West Cork Break this coming w/e

harry999

Would appreciate advice on the best places to visit/things to do for this Saturday/Sunday break in West Cork. Staying in Rosscarbery - so traveling down tomorrow friday and touring around Sat & Sunday. So will prob go west of Roscarbery mostly - schull, baltimore etc.. maybe visit some islands, do some walking etc - anybody recommend a good itinerary for the trip so I get the most of the two days. Thanks

Markcheese

-eat your way round - roscarbery has at least one good restauraunt - skibb market on Saturday get a picnic head to Baltimore - do a whale watch tour - (if it's still running in oct ) - lough hyne (climb the hill behind it - Mary Anne's in castletownsend -
Head towards balledehob /Schull - walk up mount Gabriel - crook haven for lunch - stroll on barley cove - on to mizzen -
Or none of the above - there's a newish arts centre in skibb - there's a famine centre (never been) - there's a cool ring fort and fulacht fia near roscarbery as well -
That'll get you started

PinkLemonade

They do night sea kayaking in loch hyne near baltimore which is a great experience, id really look into it if you can!

flutered

we are off to bantry tomorrow, staying at blairs cove house near durras

harry999

Thanks for replies - I hope to do all above on Saturday. What about Sunday - where best to go/do ?

PinkLemonade

harry999 wrote: »

Thanks for replies - I hope to do all above on Saturday. What about Sunday - where best to go/do ?

You hope to do all the suggestions on Saturday? You'll be exhausted by Sunday so I suggest you rest after the marathon day before

NOS3

For walking, look into gougane barra and glengarriff woods, if you want to go that far west.

Markcheese

NOS3 wrote: »

For walking, look into gougane barra and glengarriff woods, if you want to go that far west.

Ah here ,your gonna send him from roscarbery all the way to gougane ?
Anyway he can't go to gougane - not Cork enough - :-)

Balmed Out

coast between ross and clon lovely, also kinsale not too far.Glandore and dunbeg stone circle en route is worthwhile too. No need to drive so far.

.red.

If your out glandore direction head to union hall and check out Rineen woods. Theres a walk thru the forrest with fairy houses scattered around. Their not in the best condition anymore but worth seeing and the walk is really nice, try to time it around high tide as its a little nicer then, 5ish today, 6ish tomorrow(sunday) but 90 mins either side of it is good. Not worth travelling from ross to see unless theres young kids but if in the area anyway its a good way to pass an hour.
http://www.unionhall.ie/walking.html