Where to stay queen's quarter Belfast

If you can't find an apt or vacation rental there is a Holiday Inn Express that my wife and I stayed over Christmas a few years ago. Gated parking for the rental, and just down the street from Queens. They included free breakfast, and had internet - at the usual assault and robbery charges. Hopefully they've updated, we're going in July and planning on booking there again. Will post findings on that in case you need a backup. http://www.exhi-belfast.com/Utilities/Find-Us.aspx Hopefully that link will work, if not - its at 106 University in Belfast. cheers, Glenn in Tucson, AZ

http://www.stayatqueens.com/sites/StayAtQueens/Summer/HolidayAccommodation/ I stayed at Queen's University in their summer accommodation for tourists a few year's back (see weblink above). They do have a number of double rooms that are ensuite w/ your own shower, toilet & sink (singles share a bathroom). WiFi is free, a self-serve breakfast buffet is included in the University cafeteria, and guests have access to a kitchenette which is stocked with a few basic cooking utensils, stove, sink & fridge if you want to cook a meal or just store some drinks or snacks in the fridge. No tv or phone in the rooms, but they had on-site coin-op laundry facilities which is a big plus when staying anywhere for an extended amount of time. They seem to group all the summer tourists staying on campus in the same buildings, so not like you have to deal with some noisy college kids partying at 3AM in the room next door which is great. I found the building (and the grounds) to be very quiet and I stayed there for a week. I liked the neighborhood the University accommodation was located in. It was within walking distance to the Botanical Gardens & Ulster Museum, there was a city bus stop right outside the gates to the University accommodation and it took about 15 minutes on the bus to get to the Belfast train station or city center. You can also ask the front desk to call you a taxi, or you can flag one pretty easily as there seem to be plenty of cabs traveling the street in front of the campus. There was also a handful of nice sit-down restaurants and loads of cheap takeout joints nearby. I'd definitely stay there again if I was in Belfast during the summer. The decor is somewhat drab & institutional, but if you don't really care about what the furniture or paint looks like, it's good value for the price.

Old Rectory is a wonderful B&B down the road from Queen's College: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g186470-d218107-Reviews-Old_Rectory-Belfast_Northern_Ireland.html