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Boasting an excellent location in the affluent Ballsbridge area of Georgian Dublin, The Grand Canal Hotel is a perfect base to discover the vibrant and friendly Irish capital. The hotel is only a 15 minute stroll from the city centre with Grafton Street, Trinity College, the O2 (Shuttle Bus), etc. Right across the road from the Grand Canal Dock you will find the DART Station, which is ideal for daytrips to Dublin's seaside. Inaugurated in 2004, the Grand Canal Hotel in Dublin offers great value accommodation in a secure environment, where key-cards are required to access all rooms and floors. Hotel features include free parking, and the popular Gasworks Bar, offering flat screen TV, games, live entertainment and tasty food. A full Irish breakfast at the on-site Epic Restaurant is a great way to start each day during your stay.
By car from Dublin Airport: Drive to the Airport Roundabout and take the second exit onto the M1 (signposted Dublin). Join the M1 motorway and continue forward (signposted M1 City Centre). Guests will enter Dublin on this road. Follow the traffic signals and continue forward onto Drumcondra Road Lower-N1 (signposted City Centre). At Junction 70, turn left onto Belvidere Road (signposted N3, N4, N7 and N11). Then at Junction 71 turn left onto North Circular Road-R101 (signposted N11). This is the road to Croke Park Stadium. At the traffic lights, continue forward onto the North Circular Road (R101). At Junction 72 continue forward onto Portland Row (signposted N11). At Junction 73, turn right onto Amiens Street-R105 (signposted City Centre). Connolly Station will be on the left. Continue forward and at the traffic lights cross the River Liffey over Talbot Memorial Bridge. At Junction 2 take the left-hand lanes and turn left on to City Quay (signposted The South East N11). Continue forward onto Sir John Rogerson's Quay. Turn right onto Cardiff Lane at The Ferryman pub. Continue forward onto Macken Street. At the traffic lights, turn left onto Pearse Street. Continue forward onto Ringsend Road. Turn right onto Barrow Street at the 2nd set of traffic lights. Continue to the end of Barrow Street and guests will see the hotel opposite.
The restaurant serves traditional Irish and European food in a modern setting and is called Epic. The food is of an extremely high standard. The Gasworks (contemporary Irish) bar gives our guests the perfect setting to enjoy a delicious meal, a cool beverage, a glass of wine, a coffee or something special from our cocktail menu. Furnished with luxurious couches and artwork throughout, it is the ideal location to relax after a day exploring Dublin. Canal Express, a the new coffee bar experience at the hotel, offers a wide range of speciality coffees, smoothies, pastries and gourmet sandwiches to eat in the relaxing ambience of our lobby or to take away.
A large, modern, purpose-built hotel, with no outstanding features.
The lobby is modern, large and especially welcoming with helpful and friendly staff and plenty of space to relax in comfortable sofas.
The Restaurant Epic offers contemporary bistro dining at a competitive price. The relaxed inviting atmosphere of Epic is the perfect place to enjoy anything from an appetiser to a four-course meal. Canal Express, the coffee bar experience, offers a wide range of freshly brewed specialty coffees, smoothies, delicious pastries and gourmet sandwiches to take away or to enjoy in the relaxing ambience of the lobby. The Gasworks contemporary Irish bar gives guests a modern setting to enjoy a delicious meal, a specialty coffee, a cool beverage, a glass of wine or something special from the cocktail menu.
142 tastefully decorated and fully equipped rooms. All rooms are en-suite with multi-channel cable TV, in-house movies, steam iron and ironing board, wireless Internet access throughout the hotel, hair dryer and tea and coffee-making facilities. These are extremely comfortable and well-appointed rooms.
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How to arrive
1 minute walk to the nearest metro station (grand canal dock)
Located in the Ballsbridge area of Dublin, only 10 minutes from the city centre. (approx 1 km) . The nearest Metro (DART) station is a 1-minute walk away. (Station: 'Grand Canal Dock'). The property is also convenient to some of Dublins main attractions, such as the National Art Gallery, Trinity college, the Point Theatre and Lansdowne Road Stadium.
