Shannon Airport 59 min
Galway City Museum (9 min)
Small displays of documents, photographs, memorabilia and medieval artefacts chronicling urban life. Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church (12 min)
Large, 14th-century Anglican Episcopal church visited by Oliver Cromwell and Christopher Columbus. Galway Atlantaquaria, National Aquarium of Ireland (14 min)
Aquarium featuring native Irish sealife, popular fish feeding sessions & touch pools. Corcomroe Abbey (42 min)
Stone ruins of a stately 13th-century Cistercian monastery in the countryside with a cemetery. Eyre Square (12 min)
Popular square in the heart of the city featuring grassy areas, trees, sculptures & a playground. The Latin Quarter (11 min) Menlo Castle (15 min)
Well-known ruins of a riverfront castle built in the 1500s, with ivy-covered walls. Lynch's Castle (12 min)
The only complete non-religious medieval building still standing in Galway features stone gargoyles. Spanish Arch (10 min)
Added to the 16th-century walls in the 18th century, this archway provides access to Spanish Parade. Dunguaire Castle (26 min)
Immaculately restored, 16th-century bay-side fortress with a literary history and evening banquets. Merlin Park Woods (9 min) Aran Island Ferries (9 min) Galway Cathedral (11 min)
Modern and airy, green-domed, renaissance-style Catholic cathedral, with a mosaic of JF Kennedy. | 
