What to see in Galway

Galway highlights

The places you can’t miss. In the app we sort them by day and close to each other.

1. Latin Quarter

   Pedestrian streets with pubs and buskers.

2. Spanish Arch

   A remnant of the town walls by the river, where the ships used to dock.

3. Galway Cathedral

   The great stone cathedral beside the River Corrib.

4. Salthill Promenade

   A seafront promenade facing the bay.

5. Eyre Square

   The central square and meeting point.

Day trips from Galway

We take you straight to the best-rated tour on GetYourGuide, with its reviews and dates.

• Cliffs of Moher ★ 4.6 (2,381 reviews)
• Connemara ★ 4.7 (726 reviews)
• Aran Islands ★ 5.0 (2 reviews)

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Typical food of Galway

The dish you have to try there and how to make it at home, to whet your appetite before the trip (or to go back to Galway from your kitchen).

Seafood chowder

The creamy fish and seafood soup of Ireland’s west coast, with salmon, white fish and mussels. In Galway it’s eaten in the harbour pubs with brown bread.

• Serves 4
• 45 min

Ingredients

• 300 g white fish
• 200 g salmon
• 200 g smoked fish (haddock or cod)
• 500 g mussels
• 1 leek, 1 carrot and 1 celery stick
• 2 potatoes
• 500 ml fish stock
• 300 ml cream
• Butter, dill, salt and pepper

How to make it at home

1. Steam the mussels open with a little wine or water and keep the strained liquid.
2. Soften the chopped leek, carrot and celery in butter.
3. Add the diced potatoes, the fish stock and the mussel liquid, and simmer for 15 minutes.
4. Stir in the cream and the diced fish and cook gently for 5 minutes.
5. Add the mussels and dill and season.

The trick: The smoked fish is what gives it its Irish flavour.

Frequently asked questions about Galway