Reopening date announced for Prince of Wales guestrooms in Athlone

The Prince of Wales hotel in the centre of Athlone will reopen as The Prince Rooms on Friday, May 1.

The landmark Church Street business is preparing to reopen as guest accommodation more than three years after it closed to the public in order to house people fleeing the war in Ukraine.

In an announcement posted to its social media channels this morning (Tuesday), The Prince Rooms said that "the wait is nearly over" for its reopening as guest accommodation at the beginning of May.

The Prince Rooms is describing itself as "a new, modern rooms-only stay designed for comfort, simplicity and independent travel" and the Midlands' "first fully-automated" guest accommodation offering.

The Prince of Wales Hotel is one of Athlone's most long-established businesses, having accommodated its first guests in the 19th century.

The hotel remains in the ownership of the Callanan Hotels group which also owns the Skeffington Arms hotel in Eyre Square, Galway.