DONEGAL • IRELAND 2019 Supported by From Bundoran Tidy Towns Group www.discoverbundoran.com/tidytowns Bundoran is Donegal’s First Think Before You Flush Community Help us tackle the problem sanitary products and other items can cause in our marine environment and our wastewater systems if they are flushed down the toilet. Please put these items in the bin and not down the toilet @CleanCoasts #thinkb4uflush www.thinkbeforeyouflush.org Think Before You Flush is operated by An Taisce’s Clean Coasts programme and is supported by Irish Water Welcome to Bundoran... It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Bundoran – Ireland’s Premier Seaside Resort and a family friendly destination for over 300 years. If it’s your first time here or you are on a return visit, thank you for choosing us! While you’re here, you’ll find so much to do from outdoor activities to live music to the best in food and drink. Whether you’re travelling with your family, you’re a couple or just on your own and looking for a fun or relaxing few days away, Bundoran is sure to tick all the boxes with its top class facilities and world class amenities! Bundoran is proud to be the first Donegal stop on the Wild Atlantic Way’s Surf Coast – a route known for its spectacular scenery all along the entire western seaboard with south Donegal being no exception. Stand at the Tullan Strand Discovery Point and take in Donegal Bay with views of Slieve League, Mullaghmore, Benbulben and the picturesque Dartry Mountains – and don’t forget while you’re there to check out the Fairy Bridges and Wishing Chair – Bundoran’s original tourist attraction from the 1700s. Our event lineup gets even better in 2019 – as well as the old favourites like the St Patrick’s Day Parade, Easter Egg Painting, Pumpkin Carving, Classic Car Show, the Street Party and numerous country music festivals, this year we welcome Bundoran’s Big Week by the Beach from August 14th to 18th with a host of events across the week including surfing, golfing, swimming, live music, heritage events and the big man himself – Daniel O’Donnell! We will also host our second Darkness Into Light walk which happens on Saturday May 11th at 4:15am. Keep right up to date on all events at www.discoverbundoran.com/events. For further detailed information on attractions contained in this brochure please visit our website www.discoverbundoran.com or drop into the Tourist Office at the Bridge. Find us on social media by searching “Discover Bundoran”. Watch our weekly video each Friday morning at 11 on Facebook and listen to our podcast - details below. Enjoy your stay! Shane Smyth Bundoran Tourism Officer @MrShaneSmyth Check out our podcast “The Bundoran Weekly” via www.bundoranweekly.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Photos: Jennifer Leahy Photography and Conor Conlon, CMP Ireland. 03 For the odd occasion that it might be wet and windy outside, venues can keep you Discover Bundoran... dry and most importantly entertained! For the toddlers and youngsters visit Dizzy’s Den Indoor Play Centre. Here you’ll find ball pools, slides, climbing tunnels © Claudio Salviato Photography / Dizzy’s Den and a fun size football pitch to keep even the most energetic child enthused for hours. Facebook - Dizzys Den For fun for the whole family why not bowl away the afternoon or evening at Globowl 10 pin bowling just above Macks Amusements. 8 computerised bowling lanes await the professional or amateur bowler. Check out the latest Driving Games, Dance Machines, Video Games, and more while you’re there! www.bundoranglowbowl.ie © Claudio Salviato Photography / At Eclipse Cinemas you’ll find 6 luxurious movie theatres Bundoran Globowl presenting the latest cinema releases in stunning Sony Digital 4k quality. For extensive show times, online tickets and great special offers, visit www.eclipsecinemas.com Tel. +353 71 9829999 Donegal Equestrian Centre is located on the outskirts of Bundoran near Finner Camp and offers an indoor arena so riders can try horseriding for the first time or indeed perfect their canter and other techniques. www.donegalequestriancentre.com © Megan Gallagher Photography / Eclipse Cinema Still a popular haunt for visitors to Bundoran are the amusement arcades with the slot machine fan sure to find a game to tickle their fancy. Meanwhile bingo fans aren’t left out with our dedicated bingo hall Star Bingo for substantial cash prizes with link games to other bingo © Donegal English Language School centres around the country on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday evenings. See Facebook - Star Bundoran. Family orientated amusement park, go-karts & golf located ...for Indoor Activities! on the Seafront - Bumper cars, waltzers, lots of rides for young & old. Try our 9 hole adventure golf course or have a © Bundoran Museum spin on our super fast petrol go-karts, bouncy castle, bungee trampolines. Food, candy floss & ice cream. Find us on Facebook. www.bundoranadventurepark.com Bundoran Museum is located in the vaults of the Bundoran Community Centre (formerly AIB Bank). On display you’ll find a nod to the varied historical past of Bundoran including the railway, military, tourism and music. The museum is open weekdays from 10am - 5pm and admission is free. © Bundoran Adventure Park 04 05 Whatever kind of music you’re into, as either a listener or a performer, you’ll find Discover Bundoran... something to suit you! Music is a major part of the heritage of the town with the dancehall tradition continuing to this day with Ireland’s top Alan Chapman country music singers performing each weekend. Numerous country music festivals take place in all of the major venues in town right throughout the year. Through the summer season you’ll find music nightly in pubs from one end of Bundoran to the other – from country to traditional to rock to DJs – from the Chasin Bull to the Kicking Donkey, The Railway, 51 Main Street, The Bank, The Phoenix, Oyster Bar and The Marine Bar! There’s also the opportunity to show off your talents with the many “open mic nights” – bring your guitar or your voice! For up and coming bands why not try © Shane Smyth © Matt Britton Photography Great Northern Hotel Aug 16th, 2019 © Philip Ducap - Fine Art Photography the Chasin Bull’s Live & Unsigned for your chance to play this year’s Sea Sessions! Year round, for the traditional fan there’s the chance to jump in on one of the weekly trad sessions at Madden’s Bridge Bar – join in or sit back and take in one of Ireland’s oldest forms of music and song. www.maddensbridgebar.com. Meanwhile the Fireside Sessions at the Bank Bar will round off your weekend in style each Sunday. © Nathan Carter Facebook The Sea Sessions Surf Music Festival every June attracts not Great Northern Hotel July 13th, 2019 only thousands of festival goers to town but also the cream of international mainstream and indie music acts – the lineup for June 21st – 23rd 2019 includes Sigrid, Clean Bandit, Two Door Cinema Club, Wild Youth and Hermitage Green with more to be announced. www.seasessions.com © Joe Chapman - Bank Bar Session Sigrid headlines Sea Sessions 2019 Bundoran is known as Ireland’s Capital of Country! Whether it’s at the intimate Bird’s Nest Bar or The Allingham Arms, with Jimmy Buckley, Robert Mizzell, Derek Ryan or any one of Ireland’s established or up and coming country artists, they are ...for Live Music! sure to be landing in town on any given weekend to perform on © Chasin Bull a Saturday night or as part of the many country music festivals held here during the year! www.allinghamarmshotel.ie For the young or the young at heart, Paris nightclub is open each weekend playing the latest chart hits and the biggest dancefloor classics. FIND ALL OUR VENUES ON FACEBOOK Christy Moore Facebook / Great Northern October 4th 06 07 Discover Bundoran... ...and Bundoran ...for Waterworld Seaweed Baths Here at Waterworld our completely enclosed indoor Bundoran Seaweed Baths invite you to take a step into your waterpark ensures a fun filled water based adventure, very own Wild Atlantic experience. Enjoy the therapeutic where you can enjoy the waves without the sand and the heat benefits as we prepare you an organic seaweed bath without the sunscreen! experience packed full of natural goodness. Nestled on the Wild Atlantic Way in the famous Donegal Using filtered heated seawater and accompanied by seaside town of Bundoran, Waterworld offers an exciting complimentary pre and post bath seaweed facemasks. Let us day out for the whole family where golden sand beaches, deliver a first class service, recharging and revitalising you cliff walks and rock pool adventures are within a touching on your Emerald adventure. distance of the thrills and spills of our indoor aqua land! Bundoran Seaweed Baths also offer a range of additional Our three leisure pools are best catered to those who are treatments,all followed by an invitation to enjoy our ocean very young through to the early teenage years with a host of view lounge that allows you to sit back, relax and enjoy the slides, features and attractions that will entertain, thrill and views of the spectacular wild Atlantic,whilst sipping a cup of excite your whole family! complimentary herbal tea. FANTASTIC FAMILY FUN FACILITIES INCLUDE: OUR THERAPISTS OFFER A RANGE OF • Gravity Speed Flume • Twister Flume TREATMENTS INCLUDING: • Pirate’s Galleon Ship • Wave Pool • La Stone Massages • 3 Lane Multi Slide • Slide Pool • Hand and Foot Massages • Aqua Children’s Slide • Rapids • Head Massages • Toddler Pool • Multiple Children’s • Whizzer Flume Features WE ALSO STOCK A GREAT RANGE OF CERTIFIED • Tornado Flume • Slides & Water Sprays ORGANIC SEAWEED PRODUCTS THAT INCLUDE: • Shampoo and Conditioner We boast five great water slides including the fastest in • Face and Hand Creams the country; The Gravity! along with a rapids and wave pool • Soaps and Dried Seaweed Products where your family will while away the hours whatever the weather is doing outside.