The Wild Atlantic Way (Irish: Slí to Atlantaigh Fhiáin) is a tourist coastal road covering a length of around 2,500 km in the republic Ireland along the Atlantic coast of Muff just north of Londonderry in the County Donegal above Galway to Kinsale in the County Cork leads.
background
The road, opened in 2014, is signposted throughout and shown in the official Irish road atlas. It runs through some of the most spectacular scenery in Ireland, including Achill Island, Connemara, at the Burren along over the Cliffs of Moher, the peninsula of Dingle, the Ring of Kerry, the Ring of Beara and Mizen Head, the southwest tip of the island.
preparation
getting there
Most visitors will arrive by plane and rent a car. Of Dublin can be reached via the motorways M4 motorway and M6 motorway (small toll) quickly to Galway, from where you can use the Wild Atlantic Way south (suffix: (S) or north (suffix: N)).
For those coming to Ireland by ferry, getting started will be about Cork recommend. The south end of the street is not far from town.
course
The route usually runs on the road closest to the coast (with numerous detours to viewpoints, etc.) from north to south through the following counties:
- County Donegal
- County Leitrim
- County Sligo
- County Mayo
- County Galway
- County Clare
- County Kerry
- County Cork.
The town limerick you can use the car ferry bypassing the Shannon estuary (ferry toll).
Signature Discovery Points
There are 188 along the route Dicovery Points With Photo Points and information boards with photos, a small map and descriptions of nearby attractions.
security
The route often leads over narrow, winding and hilly side streets, so that special care is required for Central Europeans who are often less familiar with left-hand traffic. Also, there is one thing with the speed limits in Ireland. Only restrictions on 100 km / h and 80 km / h are known on rural roads outside of built-up areas. But that doesn't mean that you can drive so quickly and safely. Markings like "SLOW" on the road should be taken seriously!
In the Irish-speaking areas (the Gaeltacht) it can cause problems that only Irish-language information and names are given on signposts etc.
trips
literature
- Carsten Krieger: Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way, Dublin 2016: The O'Brien Press Ltd., ISBN 978-1-84717-836-7 (German translation of the English-language original)
