Weekend away to Dingle

Gwen and I celebrated out 10th wedding anniversary in Dingle, Co. Kerry where we returned to the the town we honeymooned in way back in 2002.   We stayed in Benners Hotel and ate two incredible seafood dinners at Out of the Blue and Doyles.  Weather was glorious so got to do some sightseeing around the Slea Head which is described by National Geographic Traveller as “the most beautiful place on earth”.  Lovely weekend away!

Map of Dingle

Inch Beach

Inch Beach

A donkey in Dunquin

Blasket Islands in background

Blasket Islands in background

Slea Head

Slea Head, Blasket Islands in background

Slea Head

Slea Head

Slea Head

Coumineole Beach

Coumineole Beach

Coumineole Beach

Conor Pass (highest road in Ireland)

Conor Pass (highest road in Ireland)

Conor Pass (highest road in Ireland)

Blasket Islands

A bull!

Taken from top of Conor Pass

Taken from top of Conor Pass

Coumineole Beach

Conor Pass

Benners Hotel

Dingle

Dingle Pub/Hardware shop/Bike Rental

Benners

Sea Bass at Out of the Blue

Lobster at Out of the Blue

Slea Head

Garnish Island

We visited Garnish Island today which is a very small Island in Glengarriff Harbour and about 100kms from Kinsale.   You need to take a ferry out which leaves from the stunningly beautiful town of Glengarriff across the road from the Eccles Hotel.

"Garnish Island (Ilnacullin Garinish or Garnish) is located in the sheltered harbour of Glengarriff in Bantry Bay, in Southwest Ireland. Garnish is world renowned for its gardens which are laid out in beautiful walks and it has some stunning specimen plants which are rare in this climate.  The Gardens are the result of the creative partnership of Annan Bryce and Harold Peto, architect and garden designer. The island was bequeathed to the Irish people in 1953.

Map to Garnish Island

Ferry to Island

Noisy Passengers

Bantry

Bantry