Acantilados de Moher
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 5.31 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,909 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 1,909 ft
- Max elevation
- 495 ft
- TrailRank
- 40
- Min elevation
- 133 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 2 hours 19 minutes
- Time
- 3 hours 18 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1485
- Uploaded
- June 7, 2022
- Recorded
- June 2022
near Ballymacanaun, Munster (Ireland)
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We did this tour in reverse of how people usually do it. The reason is that in the interpretation center, they charge you €12 per person (in my opinion excessive) and yet where we left the car (private parking), they charged us €4 for the car.
Even for my taste, the route is much more attractive.
Wikipedia
The Cliffs of Moher (in English, Cliffs of Moher; in Irish, Aillte an Mhothair) are located on the south-western edge of the region of The Burren near the town of Doolin, in County Clare
The Cliffs of Moher take their name from the ruins of Fort Mothar, which was demolished during the Napoleonic Wars to make way for a signal tower. The tower of O'Brien (O'Brien's Tower) is a circular tower of stone that is located approximately in the middle of the cliffs. It was built by Sir Cornellius O'Brien in 1835 as a viewpoint for the hundreds of tourists who flocked to the place even at that time.
Cliffs of Moher
The cliffs rise 120m above the Atlantic Ocean at a point called Hag's Head and stretch for 8km to a height of 214m.
From the top of the Tower watchtower you can see the Aran Islands and Galway Bay, with the Maumturk Mountains in Connemara in the background.
The cliffs are a notable tourist attraction, so there is a visitor center and parking lot on site. There is a path that runs along the cliffs for its entire length.
They are the oldest natural rock structures in Ireland, geologists place the period of their formation 300 million years ago. These majestic rock formations open out onto the Atlantic Ocean, giving an observer the feeling of standing on the edge of a sheer wall.
The Cliffs of Moher appear as the "Cliffs of Insanity" in the 1987 film The Princess Bride, in 2008 they served as the setting for the video "L'amore" by the Italian pop duo Sonohra and for the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) and in 2011 were used by the American rock group Maroon 5 to record the video for the single "Runaway". Also on these cliffs, the group The Kelly Family posed for photos of their album "Over The Hump". Irish group Westlife also used the cliffs as a location to promote Ireland with their "My Love" video, the first single from the album "Coast to Coast".
Even for my taste, the route is much more attractive.
Wikipedia
The Cliffs of Moher (in English, Cliffs of Moher; in Irish, Aillte an Mhothair) are located on the south-western edge of the region of The Burren near the town of Doolin, in County Clare
The Cliffs of Moher take their name from the ruins of Fort Mothar, which was demolished during the Napoleonic Wars to make way for a signal tower. The tower of O'Brien (O'Brien's Tower) is a circular tower of stone that is located approximately in the middle of the cliffs. It was built by Sir Cornellius O'Brien in 1835 as a viewpoint for the hundreds of tourists who flocked to the place even at that time.
Cliffs of Moher
The cliffs rise 120m above the Atlantic Ocean at a point called Hag's Head and stretch for 8km to a height of 214m.
From the top of the Tower watchtower you can see the Aran Islands and Galway Bay, with the Maumturk Mountains in Connemara in the background.
The cliffs are a notable tourist attraction, so there is a visitor center and parking lot on site. There is a path that runs along the cliffs for its entire length.
They are the oldest natural rock structures in Ireland, geologists place the period of their formation 300 million years ago. These majestic rock formations open out onto the Atlantic Ocean, giving an observer the feeling of standing on the edge of a sheer wall.
The Cliffs of Moher appear as the "Cliffs of Insanity" in the 1987 film The Princess Bride, in 2008 they served as the setting for the video "L'amore" by the Italian pop duo Sonohra and for the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) and in 2011 were used by the American rock group Maroon 5 to record the video for the single "Runaway". Also on these cliffs, the group The Kelly Family posed for photos of their album "Over The Hump". Irish group Westlife also used the cliffs as a location to promote Ireland with their "My Love" video, the first single from the album "Coast to Coast".
Waypoints
Waypoint
Door
283 ft
Barrera i botador
At this point, it is reached by a gravel road, which, requesting permission, they let you pass by car. We could see some newlyweds (in wedding attire) arrive to take some photos.
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Panorama
Monument
Intersection
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