Shannon Airport 49 min
Kinvara (11 min) Eyre Square (36 min.) Popular square in the heart of the city featuring grassy areas trees sculptures & a playground. Burren National Park (29 min) Lunar-like landscape of rock and cliffs with 7 walking trails woodland otters mink and lizards. Burren Nature Sanctuary U0026 Cafe (4 min) Galway Atlantaquaria (38 min.) Aquarium featuring native Irish sealife popular fish feeding sessions & touch pools. Galway Cathedral (36 min.) Modern and airy green-domed renaissance-style Catholic cathedral with a mosaic of JF Kennedy. Saint Nicholas Collegiate Church (37 min.) Large 14th-century Anglican Episcopal church visited by Oliver Cromwell and Christopher Columbus. Coole Park (16 min.) 1000-acre parkland nature reserve with walking trails in woods immortalised by Irish poet W B Yeats. Spanish Arch (34 min.) Added to the 16th-century walls in the 18th century this archway provides access to Spanish Parade. Corcomroe Abbey (14 min.) Stone ruins of a stately 13th-century Cistercian monastery in the countryside with a cemetery. Aillwee Cave (24 min) Atmospheric cave and passage network with guided tours plus farm and craft shops and birds of prey. Poulnabrone Dolmen (30 min) Stone Age tomb marking a mass grave and built with huge rocks in a table formation. Lynch S Castle (36 min.) The only complete non-religious medieval building still standing in Galway features stone gargoyles. Galway City Museum (34 min.) Small displays of documents photographs memorabilia and medieval artefacts chronicling urban life. |