About

With its charm and attractions and quality of experience, Belfast has emerged in the last five years as one of the most desirable city destinations in the UK and Ireland. Visitors to Belfast now expect top–class service in the restaurants, pubs and hotels. One hotel which stands out as a successful, popular and attractive accommodation provider is the Park Avenue Hotel. The Park Avenue Hotel mixes the levels of personal commitment which only a family business can display with the professional service only a dedicated and fully trained staff can provide, offering unparalleled value for money as well as comfort and a warm welcome.

Location

The Park Avenue is the closest hotel to Belfast City Airport and lies only ten minutes' drive from the heart of the city. Ideally located between Parliament and the city centre with excellent air, road and rail links, the park Avenue Hotel is near the M3, Outer Ring (which links directly to M1 and road to Dublin). Cinema complex and shops are within 60 seconds walk of the Hotel, and ample free onsite parking is available.

Rooms

Officially designated three stars, guests usually remark that the quality of their accommodation at the Park Avenue Hotel deserves four stars. Refurbished in 1999 following a £2 million investment the standards of accommodation at the hotel are unparalleled in this class.

All 56 of the Park Avenue Hotel's bedrooms are newly refurbished and provide full en suite facilities. The bedrooms are bright, modern, airy and much bigger than the average hotel room in Belfast. All of the hotel bedrooms are equipped with satellite television, direct dial telephone (some with modem connections), tea & coffee making facilities, trouser press and hairdryer. At the Park Avenue Hotel, a choice of Double, Single and Family rooms are available, as well as a room which is specifically designed to facilitate access for wheelchair users.

Other

Directions to the Park Avenue Hotel From Belfast City Airport follow the road toward Bangor, at the Tillysburn junction take a right turn. This right turn brings you on to the Holywood Road. Follow this road until just before you reach the Belmont Road junction. The hotel is on the right.

Restaurant/Bar at the Park Avenue Hotel The Griffin Restaurant has quickly developed one of the best reputations in Belfast and serves more lunches and dinners than any other similar–sized restaurant in town. Head Chef Stephen Magowan runs the new kitchens with passion as well as efficiency and our regular local clients who are very fussy about their food, come back again and again. Choose from a large selection of delicious Starters, Entrees and Desserts for lunch or dinner. Children's menu is also available. For those times in the day when it's hard to decide what to eat, the Coffee Dock will come to the rescue! Fresh coffee choices include everything you'd expect from a fully–serviced coffee bar and afternoon tea and snacks are always available. Bistro in the bar, Gelston's Corner, is immensely popular and food is served Monday – Friday 12.00 to 9.00pm and on Saturdays 12.00 to 7.00pm with very reasonable prices. A traditional dècor provides cosy corners and plenty of room for small to large groups.

New comers will feel like old timers in the bar atmosphere of Gelston's Corner which has proved a hit with the locals for the last 40 years. Homely yet efficient, the friendly and professional staff are attentive to the needs of all diners. At the Park Avenue Hotel, we offer an array of enviable conference and banqueting facilities which can accommodate groups and meetings from as small as 2 to as large as 600.

Attractions/Activities at the Park Avenue Hotel > Whether you are already in Northern Ireland or planning to visit, the Tourist Information Centre network offers a wide range of services to help you with your holiday. Services include information on the local area and the whole of Northern Ireland, local attractions, events and activities. Most TICs also sell maps, books, postcards and souvenirs. Information is also available from the Information Desk at Belfast International Airport and Belfast City Airport. To the frequent amazement of overseas visitors to Northern Ireland, all the best things are within a short scenic drive of one another. You could drive on our uncrowded roads from the surf–washed Atlantic beaches of the Causeway Coast & Glens, through Belfast and on to the seaside resorts of the Kingdoms of Down, in just two or three hours. However, there is so much to see and do in Belfast city you may find it hard to leave. The following are just some of the places you will want to visit: Belfast Castle sits on the slopes of Cavehill overlooking Belfast Lough. From being used in World War II as a war control room to its current purpose as a popular wedding venue and restaurant the Castle has seen it all. Belfast City Hall was completed in 1906 and has been the scene of many of the province's most significant historical moments.

The Queen's University is over 150 years old and leads the world in cutting edge research. Ulster Hall is located in the city centre and has long upheld a tradition of good music from the Ulster Orchestra to the most modern of pop groups. St.Anne's Cathedral, Belfast is an imposing Hiberno–Romanesque monument to persistence – it was partly completed and opened in the 1890s and finished nearly a century later. The Crown Liquor Saloon in Great Victoria Street is a gem of Victoriana, and without doubt one of the great bars of the world. This was perhaps the greatest of Victorian gin palaces which once flourished in the industrial cities of Britain. Today wonderfully preserved, the Crown is cherished and still well used by the people of Belfast.

Belfast Zoo, overlooking Belfast Lough, is one of the most acclaimed zoos in the world. Its unparalleled aquatic enclosures are not to be missed. Botanic Gardens, beside the University, are a refuge for students, tourists and wildlife alike. Lagan Valley Regional Park covers 13 miles of the most scenic stretches of the Lagan and comprises an attractive mix of natural amenities.

The Odyssey Arena, located on Queen's Quay Belfast, is Northern Ireland's Landmark Millennium Project and Ireland's largest all–seater indoor venue. Ulster Museum, located in the university quarter, has many award–winning exhibits with artifacts ranging from mummies to dinosaurs to modern art. Ulster Historical Foundation 12 College Square East, is a non–profit organisation founded in 1956 to promote interest in Irish history and genealogy, with particular reference to Ulster. The Foundation offers an ancestral research service, publishes books, organises conferences and lecture tours and runs a membership Guild.