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Burren base-Doolin? Ennis? Elsewhere?

We plan to spend 5/27-29 nights in the Burren area and want to stay in just one place. We will have a car. We know Fleadh Nua starts 5/27. Would appreciate others thoughts and experiences about where to stay.

Posted by
508 posts

I'd pick Doolin, with its wealth of B&Bs, three pubs, a lovely coastal setting and ferries to the Aran Islands, over Ennis.

I stayed in both last summer and was shocked to find the latter quite moribund compared to what I experienced on many previous trips through the town. No longer were its streets packed with pedestrian traffic nor were there many dinner options from which to choose, both victim to the pandemic and subsequent loss of jobs and shop closures, as my B&B host told me. Doolin, however, was still quite lively and everything was open.

Posted by
1797 posts

Definitley Doolin - much nicer scenery and closer to the best bits of the Burren.