Best places: Tourist attractions in Galway, Ireland

Public parkland with walking paths & archaeological features, plus wildlife, plants & mushrooms.

Modern and airy, green-domed, renaissance-style Catholic cathedral, with a mosaic of JF Kennedy.

👍👍 There are few streets full of restaurants and bar with nice looking stile and good fish and beer! The area is also full of musicians that play on the street, creating a magical vibe! The area is quite small and gets very crowded! Definitely worth a visit

Popular square in the heart of the city featuring grassy areas, trees, sculptures & a playground.

Park featuring a playground, gardens, woodland paths, Gaelic & soccer pitches, picnic areas & more.

👍👍 Quadrangle is the heart of the University of Galway, a 175 years old limestone building with a Tudor Gothic architecture based on Oxford's Christ Church. A big part of its walls are covered with ivy, which turns into a deep red colour, truly mesmerising and beautiful. It's open to the public and a m...

👍👍 Had a fabulous trip to the Aran Island on the New Ferry plus had a Demo from the Helicopter rescue .

Well-known ruins of a riverfront castle built in the 1500s, with ivy-covered walls.

Small displays of documents, photographs, memorabilia and medieval artefacts chronicling urban life.

😠 Galway's first skatepark. Unchallenging layout that's in need of a design makeover to better cater to the growing community of local skaters and daily visitors. Despite continuous feedback, user's demands for modern design changes were ignored by city council, better skateparks exist in smaller cou...

👍👍 Beautiful beach in galway

😐 Inaugurated on the 26th of May 2023 A new bridge for pedestrians only, parallel to the Salmon Weir bridge in Galway right in front if the Galway Cathedral. The location is great but seems to be a functional bridge alone, with no decorations. Lovely place to sit down and enjoy the view of the Cathedr...

Aquarium featuring native Irish sealife, popular fish feeding sessions & touch pools.

Quaint hotel with airy rooms & suites, plus a pool, fine dining & a casual bistro.

👍👍 READ FIRST First off, I have to say the crew and ships were absolutely outstanding. The crew were attentive and smiling at every step, even after a long day of helping people throw away bags of puke. My wife had a rough trip over and they kept checking on her (and everyone else struggling), offerin...

😠 I had my son’s birthday party here. There was one staff member on, trying to manage all the kids at various activities. I can't fault him, he did his best. My main issue was the manager who came in about half and hour later and immediately starting giving out to the children for not using the equipm...

👍 Great fun fair for young and old kids. Rides are good fun. Quite expensive, but the kids loved it, that’s all that matters. Didn’t like the token system. Plenty of hand sanitizers around and toilets with hand washing facilities.

Added to the 16th-century walls in the 18th century, this archway provides access to Spanish Parade.

👍👍 Beautiful park with lots of small paths to take. Nice to walk the dog and to ride the bike or just for some walk. Lots of trees that I really hope they never put down. The only thing that I would complain about, is the amount of rubbish.