Cliffs of Moher, Ireland

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The Cliffs of Moher are a breathtaking part of the coastline of Ireland! These cliffs are about 200 m steep and go horizontally down to the sea. There is a walking path and you can still walk along the cliffs and if you are very daring you can walk all the way up to the edges.... A stunning scenery!

ATTENTION!: While we were visiting there was already construction works going on: In spring (?) 2007 they plan to open a gigantic visitors' center from where you will be able to enjoy the cliffs, but no more walking along the cliffs will be allowed!

Here the famous pic always taken, but nevertheless it's so breathtaking and beautiful, especially if you are from a lowland country like myself. A height of nearly 200 metres. They extent for a distance of 8 km. There's a visitor's centre.
Look closely at the pic and see if you can spot the tree people on top of the cliffs?

On the West Coast of Ireland in Co. Clare, you will find the beautiful Cliffs of Moher. Eight kilometres of rugged cliffs soaring high above the Atlantic Ocean. I know it's a cliche, but really no trip to the Emerald Isle is complete without a visit to the Cliffs of Moher, arguably the most popular attraction in Ireland. Click on the website below for all the info you will need about getting there, tours, charges etc. If you have a car, you could do The Burren on the same day. Fabulous!

Recommend using tour guide as many roads are very skinny and lots of small places that are worth seeing that likely would miss if just drove yourself. The one I used Dublin Tour Company(www.Dublintourcompany.com) was great and only cost 49 euros to get from Dublin to Galway and back in a day. The company is called Galway Tour Company if already in Galway. Cliffs of Moher are gorgeous and worth seeing as the movie Princess bride and Harry Potter both used these cliffs for there extreme water to steep climb.

We were extremely lucky it was a perfect weather the day we were there. We were told that it's normally windy and rarely on good weather. Brought our packed lunch and enjoyed a good picnic there. The view there is definitely worthed lotsa good shots. Try visit the visitor experience exhibition that showed how the cliffs was formed. They charged an entrance fee of a few euros.

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The Cliffs of Moher were high on our list of "Must Sees" while in Ireland, and they did not disappoint. For you fans of "The Princess Bride", the cliffs doubled as the Cliffs of Insanity ("Inconceivable!"), and they were simply stunning. You walk up a rather steep hill until you get to the top where you look out over the rugged coast of the Atlantic Ocean. At the top is O'Brien's Tower, which looks like an ancient round tower but in fact was built in the 1930's for the tourists who would come to visit. It cost us 1 Euro each to ascend to the top of O'Brien's Tower. Wow, just when you think the view can't possibly be any more beautiful...

I was there in 2005, and at that time they were building a new visitors center, which surely must be open by now. I can't wait to go back!

Cliff of Moher is the most visited tourist attraction in Ireland. If like me you dislike crowds, stay away on public holidays, unfortunately the Bank Holiday was the only time my brother could drive me up to the place.

A virtual reality show , THE LEDGE, is an audiovisual theatre. Visitors get a bird's eye view of the stunning cliffs. Not to be missed.

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There were signs around saying it was too dangerous to visit the cliffs, as it was very VERY windy while we were there! But still plenty of people were about. The cliffs are stunning, the way theyre positioned is as if they were created to be photographed! Make sure you walk up both paths to check out each side!