Guide to Local Attractions
Paddle Boarding - lessons available through Wet Mongrel: Tel: +353 87 611 1992 (Ian is the instructor)
Burren National Park - Hiking and sight seeing
The Wild Atlantic Way Coast Road
Burren Nature Sanctuary - Great for children, but expensive in season
Corcomroe Abbey - Great ruins to walk through and it’s on the way to the Burren Perfumery or Ballyvaughan.
Hazel Mountain Chocolate, Discover Irish chocolate crafted directly from sustainable cacao beans at the foothills of the Burren Mountains
Traught & Fanore Beach – proper wide beaches with parking
Aloha Surf School (at Fanore Beach) 087 213 3996
Coole Park, Gort – walking paths and a cafe
Cliffs of Moher – walk to top, or take a boat from Doolin or Galway, book ahead
Doolin & Lahinch for surfing and sightseeing
Connemara is a fabulous day trip, head for Clifden
Aran Islands - Get a ferry from Doolin
Clarenbridge Oyster Festival, September
Kinvara Farmers Market (seasonal) Fridays 10-2
Kinvara Cuckoo Festival
Kinvara Cruinniu (traditional Galway Hooker regatta and music festival)
Golf – many golf courses in the surrounding areas
Galway City – see the Spanish Arch, Claddagh, and famous Quay Street with all of its pubs, shops and restaurants
