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Help to decide between Imperial Hotel or Petra House BnB in Galway

I have a 2 nights reservation at Imperial Hotel for August 2024. But I now see Petra House has a better rate about 100 euros cheaper and includes breakfast.
But it is a little far from the city center. We will be coming from Galway bus station and take the train to Dublin.
What do you think of Petra House? Is it too far to walk with rolling luggage?

Thanks,

Posted by
7374 posts

We stayed at Petra House 4 years ago. It wasn’t too far (we’ve rolled luggage a lot farther), and it was actually very well positioned for reaching sights and locations the next two days. Good breakfast, too.

Posted by
99 posts

Re Petra House, if we arrive early like around 10.30 am, can we drop off our luggage?

Thanks

Posted by
1853 posts

Re Petra House, if we arrive early like around 10.30 am, can we drop off our luggage?

It might be better to contact them and ask rather than rely on 'hearsay' from the forum

Posted by
99 posts

Wasley, of course i'll contact the bnb. I was just asking in case anyone stayed there had the experience.

Although i really like to stay at Petra, at this point i'm still leaning towards staying at the hotel due to its distance from the bus/train station. If it's raining, we don't have to drag the suitcases too long.

Posted by
5819 posts

If you look on Google maps there are three bus services from the City Centre to a stop almost outside Petra House, with a daytime combined frequency of around every five minutes. So you won't need to be rolling your luggage.

Posted by
99 posts

Thanks isn31c,
Didn't think of checking of buses. Yep, that will work.