Connemara and Burren Walk

Walk across two of the most magical and mystical places in Ireland: Connemara and the Burren. These are two adjacent, but totally different landscapes. Connemara is a beautiful green but rugged area in County Galway along the west coast of Ireland. It is a sparsely populated area that is a favorite of photographers because of its rugged beauty and its quaint towns which make great shots for the numerous coffee table books of Connemara.

Connemara is dominated by twelve mountain peaks called the Twelve Bens. Many walkers use the Twelve Bens as navigational aids. Your guide will explain to you about the people and the customs of this traditional area where Gaelic is frequently heard in pubs and on the streets.

In spots, the Burren looks more like the surface of the moon than the earth. Here grey limestone terraces literally rose up from the floor of the ocean. Deceptive in its barrenness, the Burren is one of the most fascinating areas in Ireland for the naturalist. Growing side-by-side are alpine plants such as the mountain avens and warm weather species such as the maidenhair fern. The limestone is permeated with caves which carry water away from the surface to the lowland rivers where it emerges again only below sea-level.

But the Burren is not just fascinating to geologists and botanists. There are many misty legends surrounding this area, with its abundance of antiquities dating from prehistoric to medieval times. The Burren is believed to have been considered sacred ground by ancient Celtic tribes. Supporting this belief are the many Dolmens, megalithic monuments dating from about 2500 B.C.

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