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The hotel has use of an extensive leisure centre (The Leeside Leisure Centre) situated next door, with swimming pool, sauna, gym and massage rooms.Please note that, during the jazz festival periods, guests may incur some slight noise disturbance.
Exterior: This is a large, traditional, five-storey building.
Lobby: The lobby is medium in size, with a seating area.

The bedrooms are well-maintained and in good condition. They are medium in size, and offer traditional comforts with a contemparory feel. All rooms offer tea and coffee-making facilities, along with iron and ironing board and trouser press.

Breakfast is served in the Riverview Restaurant each morning with magnificent and unique views looking over Cork's famous River Lee. While dining in the restaurant spectacular views of Cork's bridges and city centre shopping areas can be seen. The Met Cafe Bar is situated at the front of the hotel, along MacCurtain Street. It is a spacious, elegant and traditional style bar, split over two levels. The upper level boasts a large screen for those Champions League or Heineken Cup evenings, and the lower level has a more serene feel to it, ideal for a quiet chat or negotiating your way through a few more chapters of your latest novel. Lunch and dinner is served here.

Leisure facilities include a sauna, a solarium, a gym and an indoor swimming pool. (Fees apply)

By Car: From Cork Airport - 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 Gresham 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 Gresham Metropole Hotel is situated 200m along this on the right hand side, and you will find a set-down area outside for your convenience.