Ireland Guide
Belfast
Hotels
1 Days Hotel 40 Hope St 
028/9024 2494 
www.dayshotelbelfast.co.uk A Gargantuan seven-storey modern establishment, in an unappealing location near Sandy Row, but offering splendid rooms and a fine buffet breakfast (not included in the room rate). Price: €120-150
2 Europa Hotel Great Victoria St 028/9027 1066 www.hastingshotels.com Bombed on numerous occasions in the past, this massive city-centre hotel near the Opera House offers a variety of rooms and lavish executive suites. The bar, with its huge windows overlooking the city's main drag, is a poseur's paradise. Price: €250-300
3 Hilton Belfast 4 Lanyon Place 028/9027 7000, www.hilton.co.uk/belfast Huge and extravagant dockland addition to the Belfast skyline with staggering views across the city and a range of lavish rooms and suites. Price: €250-300
4 Holiday Inn Belfast 22–26 Ormeau Ave 028/9032 8511, www.belfast.holiday-inn.com Another huge modern edifice, offering excellently equipped bedrooms and a health and leisure centre. Price: €200-250
5 Jurys Inn Belfast Fisherwick Place, Great Victoria St 028/9053 3500 www.jurysinn.com . A mammoth, 190-bed branch of the Dublin chain, with rooms that can fit up to three adults or two adults and two children – handily, prices are per room no matter how many stay. Price: €120-150
6 Malmaison 34–38 Victoria St 028/9022 0200 www.malmaison-belfast.com . Installed in an elegantly converted warehouse, Malmaison features sumptuous suites named after the Samson and Goliath cranes, chic doubles and an attractive bar and restaurant. Price: €200-250.
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The Merchant 35–39 Waring St 028/9023 4888 www.themerchanthotel.com Once the HQ of the Ulster Bank, this substantial Victorian edifice has been converted into a wonderful hotel, complete with many of the original Italianate fittings and its own art gallery. Rooms are spacious and luxuriously furnished and its suites are impeccably elegant. Price: €300-400.
8 Ten Square 10 Donegall Square South 028/9024 1001 www.tensquare.co.uk A gem of a hotel in a much-refurbished, former linen house bang opposite City Hall, featuring just 23 individually designed rooms and suites, with an utterly opulent feel that draws its influences from colonial Shanghai. Price: €250-300.
9 Travelodge 15 Brunswick St 028/9033 3555 www.travelodge.co.uk Modern, budget-conscious en-suite accommodation, featuring king-sized beds, right in the city centre. Price: €90-120
10 Avenue House 23 Eglantine Ave 028/9066 5904, www.avenueguesthouse.com Pleasant Victorian townhouse providing well-equipped en-suite accommodation, including one family room and two others which sleep three people. Price: €60-90
11 Camera House 44 Wellington Park 028/9066 0026 
camera-gh@hotmail.com Very luxurious, elegantly decorated townhouse offering en-suite and standard accommodation. Price: €90-120
12 Dukes Hotel 65–67 University St 028/9023 6666 www.welcome-group.co.uk Smart, modern redevelopment of a fine Victorian building, featuring 12 elegant bedrooms, a small gym and sauna, and a fashionable bar. Price: €120-150
13 Express by Holiday Inn 106 University St 028/9031 1909 www.exhi-belfast.com Cheery, well-equipped rooms providing very restful accommodation and at a grand price. Price: €90-120
14 Madison's 59–63 Botanic Ave 028/9030 9800 www.madisonshotel.com A plush, economically priced hotel with spacious rooms and a bar/nightclub popular with 30-somethings. Price: €90-120
15 Malone Lodge Hotel 60 Eglantine Ave 028/9038 8000, www.malonelodgehotel.com Welcoming and well-equipped hotel with off-street parking, pleasantly decorated rooms and a notable restaurant. Price: €150-200
16 Roseleigh House 19 Rosetta Park 028/9064 4414 www.roseleighhouse.co.uk Deluxe accommodation, including a family room, in a quiet area at the bottom of the Ormeau Rd, about three miles from the city centre. Price: €90-120