Best places: Things to dos in Galway

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Lally Tours - Day Tours, City Tours and Extended Tours along the West Coast of Ireland
Tour agency
👍👍 Excellent tour with a variety of stops along the way to the cliffs and back to Galway. My favourite included the caves and the town of Doolin. Perfect amount of time in each location. Thanks John for getting us everywhere and being a great tour guide 🙌
4.80 (1K reviews)
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Salthill Galway
Public beach
👍👍 Nice place to walk if the weather is good.
4.80 (576 reviews)
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Galway City Distillery
Bar
👍👍 Our group had a wonderful time at Galway City Distillery. Best gin & tonic I have ever had. The highlight of our visit was the tour from Jim, who was very welcoming. He had fantastic insights on local history and it was fun learning about their distilling process. For a big group of 13, this was a g...
5.00 (237 reviews)
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Barna Woods
National forest
Public parkland with walking paths & archaeological features, plus wildlife, plants & mushrooms.
4.70 (1K reviews)
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Silverstrand Beach
Beach
👍👍 Lovely beach. Lots of free parking and toilet facilities. Visit on a very sunny day to get the best out of it.
4.70 (822 reviews)
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Coffeewerk + Press
Coffee shop
👍 Beautiful quaint vibes filled with positivity. You can order different varieties of coffee or go for tea and go up the stairs and sit in peace. They have soothing music to go with your mood and also have a gallery upstairs. Additional seating out front for those sunny days. Definitely recommend.
$$ $$
4.70 (717 reviews)
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Galway Cathedral
Cathedral
Modern and airy, green-domed, renaissance-style Catholic cathedral, with a mosaic of JF Kennedy.
4.60 (4.5K reviews)
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Blackrock Beach
Beach pavillion
👍👍 Amazing time out at blackrock ... Always been great 👍
4.60 (2K reviews)
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The Latin Quarter
Tourist attraction
👍👍 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
4.60 (1K reviews)
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Eyre Square
Park
Popular square in the heart of the city featuring grassy areas, trees, sculptures & a playground.
4.50 (13K reviews)
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Cappagh Park
Park
Park featuring a playground, gardens, woodland paths, Gaelic & soccer pitches, picnic areas & more.
4.60 (450 reviews)
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Port of Galway
Marina
👍👍 Had a fabulous trip to the Aran Island on the New Ferry plus had a Demo from the Helicopter rescue .
4.50 (1K reviews)
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Eamon Deacy Park
Stadium
👍👍 Great evening's entertainment with an unbelievable Galway Utd 4-0 win v Dundalk in the FAI Quarter Finals 🎉👍🏻✅👏🏻
4.60 (350 reviews)
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Quadrangle
Tourist attraction
👍👍 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...
4.80 (165 reviews)
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Ballyloughane Beach
Beach pavillion
Tranquil, undeveloped sandy stretch, a destination for observing local sea life at low tide.
4.50 (551 reviews)
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Galway City Museum
Museum
Small displays of documents, photographs, memorabilia and medieval artefacts chronicling urban life.
4.40 (2.2K reviews)
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Millennium Children's Park and Playground
Park
😠 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...
4.50 (453 reviews)
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Grattan Beach
Beach
👍👍 Beautiful place for a sunset and a short walk. Very nice beach.
4.60 (254 reviews)
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Kidsplace
Indoor playground
😐 Had a one year old the toddler area had alot of older kids wasnt many toys , had to have hawk eyes or bigger 10yrs old would of knocked down my lil lad
4.60 (226 reviews)
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Ladies Beach
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Beautiful beach in galway
4.70 (163 reviews)
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