Killarney National Park
The first national park in Ireland, created in 1932, with more than 10,000 hectares of lakes, oak woods and mountains, Torc waterfall and the country's only native herd of red deer.
Kerry · Ireland
In the destination Kerry: Killarney, Dingle and the Ring of Kerry.
In the photo: St Mary's Cathedral, Killarney
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The city
Killarney is the gateway town to County Kerry, on the edge of Killarney National Park, with lakes, woods and mountains a few minutes from the centre. From here you can visit Muckross House, Ross Castle and Torc waterfall inside the park, the Gap of Dunloe and the Ring of Kerry. The centre has shopping streets, music pubs and horse-drawn carriages.
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The local experience
The first national park in Ireland, created in 1932, with more than 10,000 hectares of lakes, oak woods and mountains, Torc waterfall and the country's only native herd of red deer.
Victorian mansion from 1843 in Parque Nacional de Killarney, between the Muckross Lake and the mountains, with period-furnished rooms, gardens and traditional farms next to it.
15th-century tower castle of the O'Donoghue Mór clan, on the shore of the Lough Leane, with guided tours of the furnished floors and the quay from which boats depart to the lakes.
Gorge of about 11 km between the MacGillycuddy's Reeks mountains and the Purple Mountain, with five lakes, stone bridges and a narrow road traversed on foot, by bicycle or by carriage.
The roughly 180 km road that skirts the Iveragh Peninsula from Killarney, with views of the coast and islands, the villages of Cahersiveen, Waterville and Sneem, and the Ladies View overlooking the lakes.