Kinvara Doorus House Youth Hostel, Kinvara, Ireland
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About Kinvara Doorus House Youth Hostel
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The 56 bed historic Doorus House Youth Hostel is open all year. It sits on a peninsula between the bays of Galway and Kinvara at the base of the Burren Mountains, just 29 kilometres south of Galway.
Originally the home of the Count deBasterot, it was the home that WB Yeats, Lady Gregory and Sir Edward Martyn met to start the Irish National Theatre (Abbey Theatre).
This setting offers a great base for exploring Connemara to the north, the Burren close by, the Cliffs of Moher to the southwest and the Aran Islands off the West Coast. The Burren was listed as the number one Irish adventure by The Sunday Times (UK). Hillwalking, rare flora and fauna, limestone landscape, ancient tombs and ring forts all make the Burren one of the most unique places in all the country.
In nearby Kinvara there is nightly music, live entertainment, grocery shopping,restaurants and taxi service.
There is a fully equipped self-catering kitchen, large dining area and relaxing common room with a real turf fire on the cooler Irish evenings. Warmer evenings will often find people enjoying their meals at the picnic tables or playing a game of volleyball. Other features of the hostel include internet access, meeting rooms, a small shop in reception, free Irish movies in the evening and bike hire.
A 10-minute walk will find you at the Blue Flag Traught Beach with a view across Galway Bay of Connemara and Galway City.
The managers of Doorus House received the 2002 Bord Fáilte Irish Welcome Awards Certificate of Merit for representing the values of the traditional Irish welcome.
Facilities
- Luggage Storage
- Telephone/Fax Facilities
- Travel Desk/Travel Info
- Internet Access
- Towels
- Children Friendly
- Wheelchair Friendly
- Guest Kitchen
- Bicycle Hire
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Location
- Address
- Doorus House Co. Galway
Directions
Finding Doorus House:
Doorus House is located just six kilometres northwest of Kinvara village in Co. Galway.
BY TRAIN:Iarnrod Eireann
(http://www.irishrail.ie/your_journey/timetables.asp )
Dublin (Heuston station to Galway) then take bus, car or taxi to Doorus House.
BY BUS: Bus Eireann
http://www.buseireann.ie
Galway-Doorus Cross-Doolin-Cliffs of Moher Bus Eireann routes 15, 50, and 423. Scheduled stop in Kinvara village or request stop at Doorus Cross. With these buses make sure you request to get off at Doorus Cross. It is a 3km walk from Doorus Cross to Doorus Hostel. Galway-Nogra Bus Eireann Route 434. Take bus to last stop at Fahy's Traveller's Inn in Nogra. It is 1.5km walk from Travellers to the hostel. Limmerick-via Cliffs of Moher-Doorus Cross Bus Eireann routes 15, 50, and 423. Cliffs of Moher - Doorus Cross Bus Eireann routes 15, 50, and 423. Alternate buses Limerick-Galway Bus Eireann route 51 runs every hour transfer at Kilcolgan 16km from hostel catch Nogra Bus Eireann route 434 M-F at 5:40 pm Or Bus Eireann routes 15, 50, and 423 to Doorus Cross.
BY CAR:
FROM THE NORTH: (Donegal, Sligo, Mayo) Drive south on the N18 towards Limerick. At the south end of Kilcolgan, turn right on the N67 to Kinvara. Drive through Kinvara village approximately three kilometres to Doorus Cross. Turn right at the Doorus House Youth Hostel sign. It is another three kilometres to the Youth Hostel from the turn off the N67. Follow the signposts.
FROM THE EAST: (Dublin) Take the N6 west towards Galway. At Oranmore take the N18 south. Follow directions above.
FROM THE SOUTH: (Cork, Killarney, Limerick, Ennis) Drive north on the N18 towards Galway. Approaching Kilcolgan, turn left on the N67 to Kinvara. Drive through Kinvara village approximately three kilometres to Doorus Cross. Turn right at the Doorus House Youth Hostel sign. It is another three kilometres to the Youth Hostel from the turn off the N67. Follow the signposts
FROM THE WEST: (Cliffs of Moher) You can choose two routes to Doorus House. One is north along the Coast Road (R478 to R477) or through Lisdoonvarna (R478 to N67). Both roads meet in Ballyvaughan where the N67 continues east to Kinvara. Turn left at Doorus Cross at the Doorus House Youth Hostel 3km sign.
BY PLANE: Galway Airport: 35 minutes by car to Doorus Shannon Airport: 1 hour and 15 minutes by car to Doorus Dublin Airport 3 hour 30 minutes by car to Doorus.
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