Shannon Airport 1 hr 6
Aran Island Ferries (2 min) Dunguaire Castle (34 min)
Immaculately restored, 16th-century bay-side fortress with a literary history and evening banquets. Galway Arts Centre (7 min)
Cultural hub with gallery for Irish and international contemporary art, plus classes and workshops. Menlo Castle (11 min)
Well-known ruins of a riverfront castle built in the 1500s, with ivy-covered walls. Lynch's Castle (6 min)
The only complete non-religious medieval building still standing in Galway features stone gargoyles. Galway Cathedral (6 min)
Modern and airy, green-domed, renaissance-style Catholic cathedral, with a mosaic of JF Kennedy. Hall of the Red Earl (6 min)
Preserved 13th-century archaeological site featuring 11,000+ artifacts & viewing walkways. Merlin Park Woods (15 min) Galway 2020 (5 min) The Fisheries Watchtower Museum (5 min)
Restored 1853 Victorian watchtower with fisheries memorabilia, vintage photographs & guided tours. Eyre Square (2 min)
Popular square in the heart of the city featuring grassy areas, trees, sculptures & a playground. Galway City Museum (6 min)
Small displays of documents, photographs, memorabilia and medieval artefacts chronicling urban life. Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church (7 min)
Large, 14th-century Anglican Episcopal church visited by Oliver Cromwell and Christopher Columbus. | 
