Shannon Airport 1 hr 4
Galway Bay (14 min) Stone Age tomb marking a mass grave and built with huge rocks in a table formation. Eyre Square (58 min) Popular square in the heart of the city featuring grassy areas, trees, sculptures & a playground. Galway City Museum (56 min) Small displays of documents, photographs, memorabilia and medieval artefacts chronicling urban life. Burren National Park (32 min) Lunar-like landscape of rock and cliffs with 7 walking trails, woodland, otters, mink and lizards. The Burren Perfumery (25 min) Rustic headquarters of a family perfume company, with a tea room, herb garden & a blending area. Caherconnell Stone Fort & Sheepdog Demonstrations (15 min) Ruins of a medieval stone ring fort featuring a visitor center, a cafe & sheepdog demonstrations. Corcomroe Abbey (12 min) Stone ruins of a stately 13th-century Cistercian monastery in the countryside with a cemetery. Aillwee Cave (6 min) Atmospheric cave and passage network with guided tours, plus farm and craft shops and birds of prey. Doolin Cave (26 min) Tours of conserved limestone caves housing a record-breaking 7.3 metre long stalactite. Lynch's Castle (58 min) The only complete non-religious medieval building still standing in Galway features stone gargoyles. Dunguaire Castle (23 min) Immaculately restored, 16th-century bay-side fortress with a literary history and evening banquets. Galway Cathedral (58 min) Modern and airy, green-domed, renaissance-style Catholic cathedral, with a mosaic of JF Kennedy. Spanish Arch (56 min) Added to the 16th-century walls in the 18th century, this archway provides access to Spanish Parade. |