Beara Peninsula itinerary

xyz99 · Veteran Member

Beara Peninsula itinerary

Michele Erdvig · Host

xyz99,

Healy Pass is certainly worthwhile. You could do a figure 8 but that would mean going through the pass twice. Of course you would get two different viewpoints and see the whole peninsula.

Another alternative would go from Kenmare to Lauragh, through Healy Pass to Ardrigole, follow the coast road clockwise back to Kenmare. That one means traversing the same route from Lauragh to Kenmare again and missing out on the road between Adrigole and Glengarriff.

Some places to consider seeing are Derreen Gardens near Lauragh and Gleninchiquin Park & Waterfall.

Michele

xyz99 · Veteran Member

Hi Michele,
Thanks for the suggestions - would we have time for the figure 8 drive? I know, it depends on how much, how long we stop...I guess we'll have to decide there.

The Gleninchiquin Park & Waterfall was on our list of things to do there, but I did not know anything about the Derreen Gardens - one more thing to look into

Thanks

Michele Erdvig · Host

xyz99,

If you get an early start I don't see why you couldn't do a figure 8 drive. See what the day is like when you are there. If you decide to do that I suggest seeing Gleninchiquin Park and Derreen Gardens first, since they have closing times. The scenery and Healy Pass never closes.

Michele

matt109 · Veteran Member

Michele, I was just wondering if you know of good website for the Beara Peninsula. I am trying to find one that has a good driving mad and also shows what to see.

Itallian Chauffeur · Moderator

Try this one:

http://www.bearainfo.com/

My PERSONAL preference is to drive the Healy Pass, North to South -- Lauragh to Adrigole, but that may just be a subjective thing.

Bob

edited to make link 'clickable'

-- Edited by Itallian Chauffeur at 20:08, 2007-03-19

Itallian Chauffeur · Moderator

Another nice one:

http://www.westcorktravel.com/Drives/BearaPeninsula/TheBearaPeninsula.html

Be sure to 'click' on the 'More Pictures' link for nice views of Healy Pass and the coast road.

http://www.12travel.com/ie/attractions/ringofbeara.html

Click through to 'Maps'.

Bob

edited to make links 'clickable'

-- Edited by Itallian Chauffeur at 20:19, 2007-03-19

Michele Erdvig · Host

Bob,

Thanks for sharing your Beara links with us. If you click on "Go Advanced" button you can do hyperlinks on the forum and lots of other neat stuff.

Michele

-- Edited by Michele Erdvig at 17:35, 2007-03-19