BUDGET
DUBLIN AIRPORT HOTEL
Express By Holiday Inn Dublin Airport
I
don’t often report on airport hotels. One stays because
it’s convenient and the location and availability are good,
but I’ll make an exception for the Holiday Inn Express at Dublin
International Airport. I'd spent a week wandering around Ireland
and over to England, but had to head back home via Dublin, so needed
a convenient stop at an airport hotel within easy reach of the city
center. Most all hotels at Dublin’s
airport are located a coach ride away. The Express by Holiday Inn,
about 2 miles, shares a courtesy coach
and a location with the Crowne 
Plaza
Dublin Northwood Park (see Park,
Stay and Go Package), the more upper range
hotel property of the same company making for the best
of both
worlds. These
airport hotels are situated in a park setting across from a stream
and pond
of paddling
ducks and swans, making for a surprisingly relaxing country feeling
setting for a mid-urban hotel. One of the advantages of this arrangements
is that you can stay in a budget room at the Holiday Inn Express
with all the expectations of a basic quality modern hotel – good
room size and decor, tea and coffee, 
work
desk, satellite TV and buffet continental breakfast included - but
the
added benefit of enjoying the amenities of the more upscale big brother
next door
with two restaurants and bustling bar and conference center. The
Holiday Inn Express Dublin Airport is ideal for the business
or leisure traveler and has its own small licensed bar and lounge,
but a short
walk
from the hotel’s front door, the Little Venice Restaurant is
a pleasant local family run Italian place for parmesan and a pint,
and a variety of pubs and restaurants are about a bus stop away.
Getting
into Dublin city center for sight seeing is an easy trip on the
city bus line
which stops on the main Santry R123 route. The
15-20 minute city bus ride into the heart of Dublin costs about 1.60
Euro. Across the park river stream is the Morton Stadium athletic
field where one might catch a local game
and Croke Park Stadium is about 10 minutes away for a major match
or a concert. Malahide seaside
resort town is about a 30 minute bus ride (see Malahide
Castle). With
a rental car the hotel is 7 minutes from the airport and easy access
to the M50 motorway. The connected parking structure is a budget
friendly €6 a day for park and fly getaways. The courtesy coach
shuttle 5 min ride to the airport runs every half hour in the mornings
and evenings and hour intervals in the mid-day. © Bargain
Travel Europe
Book Express By Holiday Inn Dublin Airport or
the Crowne Plaza Hotel Dublin-Northwood
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SEE ALSO:
JAMESON
WHISKEY DISTILLERY TOUR
COOKERY
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS IN IRELAND
IRISH FERRIES - DUBLIN TO HOLYHEAD
