Cottage Room

Modern cottage located near Galway Bay. Great shops, pubs, restaurants. Enjoy views of the world-famous Burren hills. Large TV/DVD. Open fire. Wi-Fi. Cosy room. The perfect base for exploring Kinvara, the Burren and counties Galway & Clare. Enjoy Kinvara with its lively traditional music scene, noted seafood restaurants, sailing, and festivals. I am very happy to be available to help guests and advise you of the local area, things to do, places to visit, good restaurants etc. Kinvara is considered the 'gateway' to North Clare, which is renowned for its limestone landscape of the BURREN (an area of world-wide interest to botanists, historians, archaeologists, ecologists, geologists, writers and artists). 10 minutes drive will bring you to the Burren National Park. Nearby also you can visit: 2 championship golf courses, The Cliffs of Moher, Aillwee Caves, Burren Perfumery and Floral Centre, Thoor Ballylee (home of W.B. Yeats, one of our great poets), Coole Park (home of Lady Gregory and the inspiration for many of Yeats' poems), Kiltartan Museum, Kilmacduagh Monastic Settlement and round tower, the Martello Tower at Auginish and even a trip to the Aran Islands! Galway city is also definitely worth a trip – don't miss the famous Galway Races, Arts Festival and Oyster Festival. Travel on to Connemara with its boglands, stone walls, lakes and native Irish-speaking people of the Gaeltacht. Most guests like to use a car for exploring the Burren, cliffs, caves, Galway city, Conemara, beaches and all the other fabulous places nearby. There are maps available to you in the Welcome Folder. I can give you good directions for driving here from the airport. Ryanair and Aerlingus to Shannon and Dublin from many UK and European cities. Car ferries to Dublin. Kinvara is a 2 ½ hours drive from Dublin Airport, 45 minutes drive from Shannon Airport, 2 hours from Knock airport. LOCAL ATTRACTIONS: Kinvara is a quaint seaside village renowned for its medieval castle, 'Dunguaire', which provides nightly banquets. Each August Kinvara hosts Cruinniu na mBad, a traditional sailing festival featuring turf boats, and also a traditional music festival (Fleadh na gCuach) each May Bank Holiday weekend and a hurling festival. On the October bank holiday weekend, Gort hosts the Joe Cooley Traditional Music festival. There is a farmer's market - organic vegetables, home baking, crafts - every Friday morning from April to October. The village contains 3 supermarkets, restaurants, post office, pharmacy, health food shop, hairdressers, beauticians, seaweed treatment clinic, craft shops, children's playground, football, tennis and much more.