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The Arch Guesthouse

Property class: 3

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A bar area with three brown chairs, a counter with bottles and glasses, and a wall of hanging glasses and bottles.
A blue building with signs reading "The Lamplight" and "Guest House".
A wine rack with various bottles and glasses.
A hotel room with a bed, a coffee machine, a tray with cups and bottles, a TV, and a trash bin.
A hotel room with two beds, a window with curtains, a wall-mounted sign saying "GOOD VIBES ONLY", and a hanging light fixture.

Reviews

6.6 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Free WiFi
  • Breakfast available
  • Housekeeping
The current price is $113
$99 nightly
$113 total
Total with taxes and fees
Oct 1 - Oct 2

Explore the area

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Market St, h71p789, Clifden, Galway, H71P789
  • Place, Clifden Castle
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Station House Museum
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Place, Connemara Heritage & History Centre
    ‪11 min walk‬

Room options

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A neatly made bed with white linens and towels, a modern geometric chandelier, a window with curtains, and a textured wall.

Classic Double Room

  • 107 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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A hotel room with two beds, a window with curtains, a wall-mounted sign saying "GOOD VIBES ONLY", and a hanging light fixture.

Basic Double or Twin Room

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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A hotel room with a bed, a chair, a small table with a lamp, and a window with curtains.

Basic Single Room

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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About the neighborhood

Clifden

With a stay at The Arch Guesthouse in Clifden, you'll be within a 5-minute walk of Clifden Castle and Station House Museum. .This bed & breakfast is 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Connemara Heritage & History Centre and 3.1 mi (5.1 km) from Alcock and Brown Memorial.
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What's nearby

  • Clifden Castle - 1 min walk - 0.1 miles
  • Station House Museum - 5 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • Connemara Heritage & History Centre - 11 min walk - 0.6 miles
  • Kylemore Abbey - 23 min drive - 15.3 miles
  • Connemara National Park - 24 min drive - 12.1 miles

Getting around

  • Shannon Airport (SNN) - 148 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Mannion's Bar - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Veldons Seafarer Bar & Restaurant - ‬14 min drive
  • ‪The Hungry Hiker Cafe - ‬14 min drive
  • ‪Off The Square Restaurant - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪MC McGraths - ‬3 min walk

About this property

The Arch Guesthouse

The Arch Guesthouse offers 10 accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. 32-inch Smart televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. This Clifden bed & breakfast provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 25+ Mbps. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Stay in one of 10 guestrooms featuring Smart televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Continental breakfasts are available daily from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.
The front desk is staffed during limited hours.
Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily continental breakfast available 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee: EUR 10 for adults and EUR 10 for children

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Area rugs in room
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Tile flooring in room
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Visual fire alarm
  • Well-lit path to entrance

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch smart TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop workspace

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for continental breakfast: approximately EUR 10 for adults and EUR 10 for children

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property class

This property does not have a Ireland Tourist Board rating. For the benefit of our customers, we have provided a rating based on our rating system.

The Arch Guesthouse Reviews

Reviews

6.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 18 out of 69 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 18 out of 69 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 69 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 9 out of 69 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 15 out of 69 reviews

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

5.6/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

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10/10 Excellent

Yogesh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was decent place and friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in May 2026
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10/10 Excellent

Kristi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful village. Bought our sweaters here. Lovely people. Thank you for hosting us!💕
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2026
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10/10 Excellent

Lori

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great bang for your buck!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2026
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2/10 Terrible

Milenka

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Musty, damp , bathroom mouldy . Synthetic linen .
Stayed 1 night in May 2026
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8/10 Good

venkata pavan kumar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
no one showed up at reception at check-in, but room was clean
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2026
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6/10 Okay

Paul

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
A good spot to use as a basecamp for driving tours and hiking in Connemara National Park
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025
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4/10 Poor

Alicia

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room I booked was not the room I got, it might be ok when it’s finished. No breakfast mostly no staff.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2026
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4/10 Poor

Mary Lynne

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel and room were not as presented in the photos on hotels.com
Stayed 1 night in May 2026
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2/10 Terrible

Kelly

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No breakfast and no upgrade that was paid for. Room had mildew and was smelly. No one around. Very grimy and unkept accommodation.
Stayed 1 night in May 2026
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4/10 Poor

Carol

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel was under construction and there was leaks. Bathrooms were small. No light in the room.
Stayed 1 night in May 2026
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10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place, great staff, good location. Located in a wine bar.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Angus William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Because the premises are sited so centrally in Clifden sited as it is back from the main street the accommodation was both very convenient for all types of shopping and dining yet also very quiet at night.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025
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8/10 Good

Behdad

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
location was good, the staff was friendly, easy to miss if you blink however, google maps puts in the alley behind the hotel. Great place if like wine, bcs it is a wine bar with rooms.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025
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2/10 Terrible

Gerard

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place is a total kip. I used to stay in youth hostels that were better. The staff did not even bother to show up: By phone, I was told the key was in the door and off you go. Our friends stayed down the block for the same price with parking and a breakfast. The shower is a plastic kit, if you know the type, and OLD. There is no wine bar, just a filthy greenhouse-type shanty with ditty old wine bottles. SKIP IT.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2026
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2/10 Terrible

Stephen

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property is not well represented online. The rooms are sparse, the Beds are worn and the carpet is old and Stained. The entry through an unlit passage is sketchy. All in all my advice is run!
Stayed 1 night in May 2026
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6/10 Okay

Davide

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
An overall positive evaluation for this accomodation. Tiny, but cosy and in a central well served position in Clifdenn.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025
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2/10 Terrible

Claire

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Booked and paid for 2 nights. Only stayed one. Room noisy with birds nested above and alarm system outside (not the guesthouse) all late afternoon. Very basic. Enquired about parking options and still to receive a reply. On Main Street so handy for restaurants, location is the main thing going for here. No parking facilities apart from on street, which are difficult to secure as a Main Street.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2026
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4/10 Poor

Maricarmen

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
No breakfast, the rooms were ok but the bathroom needs some updates, the shower door fell on me as I was about to take a shower, there was no one in the property to speak to. Bathroom needs major updates and finding the place was a nightmare, it doesn’t have any name or anything.
Stayed 1 night in May 2026
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2/10 Terrible

Bruce

God awful. If I hadn’t prepaid for two nights, I would not have stayed any after seeing the room. Hard to believe. A new lowfor me staying anywhere and I travel a lot internationally.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2026
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10/10 Excellent

Darlene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff was great, very accommodating, helpful, and friendly. Went out of their way a couple of times to help us out when we needed help.
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2025
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8/10 Good

Joanna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quiet and off the main room. Clean rooms and very comfortable beds. Welcoming service with fantastic wine shop connected at the front.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great wee stay!!

Perfect centeral location!! We had a triple room. Clean an service was great. Nice coffee in the room.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025
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4/10 Poor

Barbara

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a very difficult time finding the Arch. There was a doorway onto a long dark littered hallway to a very dark staircase. All painted black & very dreary. The room itself was clean. No staff on site-more like a boarding house. We were told there would be breakfast but on arrival that changed. We were told it was over a wine bar & restaurant but it was not open for business. I would not recommend
Stayed 4 nights in May 2026
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8/10 Good

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
The room was clean. Bathroom smelled a bit off. Coffee in the room was nice! Very well located near restaurants and pubs
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025
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4/10 Poor

Diane

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I was really disappointed in this property. The place was difficult to find, the building in ill repair (I tripped twice trying to get up the alley), carpets dirty and staff only available for new minutes. The walls were paper thin and we could hear our neighbour's toilets flushing. The shower door in our room was broken. There was no breakfast or at least we weren't told of any. Perhaps it is under new management? Skip this place.
Stayed 1 night in May 2026