Travel Blogs from Letterfrack, Ireland
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connemara national park
gitarella al parco nazionale del connemara e notte all'old monastery hostel...davvero un posto ...
Connemara and Diamond Hill
... The weather was more sunny that the first time and the sights on the sea and Connemara mountains were gorgeous. After a stop at Letterfrack to have lunch in a pub on the terrace, we reached Diamond Hill which is located quite close to this village. ...
Kylemore Abbey
... Clifden but we turned right approximately 20 km before Clifden to reach Kylemore which is located close to the village of Letterfrack. Kylemore Abbey was built in the XIX century by an English politician who was Member of Parliament for County Galway and ...
The Connemara
As a base for exploring the Connemara, we stayed at the Old Monastery Hostel in Letterfrack. What a treat! The hostel is in a unique old building (literally an old monastery) and not only were we treated to a cozy sitting room heated by a peat burning ...
Letterfrack - just a stopover place...
... cafe and spent 2 hours updating the blog. We went to the station house for lunch before heading out at 4pm to ride to Letterfrack. We got passed on the way to Letterfrack by another biker. It turned out he was also German (in fact, ...
Day 7 - Co: OFF, WEM, ROS, LOG, LET, MAY & GAL
... national park but the rpads were so awful that it took over an hour. we eventually arrived at the old monastary hostel in letterfrack, there was only one other guest there and 2 people learning how to run the place while the owner went on holidays. it ...
Another Stop...
Kylemore Abbey, with it's miniature Gothic Church and beautiful grounds is a "must see" while in Ireland. Some of our favorite pictures were taken ...
Day 10: Let's Make It To The Top
... more Hostels and restaurants than citizens - probably not true of course, but it definitely seems that way. I am staying at the 'Letterfrack Lodge' and I discovered I actually have my own real bed! No bunk-beds this time :D and since not much is happening ...
Connemara Moutains- Conquering the 12 Pins
... north to a farm in Athenry. We cut through Galway (during rush hour) and stayed the night in the little town of Letterfrack- definately my favorite little town on the west coast. The town was nestled in the Connemara mountains on a gorgeous, secuded, ...
BEST DAY OF WHOLE TRIP!
BEST DAY YET!!!! And so incredibly FULL!!. We knew we wanted lots of walking after a fairly long sitting in the car day yesterday so off we headed to Connemara National Park with not high expectations, just knew the scenery looked awesome so we knew ...
Afternoon delight
Dance Happy's first trip was to Diamond Hill, Connemara. We got a perfect day for our hike, sunny, a little breezy and 12 degree C. A nice leisurely hike of 3 hours with stunning views along the route. Quite a lot of steps, it seemed like an unending ...
The Irish are NUTS!!
100 km speed limits on these nutsy small, narrow, no shoulder roads!! cannot believe it - I LOVE to drive fast but even 60 km at times was more than enough on the twists and turns on our drive today. My day to drive today - long driving day ...
Letterfrack
This part of Ireland is famous for Connemara national park...very very beatiful! Mountains, sheep, beer and more sheep! I stayed at this great hostel at the foot of Diamond Hill...which I climbed, in the wild wind, but the view was ...
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