Enjoy Kinvara with its lively traditional music scene, noted seafood restaurants, sailing, and festivals. A few minutes drive brings you to Trácht beach with its golden sands and the 'flaggy shores' of New Quay. 25 minutes to the bustling city of Galway.
Suitable for children of all ages. Suitable for people with restricted mobility. Travel-cot and highchair available. Also equipment for elderly and disabled.
You may have the use of a shed if you have bicycles, fishing or sports equipment. Ample, private, off-road parking. Public tennis courts, kiddies playground and football pitch across the road at the top of the lane.
WELCOME FOLDER: will be left out for you - house instructions, local information, places to visit, important phone numbers, maps etc.
PRICE INCLUDES all utilities, use of hot tub, linen & towels. LARGER GROUP? Consider renting our 2nd studio-cottage nearby, sleeps two.KINVARA is a quaint seaside village renowned for its medieval castle, 'Dunguaire', which provides nightly banquets. Each August Kinvara hosts Cruinniu na mBad, a traditional sailing festival featuring turf boats, and also a traditional music festival (Fleadh na gCuach) each May Bank Holiday weekend and a hurling festival. On the October bank holiday weekend, Gort hosts the Joe Cooley Traditional Music festival. There is a farmer's market - organic vegetables, home baking, crafts - every Friday morning from April to October. The village contains 3 supermarkets, restaurants, post office, pharmacy, health food shop, hairdressers, beauticians, seaweed treatment clinic, craft shops, children's playground, football, tennis and much more.
NEARBY AMENITIES: Kinvara is considered the 'gateway' to North Clare, which is renowned for its limestone landscape of the BURREN (an area of world-wide interest to botanists, historians, archaeologists, ecologists, geologists, writers and artists). 10 minutes drive will bring you to the Burren National Park. Nearby also you can visit: 2 championship golf courses, The Cliffs of Moher, Aillwee Caves, Burren Perfumery and Floral Centre, Thoor Ballylee (home of W.B. Yeats, one of our great poets), Coole Park (home of Lady Gregory and the inspiration for many of Yeats' poems), Kiltartan Museum, Kilmacduagh Monastic Settlement and round tower, the Martello Tower at Auginish and even a trip to the Aran Islands! Galway city is also definitely worth a trip – don't miss the famous Galway Races, Arts Festival and Oyster Festival. Travel on to Connemara with its boglands, stone walls, lakes and native Irish-speaking people of the Gaeltacht.
PRICING (all-inclusive*):
Jan to Mar €195 per night
April, May €300 per night
June €355 per night
July onwards €395 per night
Galway Race week: €450 per night
* ELECTRIC CARS: €20 per day to cover extra electricity use.
ENQUIRIES: tel Kath at 087-9045135. Email kinvchalet@gmail.com
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