Here under SIT - day 11, you will find travel information for that day, with practical information including the opening hours and addresses of the different attractions.
Have a walk in Galway City, one of the fastest growing and more dynamic cities in Europe.
Explore Connemara National Park and its 7,306 acres of scenic mountains, expanses of bogs, heaths, grasslands and woodlands. The bird life of the Park is also varied. Meadow pipits, skylarks, stonechats, chaffinches, robins and wrens are just some of the common song-birds within the Park. Birds of prey are sometimes seen, usually kestrel and sparrowhawk, with merlin and peregrine falcon making occasional visits.
The rocks underlying the National Park are typical of the Twelve Bens area and are termed metamorphic rocks. These rocks derive from sediments deposited in a warm shelf sea between 700 and 550 million years ago.
In the past the Park lands were used for agriculture, mainly as grazing for cattle and sheep. Vegetables were grown on some of the more fertile lowlands. Today, these areas are easily recognized by the old cultivation ridges and hollows.
Tel: 095-41054
Letterfrack
Entrance fees: € 2.75
Opening Hours: 10am-6.30pm, June
9.30am-6.30pm, July to August
10am-5.30pm, Apr - May and Sep-Oct
Visitor Centre Housed in Letterfrack
Guided walks are possible on Monday, wed and Friday in July and August, leaving at 10.30am.
Letterfracks is 10 miles Northeast of Clifden on the N59
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Have a walk in Galway City, one of the fastest growing and more dynamic cities in Europe.
In the past the Park lands were used for agriculture, mainly as grazing for cattle and sheep. Vegetables were grown on some of the more fertile lowlands. Today, these areas are easily recognized by the old cultivation ridges and hollows.