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    The Latin Quarter and Shop Street - Galway's Medieval Core on Foot

    The Latin Quarter runs from Williamsgate Street through Shop Street, High Street and Quay Street down to the Spanish Arch, and it is where most visitors spend their first hour in Galway. The route is pedestrianised…

    Address
    Shop Street, Galway, H91
    Nearest transit
    5-minute walk from Eyre Square down Williamsgate Street
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    The Spanish Arch and the Long Walk - Where the Corrib Meets Galway Bay

    The Spanish Arch is a surviving section of Galway's 1584 city wall, built to shelter merchant ships unloading wine and salt from Spain and Portugal. Two of the original four arches remain, the rest lost to the wave that…

    Address
    Spanish Parade, Galway, H91
    Nearest transit
    10-minute walk from Eyre Square via Shop Street and Quay Street
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    Galway Cathedral - The Last Great Stone Cathedral Built in Europe

    The Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas was completed in 1965, which makes it startlingly young for a building of this scale. It was cut from Galway limestone on the site of the old city jail, and…

    Address
    Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas, University Road, Galway, H91
    Nearest transit
    12-minute walk from Eyre Square via Eglinton Street and the Salmon Weir Bridge
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    Salthill Promenade - The Seafront Walk Locals Actually Do

    Salthill Promenade runs roughly two kilometres along Galway Bay from Grattan Road to the Blackrock diving tower, and walking it is a local ritual rather than a tourist activity. Tradition says you kick the wall at the…

    Address
    The Promenade, Salthill Road Lower, Salthill, Galway, H91
    Nearest transit
    Bus Eireann route 401 from Eyre Square to Salthill, about 12 minutes; or a 35-minute walk along the bay
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    The Cliffs of Moher Day Trip - Ireland's Most Visited Natural Attraction

    The Cliffs of Moher reach 214 metres at their highest point near Knockardakin and run for about 14 kilometres along the County Clare coast. They are the single most popular day trip from Galway and the numbers reflect…

    Address
    Cliffs of Moher Visitor Experience, Lislorkan North, Liscannor, Co. Clare, V95 KN9T
    Nearest transit
    Bus Eireann route 350 from Galway Coach Station, roughly 1 hour 50 minutes each way
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    Connemara National Park and Kylemore Abbey - A Full Day West of the City

    Connemara National Park covers 2,957 hectares of blanket bog, heath and mountain around Letterfrack, and the Diamond Hill loop is why most people make the trip. The full upper walk is about 7 kilometres, takes three…

    Address
    Connemara National Park Visitor Centre, Letterfrack, Co. Galway, H91 Y972 (Kylemore Abbey, Pollacapall, Connemara, Co. Galway, H91 VR90)
    Nearest transit
    Citylink route 923 from Galway Coach Station to Letterfrack, about 1 hour 40 minutes, stopping at Kylemore Abbey en route
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    The Aran Islands - Inis Mor and the Cliff Fort at Dun Aonghasa

    Inis Mor is the largest of the three Aran Islands, 14 kilometres long, with a permanent population of around 760 and Irish as the everyday spoken language. Ferries leave from Rossaveal, roughly 40 minutes west of the…

    Address
    Aran Island Ferries terminal, Kilronan, Inis Mor, Aran Islands, Co. Galway, H91
    Nearest transit
    Connecting shuttle bus from Queen Street, Galway to Rossaveal ferry port, about 40 minutes, then a 40-minute crossing to Kilronan
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    The Burren - 250 Square Kilometres of Limestone Pavement

    The Burren is a karst landscape in north County Clare where bare grey limestone pavement, split into blocks and fissures known as clints and grikes, covers roughly 250 square kilometres. The rock formed as a tropical…

    Address
    Burren National Park Information Point, Church Street, Corofin, Co. Clare, V95
    Nearest transit
    Bus Eireann route 350 from Galway Coach Station towards Ballyvaughan and Lisdoonvarna, about 1 hour 10 minutes to Ballyvaughan
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    Galway City Museum - Free Context for Everything Else on This List

    Galway City Museum stands directly behind the Spanish Arch and is free to enter, which makes it the obvious wet-weather fallback in a city that gets plenty of wet weather. Three floors cover medieval Galway's trade with…

    Address
    Galway City Museum, Spanish Parade, Galway, H91 CX5P
    Nearest transit
    10-minute walk from Eyre Square via Shop Street and Quay Street
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    A Traditional Music Session in a Galway Pub - The West End After Dark

    A traditional session in Galway is not a scheduled performance with a stage and a ticket. Musicians sit in a corner, agree sets of reels and jigs between themselves, and stop when they feel like stopping. The West End…

    Address
    The Crane Bar, 2 Sea Road, Galway, H91
    Nearest transit
    12-minute walk from Eyre Square via Dominick Street Lower and the Wolfe Tone Bridge

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