Cliffs of Moher

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Standing 214m (702 feet) at their highest point they stretch for 8 kilometres (5 miles) along the Atlantic coast of County Clare in the west of Ireland. From the Cliffs of Moher on a clear day one can see the Aran Islands and Galway Bay, as well as the Twelve Pins and the Maum Turk mountains in Connemara, Loop Head to the south and the Dingle Peninsula and Blasket Islands in Kerry. O’Brien’s Tower stands near the highest point and has served as a viewing point for visitors for hundreds of years.

Know Before You Go

Be careful on rainy days as the paths along the cliffs can be muddy and slippery and there is no fence between you and the abyss (no joke, it was pretty scary to imagine slipping and getting too close to the edge!).