Clonakilty Town

Clonakilty town centre is approx. a 10 minute stroll from the hotel. You'll feel at home here among the attractive traditional shop fronts and hand painted signs in English and Irish. The Post Office is housed in an old Presbyterian church and the Town Council and Library in a converted Corn Mill with the river flowing beneath. Narrow streets and lanes open into elegant squares.

It is a town of tall spires, towers and historic buildings - the brewery buildings, the mills and the quayside warehouses, telling of the town's busy trading and industrial past.

Modern day Clonakilty is know for its nightlife and pubs, which are rich in tradition and overflowing with talent. De Barra's is synonymous with having the best of traditional and folk music in West Cork. National and International top ranking performers regularly feature in the Folk Club.

Clonakilty is an ideal holiday destination and base from which to tour West Cork, a region blessed with some of Irelands most spectacular scenery.

Clonakilty Farmers Market

Clonakilty Farmers Market, now in its eight year of trading offers you a wide range of goods varying from locally porduced foods to crafts and giftware. Clonakilty is renowned as an old market town and visitors can sample specialised local bread, fresh fish and vegetables, home baking, beautifully grown local flowers and plants, and local crafts.

Three Screen Multiplex Park Cinema

The Park Cinema offers Adults and Children alike a variety of new release films to enjoy with Dolby surround sound in their multi-plex cinema. With the latest showings every evening and matinees on the weekend, you'll find there is something everyone whatever the weather. Tel. 023 88 34141, www.theparkcinema.com .

West Cork Tours

Running from 11th June to 4th September 2011, West Cork Tours offer a scenic tour from Clonakilty every Wednesday and Saturday takes you all the way to Ireland's most South Westerly point, the Mizen Head. Along the way, they take in beautiful towns and villages including Rosscarbery, Skibbereen, Ballydehob, Schull, Crookhaven. The tour includes photo opportunities at points of outstanding natural beauty that have been carefully selected to make sure you get to see the very best of West Cork. To. book visit www.westcorktours.ie or contact +353 23 8833157.

Skibbereen Heritage Centre - Skibbereen

It’s located in the beautifully restored Old Gasworks building and features two main exhibitions. The Great Famine Commemoration Exhibition uses the latest in multimedia technology to bring this period of Irish History to life. Visitors can also take a historical walking Tour of the Town while in Skibbereen.

Curraheen Park, Greyhound Stadium, Cork

Located in Bishopstown, enjoy this great night out in Cork every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday night with 10 races per night.

Cork Opera House, Cork City

Situated at Emmet Place in Cork city, the Cork Opera House is a truly unique and striking building. The theatre offers it's audiences a varied, high quality programme which represents local, national and international developments in the performing arts. This service operates on two levels with a main auditorium of 1,000 seats and a studio theatre of 150 seats, the Half Moon Theatre, ensuring continuous activity without any seasonal closure.

Other Local Attractions in the area include;

Michael Collins Birthplace near Lissavaird on Route to Rosscarbery – Sams Cross
Site of Ambush of Michael Collins at Kilmichael & mBeal na Blath – the site of his killing.
Ownahincha Beach
Argideen Heritage Centre – whose centre is based on the life of Michael Collins
Lough Hyne (Europe's largest salt water lake)
Mizen Head (Ireland's most southerly point)
Dursey Island (accessed by the only operating cable car in Ireland) - Schull Planetarium (Ireland's only planetarium)

Kinsale, about a 20 minute drive from Clonakilty is one of the most picturesque, popular and fashionable resorts of the south-west coast of Ireland. It is a centre for yachting, sea angling, good restaurants and golf.

Baltimore Sailing Club was founded in 1952 as a summer holiday sailing club. From it's inception it has been successfully developing leisure and competitive sailing in Baltimore Harbour. The club over the years has continued to expand and teach safe sailing skills to young people from beginners right through to the more experienced.