Things to do
7-
Kerry Cliffs
The view of the Skelligs without the boat, ten minutes from the pier.
-
Skellig Michael
618 unrailed drystone steps end at seven corbelled beehive cells that have shed Atlantic weather since the eighth century.
View more → -
Valentia Island Lighthouse
A working light at the end of a short walk, with the Skellig coast laid out from the point.
-
Ballinskelligs Abbey
Where the monks went when the rock was given up, half an hour south of Portmagee.
-
Geokaun Mountain
The one point that lays out the whole Skellig coast at once: the islands, the Portmagee channel and the Kerry mainland.
-
Little Skellig
The closest most visitors get to a major seabird colony in Ireland, and no permit rations it.
-
Skellig Experience Centre
The monastery's story without the sea crossing, and honest about what the crossing involves.
Basemap Meridian · data © OpenStreetMap
