Shannon Airport 1 hr 12
Dunguaire Castle (41 min)
Immaculately restored, 16th-century bay-side fortress with a literary history and evening banquets. Galway Atlantaquaria, National Aquarium of Ireland (10 min)
Aquarium featuring native Irish sealife, popular fish feeding sessions & touch pools. Galway City Museum (7 min)
Small displays of documents, photographs, memorabilia and medieval artefacts chronicling urban life. Menlo Castle (17 min)
Well-known ruins of a riverfront castle built in the 1500s, with ivy-covered walls. Spanish Arch (7 min)
Added to the 16th-century walls in the 18th century, this archway provides access to Spanish Parade. Aran Island Ferries (10 min) Lynch's Castle (8 min)
The only complete non-religious medieval building still standing in Galway features stone gargoyles. Aillwee Cave (1 hr 7)
Atmospheric cave and passage network with guided tours, plus farm and craft shops and birds of prey. Galway Cathedral (7 min)
Modern and airy, green-domed, renaissance-style Catholic cathedral, with a mosaic of JF Kennedy. Corcomroe Abbey (57 min)
Stone ruins of a stately 13th-century Cistercian monastery in the countryside with a cemetery. Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church (7 min)
Large, 14th-century Anglican Episcopal church visited by Oliver Cromwell and Christopher Columbus. Eyre Square (8 min)
Popular square in the heart of the city featuring grassy areas, trees, sculptures & a playground. The Latin Quarter (7 min) | 
