FOOD SCENE
Arundels By The Pier
Great food, great drinks, unbeatable view!
Budds Restaurant
Main StreetGreat food and best coffees
Fish Kitchen
New Streetfish restaurant in Bantry
The Bantry Bay
Wolfe Tone Squaregreat pub food with a French flair
evenings only, fine dinning at its best,
worth booking once during your stay
19 locals recommend
Blairs Cove House
evenings only, fine dinning at its best,
worth booking once during your stay
great pub food with a view, and a breathtaking drive to get there
17 locals recommend
O'Sullivans Bar, Crookhaven
great pub food with a view, and a breathtaking drive to get there
Heron Gallery Café & Gardens
Known locally has the Tin Pub.
No food here but best place to have a drink with a beautiful view on Dunmanus Bay from the large beer garden.
Ahakista Bar
Known locally has the Tin Pub.
No food here but best place to have a drink with a beautiful view on Dunmanus Bay from the large beer garden.
Michelin 1 star restaurant at your doorstep.
Advance booking recommended.
15 locals recommend
Restaurant Chestnut - West Cork
Staball HillMichelin 1 star restaurant at your doorstep.
Advance booking recommended.
Manning's Emporium
great coffee, delicacy, wines and stone baked pizza
Dillon's Corner
stone wood fire pizza and sourdough breads
West - cafe wine bar
great day time food and evening tapas
Liss Ard Estate
Castletownsend Rdworth the trip for great food
Church Restaurant
Old church turned into a restaurant. good simple food.
Algiers Inn
good food, great drive, lots to see.
Glandore Inn
pub grub with a view. outside sittings. very busy in summer.
Bally Bia
Main Streetgood food
Teasey's Bistro
good food
Sightseeing
Sheep's Head
Beautiful and easy to walk to, even for beginners.
Whiddy Island
Take the ferry to Whiddy from Bantry and enjoy a pint at the pub
Crookhaven
Bantry House
Its not a trip to west cork if you dont stop here!
Dramatic peninsula & cliffside area onto the Atlantic Ocean & known for its sweeping views.
68 locals recommend
Mizen Head
Dramatic peninsula & cliffside area onto the Atlantic Ocean & known for its sweeping views.
for a walk or a swim, nestled in between the rising green hills of the beautiful Mizen Peninsula, Barleycove Beach is a gently curving golden beach.
41 locals recommend
Barleycove
for a walk or a swim, nestled in between the rising green hills of the beautiful Mizen Peninsula, Barleycove Beach is a gently curving golden beach.
Fastnet Lighthouse is a 54m high lighthouse situated on the remote Fastnet Rock in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the most southerly point of Ireland and lies 6.5 kilometres southwest of Cape Clear Island and 13 kilometres from County Cork on the Irish mainland
7 locals recommend
Fastnet Rock
Fastnet Lighthouse is a 54m high lighthouse situated on the remote Fastnet Rock in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the most southerly point of Ireland and lies 6.5 kilometres southwest of Cape Clear Island and 13 kilometres from County Cork on the Irish mainland
The Baltimore Beacon is a white-painted stone beacon at the entrance to the harbour at Baltimore, County Cork, Ireland. The beacon was built at the order of the British government following the 1798 Rebellion. It was part of a series of lighthouses and beacons dotted around the Irish coast, forming a warning system.
39 locals recommend
Baltimore
The Baltimore Beacon is a white-painted stone beacon at the entrance to the harbour at Baltimore, County Cork, Ireland. The beacon was built at the order of the British government following the 1798 Rebellion. It was part of a series of lighthouses and beacons dotted around the Irish coast, forming a warning system.
Small boat trip. Historic gardens. Seals.
Garinish or Garnish Island is an island in Glengarriff Bay, an inlet of Bantry Bay, near the shore of the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. It is a tourist attraction with walled gardens and a Martello tower.
74 locals recommend
Garinish Island
Small boat trip. Historic gardens. Seals.
Garinish or Garnish Island is an island in Glengarriff Bay, an inlet of Bantry Bay, near the shore of the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. It is a tourist attraction with walled gardens and a Martello tower.
Inchydoney Beach
day trip at the beach. food.
The Ewe Experience
nature and sculpture
Neighbourhoods
Ahakista
have a walk around and visit Ahakista.
City/town information
Bantry
a 20 minutes drive to Bantry for your shopping and sightseeing.
One hour and 15 minutes drive from Bantry, Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland, located in the south-west of Ireland, in the province of Munster.
Where you can find everything and anything.
42 locals recommend
Cork
One hour and 15 minutes drive from Bantry, Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland, located in the south-west of Ireland, in the province of Munster.
Where you can find everything and anything.
Skibbereen
45 minutes drive from Ahakista.
1 hour 15 minutes drive from Ahakista, you will need to spend a full day to discover Clonakilty.
49 locals recommend
Clonakilty
1 hour 15 minutes drive from Ahakista, you will need to spend a full day to discover Clonakilty.
15 mn drive from Bantry. Nice walks.
Boats to Garnish Island. Food and pubs.
Food trucks in summer.
Glengarriff
15 mn drive from Bantry. Nice walks.
Boats to Garnish Island. Food and pubs.
Food trucks in summer.
Kenmare Events & Marketing
great trip with breath taking views.
food and shopping destination.
Killarney
Day trip, shopping, food and more.
Clonakilty
shopping, walking, food
Food scene
Traders selling organic and locally produced food in an 18th-century covered market.
113 locals recommend
The English Market
Grand ParadeTraders selling organic and locally produced food in an 18th-century covered market.
Small village with a big food scene. Restaurants, cafes, health food shop and home of a 1 star Michelin restaurant.
22 locals recommend
Ballydehob
Small village with a big food scene. Restaurants, cafes, health food shop and home of a 1 star Michelin restaurant.
Hudsons Wholefoods
18 Main Storganic food shop
Organico
2 Glengarriff Rdorganic product / cafe
great day time food / cakes / coffee /shop / wine.
take away only
22 locals recommend
The Stuffed Olive
2a Bridge Stgreat day time food / cakes / coffee /shop / wine.
take away only
Forest & Flock
10 New StLocal craft shop with great coffees.
Traveler advice
Getting around
better have your own vehicle
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Don't miss
Friday market in Bantry
on the Wolfe tone square, you wont miss it.
Don't miss
Skibbereen farmer market on Saturday morning is a must
Situated in the town centre car park from 9 till 3pm