| just off the wild atlantic way driving route, this casual guesthouse with stucco and stone exterior is 4 km from galway city museum and an 11-minute walk from black rock beach. galway ceannt station is 5 km away. family rooms sleep up to 5 guests. breakfast featuring homebaked breads is served in a traditional dining room with dark wood furnishings. parking is available, as is a common living room with a tv and a wood stove. the 6 low-key rooms with hardwood floors offer free wi-fi, cable tv, and tea and coffeemaking facilities, as well as en suite bathrooms.
Shannon Airport 1 hr 12
Aran Island Ferries (13 min) Dunguaire Castle (41 min)
Immaculately restored, 16th-century bay-side fortress with a literary history and evening banquets. Spanish Arch (10 min)
Added to the 16th-century walls in the 18th century, this archway provides access to Spanish Parade. Galway Cathedral (9 min)
Modern and airy, green-domed, renaissance-style Catholic cathedral, with a mosaic of JF Kennedy. The Latin Quarter (10 min) Corcomroe Abbey (57 min)
Stone ruins of a stately 13th-century Cistercian monastery in the countryside with a cemetery. Lynch's Castle (11 min)
The only complete non-religious medieval building still standing in Galway features stone gargoyles. Eyre Square (11 min)
Popular square in the heart of the city featuring grassy areas, trees, sculptures & a playground. Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church (9 min)
Large, 14th-century Anglican Episcopal church visited by Oliver Cromwell and Christopher Columbus. Galway City Museum (10 min)
Small displays of documents, photographs, memorabilia and medieval artefacts chronicling urban life. Galway Atlantaquaria, National Aquarium of Ireland (5 min)
Aquarium featuring native Irish sealife, popular fish feeding sessions & touch pools. Menlo Castle (18 min)
Well-known ruins of a riverfront castle built in the 1500s, with ivy-covered walls. Aillwee Cave (1 hr 7)
Atmospheric cave and passage network with guided tours, plus farm and craft shops and birds of prey. | 
