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Day 7 of 10 · Dunquin · The Wild & Offbeat Atlantic

Day 7 — Great Blasket Island

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A road day to your new base in Dunquin, with a long drive (3 h 10).

Great Blasket Island
An Blascaod Mór © CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 5 · Dunquin · Ireland

We sleep in Dunquin, 7.6 km from the place visited

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day 7 1 night 3 h 10 on the road226 kmclimate favourable

Interest of the place — nature 15. Based on: island.

programme
4 h 30
road
3 h 10

To add if time allows: Marine Wildlife Boat Tour (3 h) · Blasket Centre Visit (2 h)

Bad-weather option — something else that day — Blasket Centre Visit

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On the way

Stops beside the road, chosen for their small detour — we say they are on the way, we do not promise to go through them.

  • Cliffs of Moher

    Cliffs of Moher

    Dramatic vertical sea cliffs that define the raw, untamed edge of the Irish coastline.

    90 min there · detour +5 km · View on Google Maps

    © photographed on 14 December 2008 by Bob Jones — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

  • Inch Beach

    Inch Beach

    A long, windswept sand spit extending into the sea, providing a serene transition toward the Dingle Peninsula.

    45 min there · detour +11 km · View on Google Maps

    © photographed on 15 September 2011 by Draceane — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

  • Slea Head

    Slea Head

    The westernmost point of the Dingle Peninsula, offering panoramic views of the Atlantic and the Blasket Islands.

    60 min there · no detour · View on Google Maps

    © photographed on 19 October 2013 by Philip Pötsch, Philipweb — CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons