Shannon Airport 44 min
Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church (25 min)
Large, 14th-century Anglican Episcopal church visited by Oliver Cromwell and Christopher Columbus. Corcomroe Abbey (28 min)
Stone ruins of a stately 13th-century Cistercian monastery in the countryside with a cemetery. Eyre Square (25 min)
Popular square in the heart of the city featuring grassy areas, trees, sculptures & a playground. Burren Nature Sanctuary & Cafe (15 min) The Latin Quarter (24 min) Aran Island Ferries (22 min) Galway Atlantaquaria, National Aquarium of Ireland (27 min)
Aquarium featuring native Irish sealife, popular fish feeding sessions & touch pools. Galway City Museum (23 min)
Small displays of documents, photographs, memorabilia and medieval artefacts chronicling urban life. Coole Park (16 min)
1000-acre parkland nature reserve with walking trails in woods immortalised by Irish poet W B Yeats. Dunguaire Castle (11 min)
Immaculately restored, 16th-century bay-side fortress with a literary history and evening banquets. Galway Cathedral (25 min)
Modern and airy, green-domed, renaissance-style Catholic cathedral, with a mosaic of JF Kennedy. Spanish Arch (23 min)
Added to the 16th-century walls in the 18th century, this archway provides access to Spanish Parade. Athenry Castle (19 min)
Castle and history Lynch's Castle (25 min)
The only complete non-religious medieval building still standing in Galway features stone gargoyles. | 
