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
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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
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Loads of activities like paint balling, archery, trails etc
Galway Atlantaquaria, Εθνικό Ενυδρείο της Ιρλανδίας
Seapoint Promenade
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Fairground and indoor swimming pool with slide. Mini golf.
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Leisureland
Upper Salthill Road
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Moycullen
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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
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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
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A village now part of Galway city, lots of pubs and food options, can get very busy in summer
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Connemara Smokehouse & Visitor Centre
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Mungo Murphy's Seaweed Co.
Keeraunagurk South
Amazing food truck with breathtaking views in the Connemara National Park
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Misunderstood Heron
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Κονεμάρα
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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
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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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Κήπος και καφέ της Μπρίτζιτ
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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
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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
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Αγώνες του Γκάλγουεϊ
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