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Very central, very cheap, and provides all the facilities you could wish for. Great choice of breakfasts from The Causeway Cafe. Fresh cooked and very reasonable.
22-32 Donegall Road, Belfast BT12 5JN
www.hostelworld.com
A fabulous environment rising above the predictable trend for minimalist chic to provide sumptuous luxury and impeccable service. The only flaw is the nightclub, which is more akin to a wedding disco with an appalling music policy.
The Merchant Hotel, 35-39 Waring St. Cathedral Quarter, Belfast BT1 2DY. Tel: +44 (0) 28 9023 4888 www.themerchanthotel.com
Good quality guesthouse in a well-furnished 19th-century house. Very friendly owners; comfortable sitting room; first class breakfasts suitable for carnivores and veggies. Good value at £65 per night for a double ensuite. Although a little way out of the centre, it's only £3.70 by taxi from the Europa Bus Station, and there's a bus every five minutes or so along the nearby Ormeau Road.
Ravenhill Guest House, 690 Ravenhill Road
Belfast
Antrim
BT6 0BZ
Website: www.ravenhillguesthouse.com
Email: info@ravenhillguesthouse.com
Tel: (028) 9020 7444
Fax: (028) 9028 2590
A cracking B&B on the Antrim coast, it's a couple of hours' drive from Belfast, but it feels like a million miles away. It's an 18th-century country house with only three rooms, exactly the sort of cosy, homely sort of place you want in this part of the world - the landlord actually won the AA Landlady of the Year prize in 2003, and he makes a great fry-up in the morning and serves tea and shortbread in front of the fire when you return from a blustery walk on the beach or the nearby Giant's Causeway. £70, double B&B.
Whitepark Road, Ballintoy, County Antrim.
028 207 31482
www.whiteparkhouse.com
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