Welcome in Inishmore (Inis Mór), the stony island

The Aran Islands (irish Oileáin Árann) are three small islands located at the west coast of Ireland, in the Atlantic Ocean, more exactly in the bay of Galway, one of the most biggest cities in the country.

Stone walls in the green: the face of Inishmore.

Typical landscape on Inishmore.

In the three islands, Inishmore (irish Inis Mór), Inismaan (irish Inis Meáin) and Inisheer (irish Inis Oírr) live around 1,200 inhabitants, which speaks primarily Gaelic.

View of the west coast of Inishmore with the cliffs and the village Gort na gCapall.

The first thing I did after docking at the harbor of Inishmore was to rent a bike. For 10€/day one can get it and be flexible to move on the island. there many rent-a-bike shops right at the harbor.

My companion on the island.

The stony tracks on Inishmore.

I've been cycling on the island for around 5 hours and could cover at least half of it. Starting uphill to the highest point of the island.

Ruins of a fortress located on the highest point of Inishmore.

Then west along the stone walls till I got to the cliffs.

View from the west coast of the island.

The stony ground of Inishmore.

Down the road on the wets side there is the village Gort na gCapall. All I got to do to get there was to speed up downhill. Awesome! 

Then the way back along the beaches at the east coast. An stop at the seal colony is compulsory. From far the one can observe the lazy buddies either laying at the beach or stretching their heads and tails out of the water.

Beach with seal colony.

 Beach with the seal colony.

The seal colony on Inishmore.

Panorama of the seal colony.

Cycling on Inishmore was such an amazing experience. The landscapes on the island are breathtaking: riding along those stone walls, getting close to the cliffs, speeding up downhill and seeing the seal in the nature for the first time was unique!

Loved Ireland, its people,its landscapes and rainbows. Even considering to live there if I caome back to Europe one day!

Cheers people ... and visit Ireland. It's awesome!

Dublin was great!

Time to leave!

Like always "time passed too fast" and the Easter holidays are over. Loved the young and crazy atmosphere of the town, the "pubs lifestyle" including the Irish music.
I'll definitely miss the beauty of the town and the friendly Irish people. Even the weather meant it good with us.

Cheers everyone!

Irish music in the pub #thisisireland.

The pub lifestyle.

Pubs and the Irish colours are everywhere.

#thisisireland

The Irish colours in the train station.

St. Augustine and St. John Catholic Church.

Delicious Potato soup in the Cafe of the History National Museum.

The place where we stayed, the Abigail's hostel, was ideal. good price, friendly personnel, very central, right at the river Liffey, and a perfect place to get in touch with other travellers. Thumbs up!

Abigail's Hostel reception.

Lounge of the Abigail' Hostel.

Definitely, I'll go back to the land of Molly Malone!

Gaelic

First contact with language Gaelic.