Shannon Airport 1 hr 5
Cnoc Meadha (15 min) Lynch's Castle (26 min)
The only complete non-religious medieval building still standing in Galway features stone gargoyles. Athenry Castle (21 min)
Castle and history Galway Cathedral (24 min)
Modern and airy, green-domed, renaissance-style Catholic cathedral, with a mosaic of JF Kennedy. Eyre Square (26 min)
Popular square in the heart of the city featuring grassy areas, trees, sculptures & a playground. Galway City Museum (24 min)
Small displays of documents, photographs, memorabilia and medieval artefacts chronicling urban life. Brigit's Garden & Café (43 min)
Traditional teahouse ringed with pools, flowers & standing stones symbolising Celtic seasons. Galway Atlantaquaria, National Aquarium of Ireland (28 min)
Aquarium featuring native Irish sealife, popular fish feeding sessions & touch pools. Spanish Arch (24 min)
Added to the 16th-century walls in the 18th century, this archway provides access to Spanish Parade. The Latin Quarter (25 min) Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church (27 min)
Large, 14th-century Anglican Episcopal church visited by Oliver Cromwell and Christopher Columbus. Menlo Castle (23 min)
Well-known ruins of a riverfront castle built in the 1500s, with ivy-covered walls. Claregalway Castle (7 min) Aran Island Ferries (22 min) | 
