Road Trip Ideas please !

sunny2004

I am taking a few days out for a road trip and need some ideas for locations on route. I am starting out at Carlow and onwards to Shannon then I am relatively free but am considering heading north from shannon but its not set in stone....

Open to some general ideas as to good locations for landscapes, etc... anything considered location wise !

rymus

anywhere in West Cork / Kerry. Head down to Clonakilty, head west from there. You can't go wrong really. Just get a map and hit some of the main towns.

Valentia

If you do decide to head north, the trip from Lahinch to Ballyvaughan is on the AA top ten drives in the world. On a clear day it is awesome with the Burren on your right and a view of Galway Bay on the left. It could take awhile though. You'll be tempted to stop and explore so many spots!

Fajitas!

Waterford has some pretty decent coastlines. Wexford has some nice spots too. I'd do a coastal run around to Shannon if I were you.

sunny2004

Valentia wrote:

If you do decide to head north, the trip from Lahinch to Ballyvaughan is on the AA top ten drives in the world. On a clear day it is awesome with the Burren on your right and a view of Galway Bay on the left. It could take awhile though. You'll be tempted to stop and explore so many spots!

Now that sounds interesting !

I think as mentioned north is the option for me...
So shannon to Lahinch then onto Ballyvaughan for starters ??

nilhg

If you get as far as Ballyvaughan, it would be a great pity not to continue on to Connemara. On a decent day its spectacular.

Valentia

sunny2004 wrote:

Now that sounds interesting !

I think as mentioned north is the option for me...
So shannon to Lahinch then onto Ballyvaughan for starters ??

Yep, that's it. Make sure you take the coast road though and not into Lisdoonvarna. And the beautiful village of Kinvara is only a few miles further on.

sunny2004

Valentia wrote:

Yep, that's it. Make sure you take the coast road though and not into Lisdoonvarna. And the beautiful village of Kinvara is only a few miles further on.

any suggestions from Kinvara ? which direction

also Anyone got any suggestion for staying places on route ? this will be a 2-3 night trip ...


I tks to everyone for there ideas, I intent printing this out before I go !!

sunny2004

nilhg wrote:

If you get as far as Ballyvaughan, it would be a great pity not to continue on to Connemara. On a decent day its spectacular.

Excellent idea..
any particular part ??

I am usless at directions but will be bringing maps and sat-nav! trust me I will need them

latchiko

If you get as far as Connemara, you should continue north to Achill Island. The Coast Road (I think that's what it's called) has some great views. Again, you really need good weather to make the most of it.

Wez

Might be worth checking out http://www.night-driving.com/ and flick through the 'Great night drives' routes in Ireland.. I'm planning on doing a road trip with some friends around Ireland soon enough, I'll be coming back to this thread!

nilhg

sunny2004 wrote:

Excellent idea..
any particular part ??

I am usless at directions but will be bringing maps and sat-nav! trust me I will need them

AS best as I can I've geotagged the photos in my Connemara set but thats only a small part of it. I was on a flying visit to visit my daughter in her gaeltacht college, but you could take photos there for a week.

I suppose the best advice would be to head for Clifden, and dont be in too much of a hurry.:D

sunny2004

nilhg wrote:

AS best as I can I've geotagged the photos in my Connemara set but thats only a small part of it. I was on a flying visit to visit my daughter in her gaeltacht college, but you could take photos there for a week.

I suppose the best advice would be to head for Clifden, and dont be in too much of a hurry.:D

Clifden is great was there years ago.. what is Geotagged ? and can it be used with a standard Satnav ?

sunny2004

So shannon to Lahinch then onto Ballyvaughan

Now Am I going on to Connemara ?
Or Kinvara ??
Achill island..

Clifden..

??

nilhg

sunny2004 wrote:

what is Geotagged ? and can it be used with a standard Satnav ?

If you open this photo, scroll down a bit and the top line of further information will be - taken in Skannive, Galway (map)
Click the link and you get a yahoo map with the location of the photos marked.

Thats how geotagging works on flickr, to use it with your sat-nav I would imagine you will have to input the points manually, but I'm not well up on sat-nav.

sunny2004

sunny2004 wrote:

So shannon to Lahinch then onto Ballyvaughan

Now Am I going on to Connemara ?
Or Kinvara ??
Achill island..

Clifden..

??

Ok I am at the mapping stage now !
So I leave Carlow, head for Shannon and then onwards to Lahinch, then Ballyvaughan...

So far so good, but where next ?