Parking

The Metropole Hotel
MacCurtain Street,
Cork City, Ireland
T23 EEC3

Metropole GPS Coordinates: 51° 54′ 03” N 8° 28′ 03” W.

The Metropole Hotel Cork city centre is conveniently located close to shopping, entertainment and the business district of Cork City.

Height Restriction: 1.9 metres

Car Parking: Secure Car Parking near the hotel charged at €10.00 per night.

To avail of this special discounted rate please collect your pass at reception prior to entering the car park.

Please note Cork City Council are completing the next stage of Roadworks on MacCurtain Street which will impact guests travelling by car to and from The Metropole Hotel.
The set-down area in front of the hotel will be closed due to roadworks. Guests are advised to proceed directly to St Patrick’s Quay Car Park before arriving at the Hotel and ensure that you collect a ticket from Reception on check-in. Before leaving the Car park please have both tickets validated at the Car Park Office on Level 1 in order to avail of the discounted Hotel Guest Rate of €10.00 for 24 hours. Should you wish to arrive or leave the Car Park outside of normal Car Park opening hours please advise a member of the Front Desk team on check in.

Please be aware that the hotel cannot validate tickets outside of Car Park opening hours and any unvalidated tickets will have to be paid at the Cash Machine in the Car Park at full price. https://www.apcoa.ie/parking/cork/st-patricks-quay/

Further information is available here.

Please note MacCurtain Street will be closed to traffic to facilitate pipe laying across the road on Monday 14th August from 9.30am-4.30pm.

Noise Disruption & Hotel Access during Roadworks on MacCurtain Street

Please note there will be intermittent construction noise disruption between the hours of 7:30am and 6:00pm Monday to Friday at the front (MacCurtain Street) of the Hotel.
Pedestrian access to the Hotel will be impacted during this period, please follow signage.
Taxi access and drop off will be restricted to the Northern side of MacCurtain Street, directly across the road from the Metropole Hotel.

For more information or assistance, please contact our Front Office Team.

From Cork Airport (N27)

On exiting Cork Airport you will approach a roundabout, on the main Cork to Kinsale road (N27). Take the first exit from this roundabout signposted for Cork City.

Go straight down the hill, passing through the two sets of traffic lights, until you reach the large roundabout at the bottom of the hill. Take the third exit from this roundabout, signposted for City Centre (N27).

Continue straight on through four sets of traffic lights. You should now be in the second lane from the left, and be turning left at the next junction (after the Elysian Building – 18 storey building on your right). Following this you need to turn right at the next junction, as to cross the river. Continue straight on now, until you come to a T-junction, at which you need to turn left.

You should see the Metropole Hotel on the opposite bank of the river. At the next set of traffic lights, turn right to cross the river, go straight through the next junction, and then turn right at the following set. You are now on MacCurtain Street, the Metropole Hotel Cork is situated 200m along this on the right hand side, and you will find a set-down area outside for your convenience.

From Dublin (N8)

From the Dunkettle roundabout (next to Jack Lynch Tunnel) follow the signs for Cork City Centre (do not go under the tunnel).

Continue straight on, you will come in the road along the River Lee, do not cross the river at any point.

Keep going straight on, and you will come to the rear of the Metropole Hotel (large yellow painted building from rear), once you have past the hotel, turn right at the next set of traffic lights. Followed immediately by another right at the next set of traffic lights. You are now on MacCurtain Street, the Metropole Hotel is situated 200m along this on the right hand side, and you will find a set-down area outside for your convenience.

From Killarney (N22)

Once you come onto the dual carriageway from the Killarney direction (N22), do not turn off it until the City Centre/Cork Airport slip road. Take this slip road off the dual carriageway, and at the roundabout take the second exit, signposted City Centre (N27).

Continue straight on through four sets of traffic lights. You should now be in the second lane from the left, and be turning left at the next junction (after the Elysian Building – 18 storey building on your right). Following this you need to turn right at the next junction, as to cross the river. Continue straight on now, until you come to a T-junction, at which you need to turn left.

You should see the Metropole Hotel Cork on the opposite bank of the river. At the next set of traffic lights, turn right to cross the river, go straight through the next junction, and then turn right at the following set. You are now on MacCurtain Street, the Metropole Hotel is situated 200m along this on the right hand side, and you will find a set-down area outside for your convenience.

From Limerick (N20)

From the Limerick direction (N20), carry straight on following signs for City Centre, until you have passed Blackpool Shopping Centre. At the next set of traffic lights you need to turn right. Continue straight on now, passing Heineken Ireland, and once you pass a Statoil Petrol Station take your next turn left.

Pass straight through the next two sets of traffic lights, the Metropole Hotel Cork city is 200m following the second set of lights on the right hand side of MacCurtain Street, and you will find a set-down area outside for your convenience.