PARKNASILLA Activities brochure 8pg
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PARKNASILLA Activities brochure 8pg
Activities at Parknasilla On Site Activities at Parknasilla Resort & Spa Complimentary Activities include; • Tennis • Thermal Suites, Pool and Outdoor Hot Tubs • 500 Acres of Walks ARCHERY CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING 45 min Session €15.00 per person 30 shots €30.00 per person Beginners especially welcome. Beginners are especially welcome. Strictly Over 18 Only GUIDED WALKS BOAT TRIPS There are a variety of guided walks available varying in price from €15.00 to €40.00 per person. There are also complimentary guided walks of the extensive hotel grounds. Pick up from Parknasilla Pier Parknasilla Hotel 2 €25.00 24 Hour notice required, contact reception for details. Minimum 4 persons . www.parknasillahotel.ie Off Site Activities Eclipse Outdoor Centre Blackwater Bridge, Sneem. Eclipse Outdoor Centre 11kms from Parknasilla. All activities are minimum of 2 people. HORSE RIDING / TREKKING Trekking - 1 hour Trekking - 2 hour €30.00 €55.00 SPECIMEN BROWN TROUT FISHING Fishing on Eclipse Lake Tackle Hire €10.00 €10.00 CYCLING Self-led tours inclusive of safety gear & maps €18.00 Daily bicycle hire DAILY TO LAKES QUAD SURFING SALMON ON LOCAL RIVERS Per person per hour €22.50 (inclusive of permits and tackle) €25.00 Daily (inclusive of permit and tackle) POA HILL WALKING CANOEING / KAYAKING 1/2 day Guided Walks (min charge €160) €40.00 Full day Guided Walks (min charge €195) €65.00 Full day trip - Kenmare Bay 1/2 day trip - Kenmare Bay €95.00 €65.00 www.eclipseireland.com Tel: 064 6682965 www.parknasillahotel.ie Parknasilla Hotel 3 From Kenmare Pier, hop onto a Seafari cruise which will take you from Kenmare Harbour pier down the bay which is sheltered by the Beara peninsula to the south and the Iveragh (Ring of Kerry) peninsula to the north. wildlife such as seals, otters and foxes are often spotted on the cruises. Enjoy unobstructed and splendid panoramas of the Cork and Kerry Mountains all around and later in the cruise a view of the open Atlantic ocean away to the west. Adult price is €20.00 and Family ticket for 2 adults and 2 children under 12 is €60.00 Prices include Tea, coffee, cookies, sweets, lollipops, “Tot of Rum”, use of binoculars, live Irish music etc. Seal pups arrive from the end of June onwards. Kenmare. Sailing, Kayaking / Canoeing, Treasure Hunts, Team Games, Pedal Boats, Powerboat Trips & Doughnut rides. Sailing tuition and boat hire. Summer camps available for - 15 year olds. Prices for Camps is €190.00 per week or €45.00 per day* / half day €25.00 * Price includes packed lunch on full day rate ( Packed lunch to consist of bottle water, Fruit & roll ) All activities are subject to availability. www.staroutdoors.ie Tel: 064 664 1222 www.seafariireland.com Tel: 064 664 2059 Parknasilla Hotel 4 www.parknasillahotel.ie Take a day tour; Order a picnic from front desk and head off around the Ring of Kerry The Iveragh Peninsula, also known as the Ring of Kerry, is Ireland's best-known scenic drive and is a day long trip, however the drive as far as Cahersiveen will take 45 mins and there are lots of exciting thing to do and see. Just turn left into the village of Sneem and follow the N70 taking in the following attractions and places along the way. Staigue Fort located three miles from Sneem near Castlecove and Caherdaniel, this is one of the largest and finest ring forts you are likely to see in Ireland. It stands on a low hill in an amphitheatre of rugged hills open to the sea on the south. The wall is up to 5 m high, 4m thick and 27.4m in diameter. The interior of the fort is reached through a 1.8m passage roofed with double lintels. The fort is surrounded by a large bank and ditch, to be seen on the north side. Staigue Fort shows skill in building. No mortar was used and the stones are not dressed. The dating is difficult but it may have been built during the Celtic period, probably around the first century BC. There is evidence that copper was excavated in the surrounding area and appears to be a place of worship, an observatory and a place of defense. The Staigue Fort Exhibition Centre open from Easter Weekend to the end of September from 10am to 9pm daily. Caherdaniel Overlooking Derrynane Bay is the charming and secluded Caherdaniel. The view from the main road, the N70, is one of golden beaches and small islands nestling in a turquoise sea. To the rear, the village is sheltered by undulating mountains, once mined for copper, reaching towards the sky. Derrynane 1 mile on is Derrynane beach, house and gardens. The house was the home of Daniel O'Connell, famed in Ireland as "The Liberator" (1775 1847), who won Catholic representation in Parliament in 1829. The house is now a museum and contains many of his personal belongings, as well as his famed Triumphant Carriage. OPENING TIMES Open 1st April to 24 November as follows: April: Wed-Sun and B/Holidays 10.30- 17.00 May to September: Daily 10.30 - 18.00 Oct to 24 Nov: Wed-Sun and B/Holidays 10.30 - 17.00 Last Admission 45 minutes before closing.Average Length of Visit: 1 hour ADMISSION Adult €3 3.00 Child / Student €11.00 Senior €2 2.00 Family €8 8.00 www.parknasillahotel.ie Parknasilla Hotel 5 Waterville Skellig Islands In the Skellig Experience Centre can experience many aspects of those offshore Skellig Islands while remaining on the dry land, in a custom built, stone clad, grass roofed, prize winning building located right on the waterfront beside the Valentia Island bridge at Valentia, County Kerry. Waterville "The Little Whirlpool", is the premier coastal tourist centre, with blue flag beaches, on the Ring of Kerry. It has attracted many celebrities through the years including Charlie Chaplin & family. Waterville nestles between Balinskelligs Bay & Lough Currane, you will find mountains & lake land with the added advantage of the sea on your doorstep. Traditional fair days or market days are still held on the streets where young and old, visitors and locals meet and chat. A visit to Waterville ensures intimate bars, superb food and a wide range of shops. Parknasilla Hotel 6 July & August Open 10.00a.m.-7.00 p.m. 7 days a week March, April, October & November Open 10.00a.m. - 5.00 p.m. 5 days a week Valentia Island As well as lush sub tropical gardens, Valentia Island has many monolithic monuments, standing stones, cairns and wedge tombs along with remains of beehive huts from the early Christian period. A recent discovery is the ‘Tetrapod Trackway’, 150 footprints which show the pathway taken by a prehistoric dinosaur which came ashore more than 350 million years ago. www.parknasillahotel.ie Leacanabuaile Stone Fort Two miles north-west of Cahirciveen at the southern end of the Iveragh Peninsula; north of the Valentia river, on a hillside, reached by a minor road to Cooncrome Harbour. Leacanabuaile ('Hillside of the Summer Pastorage') is a fine, partly-reconstructed stone fort on a massive rock foundation, its stone walls enclosing an almost circular area 70 feet in diameter. Protected on three sides by steep grassy slopes, the entrance is on the eastern side. The walls, mostly 10 feet thick and with irregular steps leading up on the inside, contain the remnants of a square dwelling house built on top of earlier circular ones; another clochan on the western side has a cavity leading to a long souterrain. Excavation produced Iron and Bronze Age objects, suggesting the existence of an early Christian farming community. www.parknasillahotel.ie From the top of the ramparts there are fine views down to the coast, where the gaunt ruins of Ballycarbery Castle a fortress of the MacCarthys, stand black against the skyline. At least two other similar, but lesser forts, and some standing stones, are in the district. Barracks Heritage Centre, Cahersiveen Once an old RIC Barracks, burnt down in 1922 now restored to its former glory, as part of a Community project. The Barracks is an interpretive centre for the area. Continue along the N70 coming to Glenbeigh and Rossbehy Strand to Caragh Lake and onto Killorglin. Into Killarney and through the National Park to Molls Gap where you turn right onto the R568 to Sneem. Parknasilla Hotel 7 Parknasilla Resort & Spa, Sneem, Co. Kerry, Ireland Tel: +353 (0)64 667 5600 Email:[email protected] www.parknasillahotel.ie