Sleepzone Galway City
Sleepzone Galway City was voted by Hostelworld.com customers as the "Best Hostel in Ireland 2006" !
Sleepzone is situated in the centre of Galway City — 100 metres from Eyre Square, only three minutes from the bus and rail terminal and close to all the city’s amenities, including pubs, clubs, cafes, and restaurants.
Sleepzone is spacious, with over 200 beds in en suite rooms, and offers a beautiful, fully equipped self-catering kitchen and barbeque terrace. Ultra modern, Sleepzone offers free internet access and is WiFi enabled, so bring your laptops for free wireless surfing. Sleepzone provides 24 hour reception, self-service laundry, bureau de change, luggage lockers and safety deposit boxes for your valuables.
Sleepzone Galway City serves as the perfect gateway to the beautiful West of Ireland. We can arrange packaged or customizedtours to the Aran Islands, Cliffs of Moher, The Burren and Connemara, and also overnight accommodation in one of our sister hostels in Connemara or The Burren.
Sleepzone Top Things To Do
Sleepzone Galway City
- Listen to some traditional Irish music in one of Galway’s many traditional bars – The Crane; Monroe’s; Tigh Coili; Taaffe’s.
- Enjoy one of Galway many famous Festivals: (www.galwayartsfestival.com; www.galwayfilmfleadh.com;) Cuirt International Festival of Literature (www.galwayartscentre.ie); The Galway Races (www.galwayraces.com)
- Eat in one of Galway’s many fine restaurants – fresh Atlantic seafood from simple fish’n’chips in Conlon’s or McDonagh’s to innovative dishes in award-winning restaurants such as Vina Mara, Oscar’s or Martine’s Quay St. Wine Bar.
- Visit the Aran Islands – www.aranislands.com; be sure to check out Joel’s “vaguely vegetarian buffet” nightly in Mainistir House at 8.p.m - www.mainistirhousearan.com
- Check out Galway’s vibrant live music scene – www.roisindubh.net
- Drive some of Europe’s most breathtaking natural scenery on The Connemara Loop – www.goconnemara.com
- Visit The Burren ( www.burrenbeo.com ) and The Cliffs of Moher (www.cliffsofmoher.ie). Daily guided tours available from Galway with GalwayTourCompany.com; o’neachtaintours.com; healytours.com etc.
- Enjoy the Farmer’s Market on Saturday mornings.
- Rent a bike from West Ireland Cycling (www.westirelandcycling.com)
- Enjoy the street theatre, buskers, shopping and general bonhomie of Shop St. - Galway’s pedestrianised main street.... by day and by night.
How to Find Us

See maps & directions page for more detailed directions.
- Sleepzone Hostel
- Tourist Office
- Bus/Rail Station
- Post Office
- University (NUI Galway)
- Town Hall Theatre
- Cinema and Shopping Centres
- Quay Street (pubs eg Tigh Neachtain, Quays etc)
- Dominick Street (Monroes Tavern, Roisin Dubh, The Crane etc)