About 4km/2.5 miles Change from your train to the DART and take a DART in direction Bray or Greystones. The closest DART stop to Grand Canal Hotel is the "Grand Canal Dock" Station. When you are leaving the station turn right and you will see the Grand Canal Hotel in front of you after 50m.
Leave the M50 at junction 7 (signposted Dublin, Sligo N4), then at the roundabout take the fist exit onto the N4 (signposted City Centre). Entering Dublin. At Outer Orbital Route Junction 63 continue forward onto the N4 (signposted City Centre, Dublin Port). Continue forward onto the R105. Turn right onto the N11. Continue forward onto the R118. Turn left onto Clanwilliam Place. Turn right onto Grand Canal Street Lower - R815 and the Grand Canal Hotel will be on your right hand side on Upper Grand Canal Street.
About 3.2Km/2miles
By Car From Dublin Port Terminal 4 drive forward and turn left onto East Wall Road – R131. At roundabout take the first exit onto East Link Bridge – R131 (signposted Dun Laoghaire, N11). Toll to East Link Bridge and at the next roundabout take the third exit onto the R131 (signposted (N11,N81), M50). At Junction 81 turn right onto Beach Road – R131 (signposted (N81)) and turn left onto Church Avenue – R111. Finally turn right onto Shelbourne Road – R815, continue forward and you will arrive to Grand Canal Street upper. The hotel is on your left.
By Bus Dublin Port is served by public bus 7 days a week. The journey time between Dublin Busaras (Central Bus Station) and Dublin Port takes about 15 minutes in normal traffic conditions. You can take a bus to the city centre and there you change to bus number 18, 27X, 45, 5, 7, 7A, 7N, or 8. Costs: Standard fares – Adults: 1.90€ ; Children: Under 7’s 0.70€ Over 7 0.90€
About 12.2km/7.6 miles
By Car Upon leaving Dun Laoghaire Harbour, follow traffic signals and turn right onto Crofton Road (signposted All Routes)and bear left onto Newtown Avenue – N31. Go on following traffic signals and turn, firstly on your right onto Temple Road – N31 (signposted The North, The West, The South, City Centre), then continue forward onto Rock Road – R118 (signposted The North, Dublin Port), and finally continue forward onto Merrion Road – R118 (signposted City Centre N1, N2, N3). At Outer Orbital Route Junction 52, turn right onto Haddington Road – R111. At Junction 51 turn left onto Grand Canal Street Upper – R815 (signposted City Centre) and on your left you will see the Grand Canal Hotel.
By DART When leaving the ferry terminal, go to Dun Laoghaire Station, a mere 5 minutes away. Take a northbound (towards Howth) DART to Grand Canal Dock Station. Grand Canal Dock DART Station lies opposite the hotel providing a direct route to the city and beyond.
By Dublin Bus Dun Laoghaire is served by several bus routes. You can take buses 7, 7a, 8 or 45a which stop near Grand Canal Hotel. The closest bus stop for all these buses is in Lower Mount Street. When you leave the bus walk until the end of the street. On the first corner turn left and on the next one turn to your right. You will see Grand Canal Hotel on your right hand side.
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