Inishbofin Walking Festival

INISHBOFIN WALKING FESTIVAL

(portuguese version - click here to see the english version)


Periodicidade: anual

Localização: Inishbofin, County Galway, Connacht,  Ireland

Altura do ano: Maio

Duração: 3 dias

Número de caminhadas: 3 caminhadas

1ª edição:  2011

Edição 2011: 27 a 29 de Maio de 2011
Programa da edição 2011:
Sexta-feira, 27 de Abril

9.30pm: Official Opening & wine reception at the Inishbofin Community Centre with screening of ‘Welcome to Inishbofin’ documentary.

Sábado, 28 de Abril
Morning Walk
10.30am: Westquarter loop  
Grade: Medium  

Distance: 8km (2.5 – 3 hours) The Westquarter loop takes in some of the most stunning Atlantic Coast scenery in Connemara offering views of the Island’s blow holes and sea arch, sea stags where the Island seal colony can be seen, the Dún More Cliffs and Iron Age promontory fort ruins, picturesque Trá Gheal beach and famine road. The track winds over grass paths, turf banks and shingle beach pebbles. The walk also affords views of Inishark Island. 

Afternoon Walk
3.30pm: Middlequarter loop
Grade: Moderate

Distance: 5km (1.5 – 2 hours) This walk runs over Inishbofin’s second highest point, which on a clear day offers panoramic views of Achill Island’s mountains, Inishturk and Clare Island, the Twelve Bens, Maumturks and Croagh Patrick, the track takes in Inishbofin’s historic and varied Iron and Bronze Age landscapes with mill stones, partitions and evidence of round stone houses.

Domingo, 29 de Abril
Morning Walk
11.00am: Cloonamore Loop  
Grade: Moderate 

Distance: 8.5km (3 – 3.5 hours) The Cloonamore Loop which runs over green roads, bog roads, laneways and roads and also runs along the beautiful East End Beach and St Colman’s 14th Century Chapel and Church Lough, a fertile valley which supports reed beds and other vegetation, which in turn provide cover, food and nest sites for a wide variety of birds. 

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Website: http://www.inishbofin.com/

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Contacto:
Inishbofin Community Centre,
Reception
T: +353 95 45895

Inishbofin Development Co. Ltd
T: +353 95 45861
F: +353 95 45884

bofindev@eircom.net

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