For once in your life you have made two, not one, good decisions. The first is that you’ve finally decided to go abroad on your next vacation. And the second is, snakes alive, you’ve finally decided to visit the Republic of Ireland. These are both wise and inspirational choices. Take a tip or two of the country’s famous malt and give yourself a cheerful pat on the back, something you’ll be experiencing a lot of once over there.
A larger than life island
But here’s the thing, for a land mass as small as this island, incidentally, the third largest island in the world, it has so many natural and cultural wonders for you to explore that, as of this very moment, you may not have a clue where to make your first mark after beginning your historic Ireland tours.
The rest of this short online travel guide helps you to pick and choose among Ireland’s most treasured natural wonders. Let’s begin with the Giant’s Causeway. It’s located in Northern Ireland and it is that British province’s only UNESCO-recognized World Heritage site. This is mainly because the landscape remains in pristine condition against the backdrop of global warming and climate change.
There’s more. The Ring of Kerry is nearly two hundred kilometers in diameter (check your own metric system to see how far you’ll be travelling around here). But here, distance is soon forgotten because you’ll be preoccupied with the region’s beaches, lakes, mountains and medieval sites. While it won’t take you long to get through the Ring of Kerry, a day trip comes highly recommended.
The Kerry Way is best done on foot
One way worth exploring on foot, rather than by a hired vehicle, is that of the Kerry Way, which stretches from Killarney to Glenbeigh. If this seems too much for you, you could also travel by bicycle. Here, there’s more of the towns’ cultural mores to experience than anything else, although landscapes and ancient sites remain breathtaking and nostalgic.
Universal time is running out on us. We’d like to return to the abovementioned World heritage site, but before we do that we’d like to advise you to put together a list of your own of what really interests you, culturally, aesthetically and naturally, as a tourist. Then have a heart to heart chat with your travel agent who will then be able to put together the ideal itinerary for you.
Many of you may have stayed at home this winter but will have seen the latest installment of Star Wars. All the more reason to visit the land of Kerry, also known as the Skellig Ring, because it is here that a crucial scene from Star Wars: The Force Awakens takes place.
Other than that, if you have a keen interest in religion, Christian history in particular, then visiting the Skellig Ring will also expose you to ancient ruins. And while doing this, you’ll necessarily be travelling on foot, just like the regions first pilgrims once did.
