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Europa Hotel

Star Rating 4 Star
Location Belfast, County Antrim
Open All Year

The 4 star Europa Hotel is superbly located in the heart of Belfast City Centre, and simply epitomizes service and quality. Step into the spacious grand foyer, and you’ll instantly feel a special warm welcome. Having undergone major refurbishment the hotel now boasts 272 exquisite bedrooms. Surrounded by shops, bars, museums and entertainment, you get the best of both worlds when you make the Europa your home from home. The Europa Hotel is convenient to the business and commercial districts, and ideally positioned next door to the famous Grand Opera House and close to the Waterfront and Odyssey concert venues in Belfast.

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Rooms at The Europa Hotel

Stunningly stylish, every one of the Europa Hotel’s 272 bedrooms, including the 92 Executive Suites, lets you leave the world behind. In the luxurious Europa Hotel in Belfast City, all of the bedrooms feature flat screen digital TVs with WiFi internet access, deliciously thicker duvets, fabulously fluffier pillows, Ralph Lauren fabrics and Zoffany wall coverings. The bathrooms at this Belfast City accommodation are exquisite with glass, chrome and ceramic finishes. Superior soundproofing ensures that every guest is guaranteed a good night’s sleep.

All Guestrooms Also Feature:

International Direct Dial Telephone
Room Service available from 7.00am until 2.00am
Complimentary Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
Trouser Presses or Iron & Ironing Board
Hairdryer
Laundry & Dry-Cleaning Service

A Culinary Delight!

The Piano Bar Restaurant:

Indulge in delicious gourmet cuisine in the Europa’s Piano Bar Restaurant, as our Chefs serve up a feast of gastronomic delights. The menus provide a constant mixture of classical and modern European cuisine, infused to create eclectic and imaginative recipes, which continue to produce an array of exquisite tastes and flavours, using fresh local produce.
Situated on the first floor of this Belfast City hotel, the Piano Bar Restaurant has magnificent views over Great Victoria Street below, and is surely one of the best locations to see and be seen! With its luxurious surroundings, range of cocktails, music and entertainment, wide choice of food and a great atmosphere, there’s no where better to eat out in Belfast. Live music is provided from our resident pianist Thursday to Sunday at this Belfast City hotel.

The Causerie Bistro:

If you prefer a more informal dining option, why not try
The Causerie on the ground floor of the hotel? This bustling contemporary bistro has a wide choice of menus available for both lunch and dinner, comprising of snacks, light meals, full meals and daily specials.

The Lobby Bar:

For those in a hurry, grab a bite to eat in the Lobby Bar, located on the ground floor serves great pub grub and light bites. Here you can also enjoy live music on Friday and Saturday nights from 9pm.

About Belfast City

Location: Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, is located in the northeastern corner of the country in County Antrim.
Belfast is well served by a network of good roads, including the M1 motorway from Dublin City.

Approximately one third of the population of Northern Ireland - about half a million people - live in Belfast. It's setting is very attractive, nestling in a semicircle of hills, where the River Langan enters Belfast Lough. The city got it's name from Beile Feirst "the mouth of the sandy ford" - and was founded in 1177 when the Anglo-Normans built a castle here. It began to really expand in the 17th century with the development of the local linen and shipbuilding industries (the Titanic was built here). Sights to see in Belfast City, the Belfast City Hall, built of Portland stone in Classical Renaissance style, dominates the city center. The Linen Hall Library, founded in 1788 is an absolute delight, a cultural centre with exhibitions, a Theater & Performing Arts Archive and a Genealogy and Heraldry collection. Away from the city center you have the Ulster Museum in the Botanic Gardens, near Queens University which has miles of galleries and exhibitions. This lively and friendly city, with historic buildings standing side-by-side with modern creations is a delight not to be missed.

The following locations are in close proximity to Belfast

The Giant's Causeway (1.5 hours)

During the Paleogene period, Antrim was subject to intense volcanic activity, when highly fluid molten basalt intruded through chalk beds to form an extensive lava plateau. As the lava cooled rapidly, contraction occurred. While contraction in the vertical direction reduced the flow thickness (without fracturing), horizontal contraction could only be accommodated by cracking throughout the flow. The extensive fracture network produced the distinctive columns seen today. The basalts were originally part of a great volcanic plateau called the Thulean Plateau which formed during the Paleogene period.
Legend has it that the Irish giant Fionn mac Cumhaill (Fionn McCool) built the causeway to walk to Scotland to fight his Scottish counterpart Benandonner. One version of the legend tells that Fionn fell asleep before he got to Scotland. When he did not arrive, the much larger Benandonner crossed the bridge looking for him. To protect Fionn, his wife Oonagh laid a blanket over him so he could pretend that he was actually their baby son. In a variation, Fionn fled after seeing Benandonner's great bulk, and asked his wife to disguise him as the baby. In both versions, when Benandonner saw the size of the 'infant', he assumed the alleged father, Fionn, must be gigantic indeed. Therefore, Benandonner fled home in terror, ripping up the Causeway in case he was followed by Fionn.

Derry City (1.5 hours)

The story of Derry is a long and tumultuous one. Set on a hill on the banks of the Foyle estuary, strategically close to the open sea, it came under siege and attack for over a thousand years. You can walk along the great 17th-century walls, about a mile round and 18 feet thick, which withstood several sieges and even today are unbroken and complete, with old cannon still pointing their black noses over the ramparts. The great siege lasted for 105 days. Today, there’s an atmosphere of optimism in Derry and the city buzzes with life. It’s an artistic city, with theatres, galleries and other cultural centres and a number of annual festivals. Its people, with their gentle accent, are very welcoming.

Donegal (2.5 hours)

Donegal Town is famous for being the former home to the O'Donnell Clan, who played a pivotal role in Irish history. From the 15th to the 17th century, they provided the main opposition to the colonisation of Ireland by England. The town itself contains Donegal castle, on the banks of the River Eske and the remains of a Franciscan abbey which dates back to the 15th century on the Southern shore of the Bay. The Annals of the Four Masters are traditionally thought to have been started in the abbey in the early 17th century. The story of Red Hugh O'Donnell, Lord of Tyrconnell, was the inspiration behind many books and films, not least, Disney's The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966).