Shannon Airport 1 hr 16
Corcomroe Abbey (1 hr)
Stone ruins of a stately 13th-century Cistercian monastery in the countryside with a cemetery. Galway City Museum (10 min)
Small displays of documents, photographs, memorabilia and medieval artefacts chronicling urban life. Menlo Castle (21 min)
Well-known ruins of a riverfront castle built in the 1500s, with ivy-covered walls. Aillwee Cave (1 hr 10)
Atmospheric cave and passage network with guided tours, plus farm and craft shops and birds of prey. Dunguaire Castle (44 min)
Immaculately restored, 16th-century bay-side fortress with a literary history and evening banquets. The Latin Quarter (10 min) Galway Cathedral (11 min)
Modern and airy, green-domed, renaissance-style Catholic cathedral, with a mosaic of JF Kennedy. Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church (10 min)
Large, 14th-century Anglican Episcopal church visited by Oliver Cromwell and Christopher Columbus. Spanish Arch (10 min)
Added to the 16th-century walls in the 18th century, this archway provides access to Spanish Parade. Lynch's Castle (11 min)
The only complete non-religious medieval building still standing in Galway features stone gargoyles. Galway Atlantaquaria, National Aquarium of Ireland (3 min)
Aquarium featuring native Irish sealife, popular fish feeding sessions & touch pools. Aran Island Ferries (13 min) Eyre Square (11 min)
Popular square in the heart of the city featuring grassy areas, trees, sculptures & a playground. | 
