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County Galway
About 19 miles away
A lively harbor city of music pubs and festivals, with Connemara's bogs and the Aran Islands close by.
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The Burren
A gray limestone plateau of cracked pavements, where rare wildflowers bloom among ancient stone tombs.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Burren National Park information point, Corofin, County ClareDirections
- Getting There
- The coast road from Doolin to Ballyvaughan runs along its western edge.
Why Go
The bare rock covers some 250 square kilometers of northwest Clare, scored with cracks where orchids, gentians and mountain avens grow side by side in May and June. More than 90 megalithic tombs, ring forts and early churches stand across the landscape, and part of it is a national park.
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