The Volvo Ocean Race

The Volvo Ocean Race, which first started in 1973, is a world yacht race for professional racing crews. The 2008 / 09 race is the 10th instance of the world race and this year it left Alicante in Spain on October 11 2008. On its 37000 mile trip, it will stop at 11 ports over its nine month duration including Cape Town, Singapore, Boston, Stockholm and of course, Galway!

The Race stops in Galway from May 23rd to June 6th 2009 at a specially designed and built Race Village. You can take a tour of the village by visiting the Lets Do It Galway website. The site was designed especially to detail all the information about the Volvo Ocean Race and you can even watch the race live by logging on.

Of course, you can book a room in the Ardilaun Hotel for your stay during the Volvo Ocean Race 2008/09. We have rooms for every type of request from Singles to Suites. And with a location only 5 minutes drive from the Race Village, you'll be right in the middle of all the action when the Race comes to Galway!