Caldra Bed & Breakfast

Inishowen Peninsula


This large, modern B&B has four spacious rooms ideal for families. The public rooms feature impressive fireplaces and gilt mirrors while guest rooms are more sedate and understated. The garden and patio overlook Lough Swilly and the mountains.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Inishowen Peninsula attractions

1. Swan Park

0.33 MILES

This lovely forested park area by the River Carna is very picturesque, with a path leading along the riverbank and lovely views.

2. Buncrana Castle

0.34 MILES

At the side of O'Doherty's Keep is the manor-like Buncrana Castle, built in 1718 by John Vaughan, who also constructed the bridge. Wolfe Tone was…

3. O'Doherty's Keep

0.36 MILES

At the northern end of the seafront, the picture-perfect early-18th-century, six-arched Castle Bridge leads to these tower-house ruins originally built by…

4. Ned's Point Fort

0.58 MILES

Walk 500m from O'Doherty's Keep (turn left and stick to the shoreline) to find squat Ned's Point Fort (1812), built by the British.

5. Straghill Strand

1.41 MILES

This remote and attractive beach is excellent for a walk and for views over Lough Swilly.

6. Rathmullan Priory

4.62 MILES

Dating from 1508 and facing the water, this ivy-cloaked priory was plundered in 1595 and then used as a barracks; in the early 17th century it was…

7. Fort Dunree

5.12 MILES

Fort Dunree is the best preserved and most dramatic of six forts built by the British on Lough Swilly following the 1798 uprising of the United Irishmen …

8. Ballymastocker Beach

7.6 MILES

Once named the second-most beautiful beach in the world by British newspaper the Observer, this tawny-coloured Blue Flag beach is a supremely fine place…