Cliffs of Moher Coastal Path, Co Clare

What: The quintessential sensory experience! The jewel in the crown of Co Clare, the timeless cliffs span 8km of coastline and tower 214m above the Atlantic. In the spring and summer, thousands of nesting sea birds and puffins can also be seen. Follow a clifftop footpath southwest from O’Brien’s Tower to Moher’s Tower (a Napoleonic signal tower built in the 1800s) at Hag’s Head. At the end, a path heads inland from Moher’s Tower to the Sports Field.

Start/Finish: Cliffs of Moher Visitor Centre Car Park/Moher Sports Field.

Get there: From Lahinch, turn right onto the R478 (signposted ‘Cliffs of Moher’) just after Santa Maria Hotel. Follow the road for around 4km to reach Liscannor village. Go through the village and follow the R478 as it twists and turns. Pass Murphy’s and Considine’s pub to soon arrive at the Cliffs of Moher Visitor Centre.

Level: Suits beginners.

Length/Time to walk: 6.5km/ 1-3hrs.

Pack: Your camera; a copy of Helen Fairbairn’s guidebook Ireland’s Best Walks (Collins Press); OSI Discovery Series Sheet 51 and 57.

Refuel: At the restaurant at the visitor centre (cliffsofmoher.ie). Don’t miss the cliff exhibition.