Wow! What a great place to stay. The location is perfect. Walk five minutes to restaurants or the famous Crane Bar with Irish music. Seven to ten minutes gets you to Monroe's Pub, the harbor, museum, Spanish arch, the long walk, Shop street, the market, the Claddah and the Cathedral. Twenty minutes to the Prom and Salt Hill beach. We went swimming in Galway Bay. If you are driving it is 2 hours to the Cliffs, the Burren and its Caves or one hour to Connemara and the Abbey. If you are not driving, the day-tour buses are a 10 minute walk. However, while the location is great, the best is Nora and her hospitality. Her place is beautiful, comfortable, and clean. Each morning we were greeted with a breakfast of smoked salmon, assorted cheeses, yogurts, Irish breads, jams, butter, teas, fresh berries, fruit and orange juice - wow. And Nora herself was so warm and charming and full of local knowledge of how to make each day and foray even more interesting. We had eight wonderful carefree days and nine nights at Nora's and would go back in a warm heartbeat.