Welcome to Achill Island!
Every once in a while, you find a place that wildly exceeds all of your expectations.
Great beaches, stunning views and bags of history.
Achill Island is a place that ticks all of the boxes for an outdoor adventure.
I'm Ryan from One Shot Adventures and this is How To Travel Achill Island.
Achill is off the west coast of County Mayo and easily accessible by car.
Stopping at Carrick Kildavenet Castle is a must.
The tower itself isnt overly impressive but the surrounding views of Achill Sound are
well worth checking out.
The first thing you notice when you get onto the island just how quiet it is.
All I can hear is just birds and sheep.
I swear there's more sheep than humans on this island.
The traffic here is really baaaahhd.
The joke was really baaahhhd.
So we're trying to find this viewpoint that looks right over Keel Beach, it's called Minuan
Heights and when you put that into Google Maps or any of the sat navs nothing comes
up at all, so I've found the co-ordinates and hopefully it takes us to the right place.
There!
Head for the telephone towers at the top of the hill and when the road runs out, park
up there.
Keep walking for the rest of the way until you see the statue of the Virgin Mary.
Look at this view!
Amazing.
Well, that's gonna be tough to beat.
Excuse me mate, do you know the way into town?
So the next stop is Keel Beach.
Pete I've been looking everywhere for you...
Next you're going to need some accommodation.
There's a unique selling point to this Airbnb, especially for Emma.
We chose to stay in Keel, which is the main village on the island.
Airbnb is really affordable on Achill and you get a discount is you use my code which
is down in the description.
Not all places come with a Bella The Dog, so I'll link this place too because she is
great.
Next, grab some food at a local bar and enjoy a well deserved Guinness.
Nectar of the Gods.
Good morning, it's day 2 on Achill Island and we just goodbye to our Airbnb and lovely
Bella The Dog and we're just going to grab ourselves a full Irish breakfast and head
to a few more spots.
This is absolute genius, there's a bar next door and they have a free shuttle bus so when
you've had a few pints of Guinness you get a free lift home.
I think they should do this everywhere.
We're heading right to the end of the island to Keem Bay which is quite a sheltered little...
Bay.
When you're done with the beaches, head inland.
And hike up to the ruins of an entire village on the side of one of Achill's highest peaks.
Slievemore is a hauntingly beautiful place to come and the perfect place for some reflection.
It gives you a sense of what life on Achill was like in years passed.
So if you're looking to see some unspoilt Irish scenery that isnt overcrowded with tourists,
look no further than Achill Island.
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