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Imagine sitting on top of a cliff path gazing out at the magnificent views of a majestic rugged coastline, waves crashing on the rocks below or cycling along a coastal path with the sun in your face and the wind on you back.
It all sounds very poetic but they are just the sort of images that can come true with a biking holiday in Ireland. Where else in the world would you find the combination of wonderful scenery, somewhere to get away from it all and relax or try a local pub and enjoy the best of traditional music.
It’s an island where the humour, generosity and hospitality of the local people is legendary and the craic is immense. Ireland is a place where you are going to be made very welcome. Whichever holiday you choose, be it pedal power or on foot you will not be disappointed.
Our accommodation combines the highest standards with traditional Irish welcomes and comprise of small family run hotels, guesthouses and B&B’s. So come along and experience for yourself the majestic headlands, spectacular scenery and breathtaking natural beauty that aptly describes Ireland.
We also offer a wide range of Guided & Self-Guided walking holidays.
National Geographic voted Irelands walks as ‘best in the world’ in 2011. With ancient sites older than the pyramids, the highest sea cliffs in Europe and some of the most spectacular landscapes in the world – it’s easy to see why.
Here are ten of our favourite walks and cycles in Ireland for 2012:
1. Causeway Coastal Walk: The jewel in the crown of the fabulous coast of Antrim, The Giant’s Causeway is a World Unesco Heritage site and is ranked alongside Mount Everest for its importance to humankind. As you walk along the most striking section of the Causeway Coast, you’ll hear tales of how ancient giants used the 40,000 hexagonal columns to build a causeway to neighbouring Scotland.
2. Cycle Doolough Valley: A magical landscape of bogs, mountains and lakes waits for those who opt for this magnificent cycle. Quiet country roads take you through the desolate, but stunning, Doolough Valley in county Mayo where you will learn the poignant history of the famine era. This was the site of a tragic Famine walk, which took place in 1849. In icy weather, 400 hundred people died along the road as they walked from Louisburgh to Delphi and back.
3. Gap of Dunloe Walk: This walk begins with a boat ride through the magical Lakes of Killarney before walking through the glorious black valley, through what is known as the Gap of Dunloe. The walk takes you through an awe-inspiring mountain pass where the scenery is a fantasy of rocky bridges and clear mountain streams ending with a well-deserved pint at Kate Kearney’s traditional pub.
4. Aran Islands Cycle: A landscape epitomising Irish nature and culture entwined where life on this remote Atlantic Island is best experienced on bike as you explore the myriad of country lanes fenced by miles of traditional dry-stone walls. At the end of the track a short walk takes you up to the ancient stone fort perched perilously on the 100ft towering cliff edge, and is well worth it for the spectacular views.
5. Slea Head: Discover Dingle’s ancient past on a cycle along Slea Head to the ‘edge of the world’ – Ireland’s most westerly point. This Gaeltacht area (Irish speaking) revels a dramatic landscape, but its gentle gradients and sweeping vistas make this a truly heavenly cycle.
6. Mullaghmore Head: A short, but truly magnificent walk from the pretty fishing village out along the headland where the rocky coast of county Sligo slices into the Atlantic Surf below.
7. Sheeps Head Peninsula Walks: Enjoy the peaceful nature of one of Ireland’s most rural and tranquil peninsulas where sheep outnumber people. One of the quietest and most remote parts of Ireland, this West Cork peninsula possesses a silent beauty where you can enjoy our trail in picturesque solitude.
8. Cycle Donegal Highlands: Isolated and rugged, you will be treated to a feast of serenity as you peddle through the dramatic glen of Glenveagh National Park, complete with its magical Glenveagh Castle where golden eagles soar the skies.
9. Killary Fijord Famine Track: This stunning walk takes in the magnificent Killary Fijord along an old trail known as the ‘famine track’ because of the ruins of the old famine houses that litter the path. Below, the pristine water of the fijord is dotted with mussels’ beds, which are tended by local fishermen.
10. Adrenaline on Sally Gap in Wicklow Mountains National Park
