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The Dingle
Peninsula is a kind of paradise for walkers. There are lots of
lanes and pathways away from traffic where you can walk for
hours, along cliffs, up and down mountains and hills, on
beaches and near the sea.
There are
two way-marked walking routes, the Dingle Way and the Pilgrims'
Route.
The Dingle Way – Slí Chorca
Dhuibhne – is 178 km (112
mi.) in length. The walk begins in Tralee, overlooking Tralee
Bay, and then swings southwest across the peninsula from Camp
to look down on Dingle Bay while you ramble inland to
Annascaul, and then on to Dingle Town. From Dingle the route
continues west around Slea Head to Dunquin, with magnificent
views of the Blasket Islands to the west and beautiful coastal
cliffs to the north.Then
the trail turns back along the north coast of the peninsula,
past
Smerwick
Harbour
, and continues on below the
massive Brandon Mountain, Ireland's second highest peak and
named for St. Brendan the Voyager
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A high
pass will bring you to the
village
of
Cloghane
, east of
Brandon
, and then the route continues along coastal beaches to
Castlegregory and the Maharees, ultimately ending back
in
Tralee
.
The
Pilgrims Route
covers some 48 km (30 mi.) and connects many of the
early Christian sites for which the
Dingle
Peninsula
is renowned. It begins in Dingle, turns south in Ventry,
then north to Riasc, wandering over to Kilmalkedar
Church along the older Saints Road, and then by green
track and minor road to Cloghane.
In
addition to these two way-marked routes, there are many
other walks all around the peninsula that will suit
every ability and age. Information and locally-produced
maps and booklets on these walks can be obtained from
the Tourist Information Centres in Camp, Annascaul,
Dingle, Cloghane and Castlegregory
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