Isle of Man Travel Forum

Greetings:
Taking our first trip to IOM in May. Planning on spending some time in Dublin before. We were advised by a native now living in the USA, not to stay in Douglas because of congestion, etc. However, the advise here seems to be that Douglas is best because it is the transportation hub of the island. So, we need specific information on where to best to stay in Douglas at hopefully a reasonable and clean B & B or self catering accomodation. Planning on using public transport to get around. With the US dollar so low against the British pound, finding a reasonably priced place is a priority. Thanks to all for any advice.

I live in Peel, on the West Coast of the Islan with good bus service to Douglas. I have a double room in my apartment at £22 per person per night including continental breakfast. If not already sorted, what dates are you coming? Is it for the TT?

Alison

Rather than repost it all, see my reply to feag below, which pretty much answers the same question.

hi. you dont mention how many in your party plus ages?
douglas is mad for those 2 weeks .
your best being out of douglas, the main other places are peel,ramsey, port erin all with in 25 min max by car plus all have regular bus service or a little bit slower steam railway from porterin only.
i live in port erin small village, but are sister town port st mary about 5mins by car, quite a few restraunts 8 public house some open 24 hrs.
a lovely place to get away from douglas mad house. lots of bikers have found the south perfect fot them
hope this helps.
roger