walks around connemara

The Connemara Trail and Coast Trail are designed for beginner and advanced rider alike. For a week or more the routes take your across Connemara in the beautiful west of Ireland through some of the most spectacular and unspoilt scenery in the country....

This is an old style spacious town residence in picturesque Oughterard. Guests will receive a friendly service in a relaxed atmosphere. It is only a short walk to top class restaurants and lively pubs.

This route starts at Oughterard and follows the shore of Lough Corrib to Maam. From Maam it finds a low level way through the great quartzite ranges of the Maum Turks and Twelve Bens, before descending to the deep, narrow valley of Killary Harbour and junction with the western Way...

Hiking in the 12 Bens and Maumturk Mountains. Waliking on off-shore islands of Aran, Omey and Inishbofin and bog trotting across ancient buried landscapes with their rich spirit world....

Connemara Walking Centre provides a full range of guided half day walks, full day tours and week long walking holidays exploring the heritage and landscape of the Bogs, Mountains and Islands of Connemara....

Its many archaeological sites are evidence of a once thriving community which was devastated by famine. See a church buried in sand, a celtic well, the Hill of the Woman and ancient kitchen middens, recent archaeological excavations....

Oughterard offers an excellent and varied choice of walking and hiking. The great Western way begins in Oughterard and passes along the lake shore before reaching Maam. There are walks by rivers, beside bogs and along country lanes. Oughterard is also an ideal base for hiking and climbing being only a half hour drive from the famous Maamturk mountain range....