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Dublin City To Galway City Private Chauffeur Transfer
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Your chauffeur comes to you - hotel, apartment, or wherever you’re based in Dublin - helps load the luggage into the Mercedes Benz E220, and drives you west to Galway. The journey takes about two and a half hours depending on traffic. It’s a comfortable, climate-controlled car, and your driver knows the road well enough to make good conversation if you want it, or leave you in peace if you don’t.
For a return trip, you book the same transfer again for your return date and give them your pick-up time and pick-up point when you do. The vehicle is entirely yours - no other passengers, no shared schedules.
Galway is worth taking your time over once you arrive. The city sits at the mouth of the Corrib where it opens into Galway Bay, and the older part of town - the Latin Quarter around Shop Street and Quay Street - is dense with pubs, independent shops, and lanes that turn into dead ends or open unexpectedly onto the water. The Spanish Arch is a surviving section of the old city wall built in 1584. The Saturday market at Market Street runs year-round and is one of the better ones in Ireland.
Give your driver your hotel or exact address in Galway when you book. The city centre has several one-way systems and limited stopping points, so knowing exactly where you’re headed lets your driver plan the approach and avoid a last-minute scramble through the lanes.
Galway is at its best in the early evening. The afternoon light on Galway Bay is something else, and if you arrive mid-afternoon you’ll be there right as the city shifts gears. The Salthill promenade is a ten-minute drive from the city centre and gives you a long uninterrupted stretch of bay with the Clare hills across the water.
The Galway International Arts Festival runs in late July. If your trip overlaps with it, book accommodation well in advance - the city fills quickly and prices reflect it. The same goes for the Galway Races in late July and early August, which draws large crowds from across the country.
Eyre Square is the natural drop-off point for the city centre. It’s a short walk to most things from there, and there’s a taxi rank if you need onward transport to Salthill or further out.