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Attractions

Galway City, known as the City of the Tribes is renown for its range of tourist attractions, ranging from :
Salthill with Atlantaquaria and Leisureland
Galway City centre with the Spanish Arch, University College and several shopping streets.
The county attractions include Connemara, stretching 50 miles to the West, with its rugged beauty and the twelve bens mountain skyline.

Galway City
The historic city of the tribes dances to a beat uniquely its own. There are certain chemistry and vibrancy to this friendly University City, which many delight in, and few forget. Music, festivals, horse racing, pubs, restaurants, shops, theatres and most of all Galway people, combine to create this atmospheric mediaeval city of culture. From this pulsating heart the rest of the county flows.

Connemara
From the rugged Twelve Bens mountain range in the north through lake-rich Roundstone Bog to the golden beaches reaching out into the Atlantic Ocean, you'll know you're in Connemara by the light that constantly changes the mood and tone of the landscape. Connemara has long been regarded as the real emerald of Ireland.

The Aran Islands - located in Galway Bay
No holiday to Galway would be complete without a trip to the Aran Islands. The Aran Islands are situated in the middle of Galway Bay. The natural beauty along with thatch roofed stone cottages that dot the islands provide a splendid example of Celtic and early Christian heritage and gives one the impression that they have just travelled back in time.. The islands are Inishmore, the largest, Inishmaan and Inisheer being the smallest.

The Burren
The Burren in North County Clare is an amazing place. It is a karst limestone region of approximately 300 sq km which lies in the North West corner of Co Clare, in Ireland. It is composed of limestone pavements, which are eroded in a distinctive pattern known as karren. This pavement is crisscrossed by cracks known as grykes and underneath the pavement there are huge caves and rivers that suddenly flood when it rains. It contains dozens of megalithic tombs and Celtic crosses and a ruined Cistercian Abbey from the 12th century, Corcomroe. You can find villages abandoned since famine times and green roads on which you can walk for miles without ever seeing a car. And if you go in springtime you will find rare wildflowers such as gentian and orchids and bloody cranesbill.