Dolphin Hotel & Restaurant

Connemara


Bedrooms at this 11-room inn have light, cream-coloured fabrics and a good deal of space. Solar panels on the roof provide power, while its organic kitchen garden provides ingredients to team with a wealth of local seafood (lunch mains €6 to €19, dinner two-/three-courses €25/30).

There's a two-night minimum stay at weekends. Pick-up from the pier is included in the price.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Connemara attractions

1. Inishbofin Heritage Museum

0.38 MILES

Inishbofin's small but evocative museum gives a comprehensive overview of the island's history. Displays include fishing, farming and tradespeople's tools…

2. Parish Church of St Colman

0.44 MILES

The interior of this small, charming church 300m east of the pier is illuminated by the soft light of its stained glass.

3. DK Connemara Oysters

9.69 MILES

On these hour-long tours you'll get a real sense of the skill and sheer hard work that goes into producing Connemara's famous oysters. Then try your hand…

4. Connemara National Park

11.36 MILES

Immediately southeast of Letterfrack, Connemara National Park spans 2000 dramatic hectares of bog, mountains, heath and woodlands.

5. Station House Museum

11.51 MILES

Located in a former train shed, this small, absorbing museum has displays on the local ponies and pivotal aspects of Clifden's history, including the…

6. Derrigimlagh Discovery Point

12.9 MILES

A wealth of interactive exhibits dot this 5km scenic loop walk around windswept bogland: crystal radio sets let you listen to recordings from the 1907…

7. Kylemore Abbey

13.26 MILES

Photogenically perched on the shores of Pollacapall Lough, 4km east of Letterfrack, Kylemore is a crenellated 19th-century neo-Gothic fantasy. It was…

8. Knockmore

14.94 MILES

A hike up 462m Knockmore in the northwest of the island rewards with superb views over Clare Island's sheep-dotted moorlands to the mainland beyond.