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TRAVEL TRADE INFORMATION MIZEN HEAD • Discovery Point on the Wild Atlantic Way • Cross the iconic Bridge • Experience the solitude of the Keepers’ lives • As exciting in a gale as on a ne summer’s day • Interpretation & displays on many di erent topics Mizen Head • Whale, dolphin and bird watching Ireland’s most Southwesterly Point on the Wild Atlantic Way is attraction is an authentic must do outdoor experience with inside interpretation about the Irish Lights, Safety at Sea and the Mizen Peninsula. Mizen Head Visitor Centre at the top near the car park has Mizen Café, Gi Shop, Displays, Washrooms, Playpark, Free car parking. Payment to visit the rest of the site. A ten minute walk along a path down the cli s and the famous 99 steps to the Point across the iconic Bridge. e Bridge has a solid wide tarmac deck suitable for everyone. Flat path out to overlook the Bridge. A visit will take 1-2 hours. Vaughan Tom Pic: Mizen Head Signal Station built 1910, three buildings with interpretation in the Keepers Quarters (the original Mizen Vision visitor centre 1994-2001), the Workmen’s Quarters and the Engine Room. “One of the best attractions in Ireland...” Paths to Bridge View, Sea Arch, Derrick Landing, Dunlough Bay. Mizen Information and e-Centre, “... spellbinding” Goleen: Head O ce for Mizen Head. Free wi , ADMISSION visitor info, hot desks, business services, Adult: €7.50 co ee, gi shop and public washrooms. Senior/Student: €6 Free car parking behind village. Child under 14: €4.50; Child under 5: Free Family (2 Adults and up to 4 Children): €25 CATERING For Groups (10 and over) Adults: €6.50 Café serving light lunches, hot food Senior/Student: €5, Child 5-14: €3.50 & snacks (60 covers). Also tables outside – Call 028- OPENING TIME 35578 to discuss your requirements. March 1-16 Daily 11am - 4pm VISIT March 17 - May 31 Daily 10.30am - 5pm Free parking of unlimited duration. June daily 10am - 6pm July, August 10am - 7pm Parking for 10 coaches September, October 10.30am - 5pm Tour Guides available. November - March Weekends 11am - 4pm Free Entry for Driver & Tour Leader For tour groups Mizen Head can be opened at any time by prior arrangement Group Bookings Contact: Stephen O’Sullivan Tel : +353 (0) 2835000 www.mizenhead.ie Email: [email protected] • www.mizenhead.ie GPS 514502 -9098183 Eyeries Glengarri HOW TO GET HERE Adrigole Allihies BANTRY Castletownbere MIZEN HEAD R 591 Bantry Bay Dursey • Cork 78 mls/125 kms IRELAND’S Bere Island Kilcrohane Durrus • Clonakilty 50 mls/79 kms SPECTACULAR Ballydehob Schull • Rosscarbery 42 mls/ 67 kms SKIBBEREEN Sheep's Head • Skibbereen 30 mls/48 kms SOUTHWEST Goleen • Schull 15 mls/24 kms PENINSULAS Mizen Head Crookhaven • Killarney 73 mls/118 kms Cape Clear Fastnet Rock • Kenmare 49 mls/78 kms • Glengarri 37 mls/60 kms Mizen Peninsula • Bantry 27 mls/43 kms • Tour/FIT) 56mls/91kms Skibbereen—Mizen Head—Bantry Sandy beaches, high cli s, castles. • Spectacular views across Roaring Water Bay to the ever present Fastnet Rock Lighthouse, 9 miles o shore, getting more rugged out west. KILLARNEY • Colourful villages in Ballydehob, Schull, Goleen and Durrus with a good variety of artisanal and independent shops. Ideal area for foodies www.atasteofwestcork.com • Close to Mizen Head, Crookhaven, the last village in Ireland, the magni cent Barleycove Blue Flag Beach, Brow Head (FIT) of 2016 Star Wars lming fame, ree Castle Head. www.mizenhead.ie Kenmare CORK www.schull.ie www.ballydehob.ie N71 Sheeps Head Peninsula • (FIT) 50mls/ 80kms round trip from Bantry—Sheeps Head Lighthouse at end.– Durrus—Bantry Glengarri • Pretty with abundant fuchsia hedges and spectacular views. R586 Dunmanway • e smallest peninsula has a famous waymarked walking route, e Sheeps Head Way with smaller Bantry N71 loop walks. Durrus Clonakilty • Small villages such as Kilcrohane, Ahakista and the Goat’s Path. Durrus Cheese. R591 Ballydehob www.thesheepsheadway.ie Rosscarbery Skibbereen R592 Beara Peninsula R591 • (Tour/FIT) 90mls/ 144kms round trip from Bantry— Dursey Island— Kenmare MIZEN HEAD • Rugged, high mountains, wild countryside. • e largest peninsula from Bantry out to the tip with the Dursey Cable Car with good road to Castletownbere, a major town and shing port, back on the northside looking out to the Ring of Kerry to Kenmare. LOCAL ATTRACTIONS • e Beara Way is a way marked walking route covering 138 mls/ 220kms with long and short loops. • Bantry House and Gardens (Tour, FIT)) • Small villages Adrigole, Eyeries, Allihies, Ardgroom, Lauragh, Tuosist. www.bearatourism.com • Bamboo Park, Glengarri (Tour, FIT) • Ilnacullin Garinish Island, Glengarri (Tour/FIT) Hotel Name Star Rating Distance to Mizen Head Rooms • e Ewe Sculpture Park, Glengarri (FIT) Celtic Ross, Rosscarbery 41 Miles/66 km 66 • Skibbereen Heritage Centre incorporating Inchydoney Island Lodge & Spa, Clonakilty 50 Miles/80 km 67 • Lough Hyne Marine Reserve and Schull Harbour Hotel, Schull 15 Miles/24 km 29 Great Famine Exhibition (Tour/FIT) e Maritime Hotel, Bantry 27 Miles/43 km 100 • Seafari Cruises, Kenmare (FIT) e West Lodge Hotel & Leisure Centre, Bantry 27 Miles/43 km 100 e Eccles Hotel, Glengarri 37 Miles/59.54 km 64 • West Cork Model Village, Clonakilty (Tour/FIT) West Cork Hotel, Skibbereen 30 Miles/48 km 50 • Cape Clear Island (ferry from Baltimore or Schull) (Tour/FIT) • Allihies Copper Mine, Beara (Tour/FIT) • Dursey Cable Car, Beara (FIT) @mizenheadsignalstation @MizenBridge @mizencourses.