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Allihies - lovely colorful houses
globetrott Says: Allihies is a place that you will most probably always remember because of a scenic row of beautifully painted houses ! It is the special pastel-colors that make this place unique, and also some of the extra-decorations like the light-towers etc.These buildings are used as...
Eyries - a lovely village at the Ring of Beara
globetrott Says: Eyries is another lovely and scenic village that you will pass through, when driving the northern part of the Ring of Beara. All of the tiny houses there are painted in different colors and the whole village looks very special that way, excately the way the tourists expect...
Lauragh & Ireland most famous filling-station
globetrott Says: Lauragh is just a tiny village of a few buildings, about 30km north-east of Allihies, but plenty of tourists will go there for just 1 reason: In order to take a picture of that funny filling-station in front of a pub. On top of the ordinay gasoline-station they fixed the...
Dursey island is not far from Allihies
globetrott Says: Dursey Island is a popular paradise for local hikers and bird-watchers and the only way to get there is by Ireland's only cable-car.This cablecar to Dursey-island is quite an adventure : You may easily get sea-sick inside , because any kind of movement will immediately swing...
globetrott Says: The Ring of Beara is a lot less popular than the Ring of kerry or the Ring of Skellig, but it is also a lot more scenic and most probably you will hardly see any other tourists there. One of the main reasons for this is the fact that the road is quite narrow and...
globetrott Says: There is a megalyth grave just a few km west of Allihies, exactely at the crossing, where the road to Dursey-island is leaving the road of "Ring of Beara".There is no fence around this megalyth grave and you may just walk over the meadow and take a closer look. Science does...
globetrott Says: Dursey-Island has Ireland's only cablecar, and it is operated according to the needs of the local hikers. The owner of the cablecar is living closeby, and will get there to operate the cablecar for a short time in the morning and then again in the late afternoon in order to...
calculate your time, or rather don't !!
globetrott Says: Calculating your time in this part of Ireland is really hard, becasue the roads are quite narrow and so it could happen, that you meet a group of cows, who will not allow you to take over in the narrow Ring-road.See my pictures . there is a bull , and he had the feeling he...
The scenic road over the Healy Pass
globetrott Says: The scenic road over Healy Pass might be one of the highlights of your tour through this part of Ireland's West-coast. The long and winding road is quite narrow at some places,but there are plenty of passing-places and also the trafic is really very low. On top of the pass...
globetrott Says: Healy Pass on Beara Peninsula is the shortest way to drive from Lauragh to Adrigole - in a distance of maybe 40km east of Allihies.And when you are leaving the main circular-road on Beara Peninsula at Lauragh, you will see this famous petrol-station next to a small pub,...
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Healy Pass on Beara Peninsula is the shortest way to drive from Lauragh to Adrigole - in a distance of maybe 40km east of Allihies.And when you are leaving the...
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ALLIHIES - BEARA PENINSULLA - WEST CORK
You can just make out the different coloured houses of Allihies village in the distance at the foot of the mountain, these are the Slieve Miskish mountains, Knockoura being the highest peak with its...
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