EXPLORE GALWAY

Make the most of your time in Galway and go explore the beauty of the West of Ireland and The Wild Atlantic Way.

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Walking Galway Tours

Experience Galway like never before with Walking Galway Tours, the ultimate introduction to this vibrant city! Whether you're new to Galway or a seasoned visitor, our interactive tours offer an exciting overview of the city's practical amenities, rich history, and dynamic culture. Walking Galway Tours offers customizable group tours tailored to your specific interests—be it history, culture, music, arts, or the best spots for dining and entertainment. With a background in theatre, music, and storytelling, and as a true Galwegian, your guide knows all the city's hidden gems and thrilling events.

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Salthill Galway

Salthill’s main attraction every year has been its promenade and numerous sandy beaches. The promenade covers approximately 3km of coastline, overlooking Galway Bay. This is an ideal area for jogging, rollerblading or just out for a relaxing stroll. The hills of County Clare are visible across the Bay on a clear day and benches are provided along the seafront.
Blackrock diving tower is one of Galway’s most iconic locations, always a popular location during the Galway summer. Salthill has many great bars and restaurants as well as several tourist attractions like Micil Distillary which is definitely worth a visit, the Galway Atlantaquaria and the Circle of Life National Organ Donor Commemorative Garden.

Aran Island Ferries

A daytrip to the Aran Islands is a must during a stay in Galway. The Aran Islands offer visitors a glimpse into a way of life that has long since disappeared from most of the world.
Filled with traditional Irish culture, the islands offer breath-taking scenery, ecclesiastical ruins and world-renowned stone forts. These three rocky limestone outcrops are a bastion of traditional language, culture, music and history on the edge of Europe.
Regular music sessions, lively dances, traditional crafts, sea-going currachs and the wonderfully warm and welcoming Atlantic spirit, are inimitable parts of Aran. Aran Island Ferries provide top class and regular trips to the Islands so check out their timetable to find the sailing that suits you when they return in August.

Diamond Hill

Connemara is Irish landscape at its most dramatic. With soaring mountains, scattered loughs and an intricate coastline, this remote part of Galway is a world away from the trappings of urban life.
Two mountain ranges dominate the area – the rugged Maumturks and the cluster of quartzite peaks known as the Twelve Bens. Between them, they offer up some of the most challenging and exciting hill walking in the country. Connemara National Park, near Letterfrack, is the perfect place to start exploring.
Encompassing almost 3,000 hectares of mountain, bog and woodland, the Park’s visitor centre is the ideal spot to start your 7km walk up the 400m high Diamond Hill – the undisputed highlight of the Park. Gravel footpaths and wooden boardwalks ease your passage over the bog as you approach the mountains.

Galway City Centre

Galway is rightly famed for its, wonderful pubs, restaurants, shops and festivals but it’s the city itself which has a unique atmosphere that blends together all the best elements of its people. It’s impossible to walk through the streets without sensing it.
The surrounding landscape, culture and language have attracted artists, musicians and writers for generations. In recent decades Galway has seen the rise of a burgeoning film, television and animation sector, bringing significant economic activity to the area. Galway is expanding its film audiences by building Galway’s first Art House Cinema and by supporting the development of the city’s film festivals.

CLADDAGH

Another beautiful and historic part of the city is the Claddagh. One of the oldest fishing towns in Ireland, nothing now remains of the old thatched cottages that graced Claddagh until the 1930s, when they were replaced by council houses, and yet the memory of the small Irish-speaking town's traditions and customs still lives on.
Despite its close proximity to Galway City, Claddagh remained a completely separate entity for centuries because of the wall surrounding Galway that kept a very definite divide between this village and the Anglo-Norman city across the river.

KYLEMORE ABBEY

Visit the abbey with its beautifully restored period rooms and fascinating visitor experience and learn about its history of tragedy, romance, education and spirituality. Explore the 6 acre Victorian Walled Garden with its delightfully restored garden buildings, formal flower, vegetable and her gardens. Discover woodland and lakeshore walks that will take you on a beautiful journey through our 1,000 acre estate. The beautifull neo-Gothic church is just a short walk from the Abbey. Use code HYDEHotel20 to avail of a 20% discount when booking online.

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DOOLIN TO ARAN FERRIES

Explore the Wild Atlantic Way from the sea! Admire the scale and majestic beauty of the Cliffs of Moher on a voyage of discovery. Or, better still, try both an island trip and a Cliffs of Moher cruise all in one day! Use code hydehotel to avail of a 10% discount when booking online.

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GREAT ESCAPE ROOMS

You enter the locked escape room and for 60 minutes you, and your team will become removed from your current day to day lives and be totally focused on nothing but escape…. Observe your surroundings, solves clues, work as a team and make the connections. Adrenaline kicks in – excitement, tension, focus, laughter and team work – creating an amazing experience. Uncover the mysteries hidden within the room and earn your reward…the Great Escape. Use code CONNACHT_HOSPITALITY to avail of a 10% discount when booking online.

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REAL ADVENTURES CONNEMARA

Real Adventures are specialists in outdoor adventure activities and explorations in Connemara. They offer a range of activities that will get you active and rediscovering the fun of the outdoors. Perfect for coasteering, kayaking, rock climbing, and surfing with your friends, family, and loved ones to truly experience the Irish coast. Guests at HYDE Hotel can avail a 5% discount; Use code HYDEHOTEL5 to avail of a 5% discount when booking online.

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The Burren Nature Sanctuary

Burren Nature Sanctuary is located in Kinvara, and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the West of Ireland. At Burren Nature Sanctuary, you can experience the biodiversity of the Burren UNESCO Global Geopark, including the Burren nature interpretation, Burren Walk, Hazel Woodland and Fairy Trail, botany tours, and so much more. Plus, you are also welcome to visit the café, gift shop, and state-of-the-art adventure playgrounds. A unique experience that has fun for all the family, you're sure to enjoy the Burren Nature Sanctuary!

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