Within a short distance you can enjoy:

Sandy Beaches
Golf Courses (including 2 Championship courses)
Pitch & Putt
Course and Game fishing (We provide tips where to go!)
Pony Trekking
Lahinch Seawold (Swimming Pool & Aquarium)
Cinema & Theatre
Traditional Music & Set Dancing
Castles
Ailwee Cave
Ancient Monuments
Heritage & Cultural Centres
Cliffs of Moher

The cities of Galway & Limerick are both within one hours driving distance from Fuchsia Cottage.

The Kilfenora area offers a network of Walks and Cycle routes. A map is available locally and also on hand in the cottage.
Discovering the Flora
The Burren offer an abundant diversity of flowers and plants, never planted by man. Many of these are botanists delight. Among the most exotic and unexpected is the Mountain Aven, whose main habitat is northern Scandinavia and the Spring Gentian, whose natural home is in the slopes of the Alps. A near neighbour is the Maidenhair Fern, a stranger from the Mediterranean cosily nurtured in the sparse damp soil in the warm shelter of the Fissures.

Exploring the Burren
The Burren plateau of North-West Clare is internationally famous because of its beautiful limestone landscapes and the remarkable flora of the region as well as its rich archaeological heritage.It is the finest example of a karstic terrain in Ireland, with a full assemblage of the curious landforms and subterranean drainage systems that characterise these limestone terrains.

The area also hosts 70 wedge-tombs (the most famous of them being Poulnabrone ), ring forts, caves (most notable Aillwee Cave ) castles ( Leamenagh Castle) and a network of field walls and hut circles You can drive in and around the Burrenn several roads, but the only way to really experience it is by foot! The green roads are the old Burren roads and are perfect to explore this landscape on short and long walks. The Burren Way is a 40-km signposted walking trail between Ballyvaughan and Lahinch..Don't miss the Burren Display centre In Kilfenora to get an insight into the mysteries of the region.