ACCOMODATION IN THE CITY
Hostels
There are 5 Hostels, 1 in the City centre and the others in the west in the student area. Linen Hostel (CIty Centre), Belfast International Hostel, (Student Area) Europa Hostel, Arnie's Backpackers, The Ark (Student Area)
Student Accomodations
Queen's Universtiy
(24th June - 6th Sept only (028) 9038 1608
University of Ulster
Shore Road, Jordanstown MAIL
Hotels
There are a range to suit the credit card traveller. Check the links below for more.
B&B
Can work out as expensive as some of the more modest Hotel rooms. The Botanic Lodge and the Helga lodge are probably 2 of the most central.
Camping
No surprise, no campsite in central belfast but further out of the city they are plentiful.
LINKS
CAMPING
For the committed tourer.
Tourism here is very much in its infancy. For nearly 30 years the only tourists were the very curious and the very brave. SInce 1998 all this has changed. The tourism infrastructure is now very much at the top of the agenda. Because of this, most campsites are now very well signposted and there are scores of them all over the North. Camping starts about 10 miles outside Belfast. Not surprisingly a lot are concentrated on the coast, but there are more than enough in-land. Camping in Donegal is not as easy, it's recommended heading for a hostel that has camping facilities.
CAMP SITES CLOSEST TO BELFAST
To the west at Hillborough, a quiet picturesque village, is the Lakeside View Caravan Park .
Moira, another small village, has a site in its centre, both these leave you placed to cycle either west into Armagh and Tyrone or south to Down. The ARDS PININSULA close to Belfast has an abundance of camp sites. Larne and Antrim will take you toward the north and the Antrim Coast and it's sites.
Use the links on the left (<)and plot all the campsites that lie on your intended route. This gives you the flexibility to vary your route. E-mail or phone before travelling to confirm opening times.
HOSTELING
Not quite as abundant as other parts of Ireland, but there are still enough.
The vast majority are Independent Hostels and open all year.
Apart from the 4 Hostels in Belfast there are hostels in the following towns:
Armagh, Ballycastle, Belfast, Bushmills, Coleraine, Crumlin, Derry, Dunmurray, Fermanagh, Kilkeel, Newcastle, Newry, Omagh.
All these site can be viewed and booked at the following website:
www.hostelnorthernireland.com
request budget
accommodation brochure
INTERNET CAFES - Belfast
Belfast - Friends Cafe (beside cenral library)
I-Brows - Great Victoria Street
Revelations - also Great Victoria Street.
ITxp - Ormeau Rd Belfast
Beyond
Bean-there.com - The Diamond, Derry
Cafedotcom - 76 Bachelors Walk, Lisburn
paradigm - 16 west St, Carrickfergus.
A lot of cafes and hostels now have some sort of Internet access.