Europa Hotel

The Europa is Northern Ireland?s largest and possibly best hotel, although some people have disputed that the latter is no longer the case, with the Hilton now taking away most of the celebrity guests. I stayed in the Europa for ten days in July 2002 when I was managing the Austrian Cricket team at the ECC European Championship, and it provided us with an excellent base for which to prepare for the tournament. The fact it has been bombed several times during the troubles did not perturb me at all when staying here. Location: The Location is excellent with various bars and restaurants within walking distance, and more importantly for transportation it is ...  Read the complete review

Until recently The Europa was considered (rightly) as the top hotel in Belfast. Now it may have lost out somewhat to the newly opened Hilton, and may even receive competition from the new THF Premier hotel close by. However, Hotels are familiar with 'competition' and this means that a 'price war' may develop (see below). If my dooyoo opinion on Belfast has given you an inclination to visit this fine city, then my opinions on the hotels that I have stayed at might give you some idea where to stay (or where not to stay, as the case might be). As a Consultant, based in Edinburgh, but with most clients outside of this city, a significant ...  Read the complete review

The 4 star Europa Hotel which is part of the Hastings Hotel Group is situated in the centre of Belfast on Great Victoria Street and is extremely convenient to everything in Belfast. Having undergone expansion and refurbishment over the years the hotel now has 272 bedrooms, making it one of the largest in Northern Ireland, and a popular choice of many celebrities on their visit to Belfast. President Clinton also stayed here when he visited Belfast in 1998 with the result that the room he stayed in was renamed the Clinton Suite. The hotel was once renouned for being the most bombed hotel in Europe during the troubles but thankfully those days are in the past! ...  Read the complete review

The Europa hotel is meant to be Irelands most celebrity stayed hotel.It is meant to be unique and that is where all the celebrities staid.Well that used to be the case about ten years ago.Now Belfast is changing so much and bigger and better hotels have been built. Although this hotel is slot bang in the middle of Belfasts city centre.If you need to travel you can buy a metro bus all day ticket from two pound fifty to three pound fifty depending on the time.This allows you to get on as many buses you want all day all over Belfast.It is better than getting taxis they are more exspensive.Although in the city centre where the hotel lies you have everything around ...  Read the complete review