Slea Head Drive
A roughly 47 km circuit from Dingle around the tip of the peninsula, featuring the Slea Head viewpoint, the Blasket Islands, pale sandy beaches, old stone houses and villages where Irish is spoken.
Kerry · Ireland
In the destination Kerry: Killarney, Dingle and the Ring of Kerry.
In the photo: Dingle Harbour
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The city
Dingle is the port town of the Dingle Peninsula, with colourful houses, music pubs and fishing boats in the bay. In Irish it is An Daingean; the surrounding area is Gaeltacht. It is the base for the Slea Head Drive, the road that skirts the tip of the peninsula with views of the Blasket Islands, and for the Gallarus Oratory, a stone church of the early Christians.
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The local experience
A roughly 47 km circuit from Dingle around the tip of the peninsula, featuring the Slea Head viewpoint, the Blasket Islands, pale sandy beaches, old stone houses and villages where Irish is spoken.
Dry-stone church of the early Irish Christians, in the shape of an upturned boat, built without mortar and still watertight, 8 km from Dingle.
Dingle's fishing port, with the boats' quay, the marina, the streets of colourful houses rising from the waterfront and the tour boats that operate on the bay and to the Blasket Islands.