Guide to Spiddal and nearby areas

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Guide to Spiddal and nearby areas

Kids Stuff!

Things to keep children entertained
Animal petting farm plus indoor and outdoor play centre just a few minutes drive from the cottage
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Loughwell Farm Park
22 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Animal petting farm plus indoor and outdoor play centre just a few minutes drive from the cottage
Loads of activities like paint balling, archery, trails etc
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Eile Mental Activity Park
9 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Loads of activities like paint balling, archery, trails etc
Galway Atlantaquaria, Pambansang Aquarium ng Ireland
Seapoint Promenade
37 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Fairground and indoor swimming pool with slide. Mini golf.
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Leisureland
Upper Salthill Road
38 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Fairground and indoor swimming pool with slide. Mini golf.

Cultural Activities

Arts, crafts, tradition
Meet local artisans at work and buy unique pieces from them! There is also a nice cafe and a view of the sea!
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Spiddal Craft Village & Café
23 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Meet local artisans at work and buy unique pieces from them! There is also a nice cafe and a view of the sea!
Amazing opportunity to experience local culture and history or learn about the Gaeltacht (Irish speaking area)
Cnoc Suain
L1320
Amazing opportunity to experience local culture and history or learn about the Gaeltacht (Irish speaking area)
Food and craft market on Sundays from 1-4 pm during the summer!
An Droighneán Donn
Main Street
Food and craft market on Sundays from 1-4 pm during the summer!
One of the first shops to sell Aran sweaters still going strong three generations later. You can find a nice mix of Irish crafts as well as clothes and gifts. There is a cafe onsite too.
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Standun
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One of the first shops to sell Aran sweaters still going strong three generations later. You can find a nice mix of Irish crafts as well as clothes and gifts. There is a cafe onsite too.
The world renowned Galway International Arts Festival
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Galway International Arts Festival
Dyke Road
20 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
The world renowned Galway International Arts Festival
The best local and international independent films shown in great locations
Galway Film Fleadh
36D Merchants Rd
The best local and international independent films shown in great locations

Food scene

Honest pub grub by the sea with a nice beach to explore
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Pádraicíns Seafood Bar & Restaurant
23 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Honest pub grub by the sea with a nice beach to explore
Upmarket dinner or just pop into their cafe. The road from this place to Spiddal is beautiful at sunset with sea views.
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White Gables Restaurant
16 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Upmarket dinner or just pop into their cafe. The road from this place to Spiddal is beautiful at sunset with sea views.
Nice atmosphere inside and traditional music from 9.30pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Also do food and Guinness! You can walk back from here to the cottage if you have a few drinks!
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Tigh Giblin
Barr Na gCurragh
8 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Nice atmosphere inside and traditional music from 9.30pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Also do food and Guinness! You can walk back from here to the cottage if you have a few drinks!
The West Restaurant upstairs offers fresh seasonal local food with an ever changing menu. The Pins gastro bar downstairs offers standard pub grub, however the ice cream shop is worth a visit for unusual locally inspired flavors!
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The Twelve Hotel Galway
Barna Road
42 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
The West Restaurant upstairs offers fresh seasonal local food with an ever changing menu. The Pins gastro bar downstairs offers standard pub grub, however the ice cream shop is worth a visit for unusual locally inspired flavors!
Varied menu - best about this place is location and the herbal tea plus the local food products you can buy to take home.
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Builín Blasta Cafe & Bakery
13 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Varied menu - best about this place is location and the herbal tea plus the local food products you can buy to take home.
There is a local market on Fridays from 1-7pm which is small but has some good streetfood options to eat
9 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Moycullen
9 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
There is a local market on Fridays from 1-7pm which is small but has some good streetfood options to eat
Food average but the beer garden right at the back outside the glass doors is a nice spot for a drink on a sunny day with a view of the sea
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An Cruiscin Lan Hotel
6 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Food average but the beer garden right at the back outside the glass doors is a nice spot for a drink on a sunny day with a view of the sea
A quaint fishing village which is now the main hub in the West for Dublin’s elite to holiday in Ireland. Good food and pub selection.
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Roundstone
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A quaint fishing village which is now the main hub in the West for Dublin’s elite to holiday in Ireland. Good food and pub selection.
A village now part of Galway city, lots of pubs and food options, can get very busy in summer
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Salthill
113 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
A village now part of Galway city, lots of pubs and food options, can get very busy in summer
7 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Connemara Smokehouse & Visitor Centre
7 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Mungo Murphy's Seaweed Co.
Keeraunagurk South
Amazing food truck with breathtaking views in the Connemara National Park
20 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Misunderstood Heron
20 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Amazing food truck with breathtaking views in the Connemara National Park
There is a Supermacs in Spiddal village - think of it as Ireland’s answer to McDonalds!
Supermacs
Saint John's Road West
There is a Supermacs in Spiddal village - think of it as Ireland’s answer to McDonalds!

Sightseeing

Just 20 minutes from the cottage take a ferry to the beautiful Aran Islands where food, drink, music and breathtaking scenery await
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Aran Island Ferries Ros a' Mhíl Terminal
R372
6 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Just 20 minutes from the cottage take a ferry to the beautiful Aran Islands where food, drink, music and breathtaking scenery await
Enjoy this wide sandy beach in front of the craft center. Views of the Burren and the Clare hills. Note that there are steep steps down to the beach.
Spiddal Beach
Enjoy this wide sandy beach in front of the craft center. Views of the Burren and the Clare hills. Note that there are steep steps down to the beach.
A historic castle built 150 years ago out of love for a woman. Now run by the Benedictine nuns. Beautiful scenery with restaurants and craft shop. The nuns hand make chocolates, soaps etc. You can join them for mass or vespers.
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Kylemore Abbey
67 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
A historic castle built 150 years ago out of love for a woman. Now run by the Benedictine nuns. Beautiful scenery with restaurants and craft shop. The nuns hand make chocolates, soaps etc. You can join them for mass or vespers.
A pretty village with plenty of charm and food options in the summer
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Clifden
90 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
A pretty village with plenty of charm and food options in the summer
Take the Sky Road to Clifden to see the best of the Wild Atlantic Way
Sky Road
Sky Road
Take the Sky Road to Clifden to see the best of the Wild Atlantic Way
300 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Connemara National Park
300 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Be like a local and walk the prom, kicking the wall at the end and taking a leap into the sea off Blackrock tower
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Salthill Prom
52 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Be like a local and walk the prom, kicking the wall at the end and taking a leap into the sea off Blackrock tower
Peaceful woodlands and cafe
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Hardin ni Brigit at Cafe
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Peaceful woodlands and cafe
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Killary Harbour
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Leenaun
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Adventure & Sport

Riding and trekking options
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Moycullen Riding Centre
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Riding and trekking options
The Greenway Cafe has won awards. There is good fishing in this town.
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Oughterard
30 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
The Greenway Cafe has won awards. There is good fishing in this town.
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Spiddal Sailing Club
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Delphi Adventure Centre
8 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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Mga Karera sa Galway
33 lokal ang nagrerekomenda