car park which in most cases is located just outside of the airport grounds. When it comes to renting a car in Galway, Sligo, Tralee and Rosslare you options are going to be greatly reduced with Hertz and Budget being the only operators. In general the vehicles are top notch, and cars are generally well less than a year old. The range offered starts at Group A with a Toyota Yaris up to a Lexus IS200 or Mercedes E200. Most people travelling from America are used to air conditioning, but in Ireland it is not necessary and most vehicles do not have advanced climate control. As regards driving in Ireland, the main roads are good but not up to continental standards and while motor ways are becoming more and more common, Ireland still lags behind in this department. Crucially cars drive on the left of the road in Ireland and for those who are used to driving on the other side, it takes some time to get used to. One tip that works quiet well is to always make sure to keep your right hand to the centre of the road. The only time this is ever an issue is at cross roads. The other thing that our foreign visitors should bear in mind is that roundabouts are used extensively and in many cases with traffic lights. Speed limits in Ireland are in kilometres per hour and are strictly enforced even if the Police coverage on the roads is not as much as perhaps in other countries. In built up areas the speed limit is 50km while on motorways the speed limit is 120km. Speed signs are along every road so there should be no concerns about not knowing what speed limit the road you are travelling on is.
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10 Jun 2008 at 9:33pm myHotelVideo.com presents: Hotel Radisson SAS Limerick in Limerick / Ireland / IrelandmyHotelVideo 55 sec - Jun 11, 2008 More @ http://myhotelvideo.com/de/landingpage/youtube/resourceid/Mhv_Catalog_Offer::62284 Location: This attractive city hotel is located amidst approximately 20 hectares of gardens roughly 3 km from the centre of Limerick. The hotel is situated in a strategic position, directly on the N18 Ennis Road, and thus enjoys excellent links to Shannon airport, which is about 12 km from the hotel. Facilities: Renovated in 2002, the 4-storey hotel comprises a total of 154 rooms, of which 4 are suites. Guests are welcomed in the inviting lobby where there is a 24-hour reception desk, a safe for securely storing valuables, a currency exchange desk, as well as a cloakroom and a lift. There is also a newspaper stand. Dining options include a pleasant café, a cosy bar and an elegant restaurant (with highchairs for children). Further facilities include a conference room for business meetings and conventions. In addition, there is a public Internet terminal and a WLAN access point. Laundry services, room services and medical assistance round off the facilities on offer. Younger guests may let off steam in the playground. Those arriving by car may use the hotel car park. Rooms: The comfortable and tastefully decorated rooms are carpeted and come with a cosy sitting area, a king-size bed and an en suite bathroom. A hairdryer, a direct dial telephone, satellite/ cable TV, a radio, a minibar/ fridge, a hire safe and an Internet connection all feature as standard. Air conditioning and heating can be individually regulated. Sports/Entertainment: The well-kept grounds include a swimming pool as well as comfortable sun loungers. Sports enthusiasts can do aerobics or play basketball. Meals: Guests may select their breakfast from a buffet. Lunch may be chosen from a set menu and dinner is available à la carte. Special dietary requirements as well as individual-specific dishes may be prepared. Payment: American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard and VISA are accepted methods of payment. Read more...
9 Jun 2008 at 4:29pm myHotelVideo.com presents: Hotel Temple Gate in Shannon / Ireland / IrelandmyHotelVideo 55 sec - Jun 9, 2008 More @ http://myhotelvideo.com/de/landingpage/youtube/resourceid/Mhv_Catalog_Offer::62280 Location: This city hotel is located near Ennis town centre in Ireland. Plenty of shopping venues, restaurants and bars are all found in the hotel's immediate vicinity (within a radius of about 500 m). Various nightclubs are located 1 km away from the hotel. Links to the public transport network are to be found about 2 km away. Shannon Airport is around 15 km away and the beach is 25 km from the hotel. Facilities: The hotel was built in 1996, renovated in 1998 and consists of a total of 70 rooms, of which 58 are singles, 8 are doubles, 2 are suites and 2 are apartments/studios. The facilities include a lobby with a 24-hour reception, TV room, free WLAN/ Internet access, cloakroom, currency exchange desk, conference rooms, bicycle rental, a bicycle cellar and car parking facilities. Dining options include a café, an inviting bar and an à la carte restaurant. Further facilities include room and laundry services. Rooms: The cosily furnished rooms all have en suite bathroom facilities with a hairdryer, a direct dial telephone, satellite/ cable TV, a radio and Internet access. Moreover, the rooms come with central heating as standard. The suites are equipped with a minibar, double bed and hire safe. All the apartments/studios come with a combined living/ sleeping room as well as a bedroom. Meals: Breakfast is available to guests each morning. At lunchtime and in the evenings, guests may select dishes from a set menu; at lunchtime there is also a buffet service available to choose from. In addition, the hotel caters for guests with special dietary requirements. Payment: American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard and VISA cards are all accepted as methods of payment. Read more...
4 Jun 2008 at 2:35pm myHotelVideo.com presents: Hotel Clarion Hotel Limerick in Limerick / Ireland / IrelandmyHotelVideo 55 sec - Jun 4, 2008 More @ http://myhotelvideo.com/de/landingpage/youtube/resourceid/Mhv_Catalog_Offer::55019 Location: This attractive city hotel enjoys a spectacular location right by the riverbank, in the heart of Limerick. The famous O'Connell Street and Cruises Street with its lively pedestrianised area and shopping opportunities is only a short 5-minute walk away. Links to the public transport network are located at Colbert station, around 10 minutes walk, and guests will also be able to reach plenty of restaurants, bars and pubs within this time. Some of the most famous sightseeing attractions are around 15 minutes drive away including Bunratty Castle & Folk Park, King John's Castle, the Hunt Museum and Limerick Race Course. The nearest airport is Shannon, located around 15 km from the hotel (a roughly 20-minute drive). Dublin airport lies some 190 km away. Facilities: Built in the summer of 2002, this fully air-conditioned city hotel comprises a total of 93 double rooms spread over 17 floors, of which 30 are apartments. The pleasant lobby includes a 24-hour reception desk, a currency exchange facility and a lift. The culinary options include a snug bar, which specialises in Thai and Malaysian dishes, and an air-conditioned restaurant. Further facilities include 12 function rooms for meetings and conferences with high-tech equipment and a capacity of up to 110 persons. A public Internet terminal as well as a WLAN access point are also offered to guests. Room and laundry services are available and those arriving by car may use the hotel car park. Rooms: The comfortable and tastefully decorated rooms come with a kitchenette, a king-size bed with wonderful Egyptian bedding, an en suite bathroom, a hairdryer, a direct dial telephone, a hire safe, satellite/cable TV, a radio and a minibar. Internet access is also available as well as central heating. Sports/Entertainment: The hotel offers use of the Sano Vitae Health & Fitness Club, where there is a fully equipped gym, a 12 m pool, a sauna, a steam room and a Jacuzzi. Meals: Guests may select their breakfast from an extensive buffet service. Lunch and dinner may be selected from a set menu or taken à la carte. Payment: American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard and VISA are accepted as methods of payment. Read more...
3 Jun 2008 at 10:25am myHotelVideo.com presents: Hotel Shannon Court in Shannon / Ireland / IrelandmyHotelVideo 55 sec - Jun 3, 2008 More @ http://myhotelvideo.com/de/landingpage/youtube/resourceid/Mhv_Catalog_Offer::62369 Location: This attractive hotel is surrounded by an idyllic park and is only 500 m from the lively centre of Shannon with scores of shops and other entertainment venues. Worthwhile excursions include a trip to the coast, which is 40 km away, or to the surrounding countryside. The airport is 1 km away. Facilities: The hotel consists of a total of 53 rooms spread over 3 floors. Guests are offered a large lobby with lifts, hire safes, a currency exchange desk and a 24-hour reception. There is also a homely bar, a pub, a nightclub and an exquisite restaurant (highchairs available). Business guests may wish to make use of the conference rooms. Room and laundry services are additionally available to guests. In addition, there are car-parking facilities available for use. Rooms: The impeccable en suite rooms are fitted with a hairdryer, a telephone, a TV, a double bed and central heating. Meals: Guests are invited to serve themselves from the breakfast buffet. In the evenings guests may dine à la carte or chose from the set menu. In addition, the hotel caters for guests with special dietary requirements. It is also possible to book either a half-board or an all-inclusive stay. Payment: American Express, MasterCard and VISA cards are all accepted as methods of payment. Read more...
28 May 2008 at 8:18am myHotelVideo.com presents: Hotel Jury's Limerick in Limerick / Ireland / IrelandmyHotelVideo 55 sec - May 28, 2008 More @ http://myhotelvideo.com/de/landingpage/youtube/resourceid/Mhv_Catalog_Offer::33527 Location: The hotel is situated at the heart of the city, on the bank of the River Shannon and just a two-minute stroll from the shopping and cultural centre of this vibrant, historic city. Facilities: This popular and centrally located hotel comprises a total of 100 rooms spread over 2 floors. Facilities include an elegant lobby area with a reception desk, 6 conference rooms, a bar and a restaurant. Parking is also on offer (charges apply) to guests arriving by car and there is a laundry service available. Rooms: The spacious, tastefully furnished rooms come with an en suite bathroom with hairdryer, a direct dial telephone, a minibar, a radio, satellite TV, Internet access, a trouser press, tea and coffee making facilities and a hire safe. Rooms for guests with mobility difficulties are available on request, as are non-smoking rooms. Sports/Entertainment: Leisure options include a sun terrace in the hotel well-tended grounds as well as an indoor pool, a steam bath, a Jacuzzi and a sauna. Sports enthusiasts may make use of the in-house gym. Meals: Breakfast and dinner are served in the modern and spacious restaurant whilst the pub offers a delicious range of bar snacks. Misc.: A parking fee of 7.50 EUR applies for overnight use of the nearby public car. How to get there: From Shannon Airport, leave the airport following signs for Limerick on the N18, then follow signs for Limerick city centre. Cross the River Shannon on to Lower Mallow Street and the hotel is on the right-hand side. Arriving by car from Dublin, take the N7 from Dublin to Limerick directly into the city. At the Parkway Shopping Centre roundabout take the second exit with the shopping centre now on the left. Follow this road to the next roundabout and take the first exit for the city centre. At the next set of lights turn left. The Hunt Museum will now be on the right. Follow straight through this street (Patrick Street) onto O'Connell Street and drive straight through until arriving at a set of traffic lights on Lower Mallow Street (third set of traffic lights). Turn immediately right. The hotel is located at the bottom of this street on the left, before reaching the roundabout. Read more...
12 Jan 2007 at 12:45pm Ireland Flying in to Shannon, Bunratty CastleMCVALKRIE 4 min - Jan 12, 2007 Day 2: Monday June 6th. We landed around 8:20am Ireland time. We got our rental car at the airport. It took 5 minutes just to figure out how to open the trunk! The kids were crabby. It took just a little to get used to the left side of the roads and swing around the roundabouts in 2nd gear. After we stopped at Bunratty castle to confirm our reservation for dinner that night, we went straight to the Old Mill cottage in Bruree, about 30 minutes south of Limerick on N20. The owners are Jessie and Dick Griffin with a son, David, who was Ryan's age. They live downstairs. Wonderful people! Jessie came up and gave us a quick tour of the house. Three bedrooms and two baths. The electricity was coin operated with Irish pounds. Obsolete now, but the system still worked well and the British penny was the same size, so she had a supply for us to use. We then reimbursed her at the end of the week. Robb and the kids napped while I drove up town to find a grocery store and some food for lunch. I took a short nap when I got back. After lunch, we headed to Bunratty castle near Shannon for the afternoon and evening. We explored all over the Bunratty grounds seeing many areas we hadn't discovered last time, like the Bunratty manor. We got done exploring everything there was to see about 2 hours before the Irish night was supposed to begin, so we sat in the courtyard of the restaurant. Meri had talked us into buying a $100 teddy bear with an Irish dancing girl dress. (Ok, it was 17 Euro) So she played with the doll that we named Aoife (pronounced Ee-fa -- Meri's middle name) and she danced around on the grass with her. Ryan bought a Guinness cap that he wore constantly after that unless we requested that he take it off for a picture. We had a great time playing cards and talking while the park closed and we waited for the Irish night to begin. I walked with Meri and found that the dinner was getting ready to start. Dinner was great! Between each course the waitresses and waiter performed dances and songs on the stage. After dinner, they all went up on the stage and had a wonderful show. Full of dancing, singing, jokes and stories. By this time, we had been awake for many many hours, but managed to stay awake until we got back to Bruree. Read more... |
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