You will make your way to your first night's accommodation at the Abbeyglen Castle Hotel in Clifden (there are daily buses from Galway to Clifden). This is a unique place to start your Connemara cycle tour. A castle hotel secluded in lush, private grounds but also located close to Clifden town. At the Abbeyglen you will be able to experience the best of town and country in a property that is run with every care and attention to making you feel pampered. Clifden is a colourful town bursting with culture, history, traditional music and cosy pubs and restaurants. All bikes and equipment will be waiting for you at your accommodation, giving you the chance to try them and make sure everything fits perfectly, before your adventure begins the next day! 

Your second day will bring you via the Sky Road from Clifden to the Renvyle Peninsula where you will spend your second night in the Renvyle House Hotel. The Sky Road brings you to the very edge of Connemara with soaring views over the rocky Atlantic coastline. Pausing at the vantage points take time to feel the fresh Atlantic breezes and inhale the scent of the sea, knowing there is nothing between you and America! Continuing your cycle, you will pass by the Connemara National Park in the village of Letterfrack before reaching the Renvyle peninsula, your destination today. Jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean it is peppered with archaeological sites, historical ruins and white-sand beaches. Renvyle House Hotel, where you will stay, is an historic country house hotel, situated on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. The hotel is located on 150 acres, which include a private lake, a 9-hole golf course, a beach, woodlands, gardens and numerous activities on site.

Making your way from the Renvyle peninsula you will return to Letterfrack through the pretty village of Tullycross with its traditional thatched cottages. Soon after, you will come to Kylemore Abbey, one of Ireland’s top visitor attractions. This gothic-style castle was built in 1867 and boasts an award-winning six-acre Victorian walled garden created by Mitchell Henry in tandem with the building of the castle. Leaving Kylemore you will experience the full majesty of the Twelve Bens mountain range as you pass beneath their brooding peaks. Killary Harbour, reputed to be Ireland's only fjord, and certainly its most dramatic, will appear beside you as you turn a corner. You will follow the fjord close by the water's edge to bring you into the Delphi Valley. Completely surrounded by mountains you will feel the intrusions of the outside world disappear for your stay tonight at the Delphi Resort. Quiet colours, natural materials and a tranquil atmosphere will greet you at this sensitively-designed four-star resort.

Leaving the Delphi Valley you will wind your way alongside Doolough (the dark, deep lake) past rugged, unpopulated landscapes to bring you to the coastal town of Louisburgh. There you will witness the gentle pace of a small west of Ireland agricultural town conducting its daily business. The road then continues along the shores of Clew Bay in the impressive shadow of the holy mountain of Croagh Patrick, and finally to the charming town of Westport. Your stay in Westport will be at the Westport Plaza hotel. The Plaza is an opulent, modern hotel which offers all the luxuries and facilities that you could want. It is still run as part of a family business with a personal touch and a long history of hospitality in the west of Ireland. The Gold Experience at the Plaza includes an hour in their inspirational thermal suite allowing you to cleanse the road from your body and mind.

Depart from Westport for your onward journey