Important Notes- Please Read:
You will be staying in comfortable guesthouses and farmhouses. Most rooms have en suite facilities.
Your hosts will transfer your luggage each day. PLEASE do try to notify your estimated time of arrival.
Due to the unavailability of suitable accommodation on this route, you will overnight in two accommodations for two nights and your hosts will transfer you to and from walks. Please also note that there are very few places en route to purchase provisions. There are small grocery outlets in Kilcrohane and Durrus.
You must show your accommodation list to your host each day on your arrival. Your luggage will be transferred for you each day by the guesthouse owners or by local taxi service. It should be there by 4.00pm or before you finish your walk. Please appreciate that B&B’s are often busy with preparing their premises for new guests and transferring luggage is not a usual function. This service is only provided for walkers. Occasionally your luggage will not be there before you arrive but it does always arrive. In some places you will have a voucher for a taxi company who will be transferring the luggage, as it is not a service the B&B provides.
One of the attractions of a self-guided walking holiday is that your luggage is transferred for you and you do not carry it! Do please remember that someone has to carry it! Please try to pack a reasonable amount and in a good suitcase or backpack. Please also make sure your luggage has your name on it, as sometimes the B&B will be transferring to more than one accommodation and for more than one walking company!
Please phone your guesthouse prior to arrival each day.
On some routes you will require a transfer either by your hosts or by a pre-arranged taxi to the start of your walk. Your hosts will agree a time for this transfer with you. Again, please appreciate that the B&B’s only provide this service for walkers.
Meals: You can enjoy evening meals in the guesthouses in some locations, but the hostess needs to be notified beforehand. Evening meals are usually priced between €18-25.00 per person. Picnic lunches can be supplied at a cost of €4.50-6.00 p.p. Your route notes will advise each day as to the availability of lunch en route and evening meals at your overnight stop. Some guesthouses can provide an evening meal (approx. €15-20) and will also suggest alternative places to eat. This may be a pub or restaurant and prices will vary enormously depending on where you are but are usually between €15.00 and €25.00 Meals are served in pubs until about 9.00pm. If you choose to eat with your hosts in their home, please ring them the previous evening, or the morning before you arrive to book a meal. They may have to travel some distance to get supplies!
Lunches such as sandwiches or filled rolls are often available in local shops or supermarkets, and many also have hot food counters. Look for names such as Centra, Londis, Statoil, Spar, or check in petrol stations. Please note that it is advisable to carry lunch with you unless told otherwise in the route notes. Do tell your hosts when you arrive if you would like them to provide a packed lunch for the next day (approx. €3.50-4.50).
Important telephone numbers: (International +353 and remove first 0)
Tailor-Made Tours office 066 9766007 (also answering machine)
Tailor-Made mobile tel. 087 3344031 & 087 3344031
Bus Information 01 836 6111 www.buseireann.ie
Train Information 01 836 6222 or 01 836 3333 www.irishrail.ie
Tourist Information www.ireland.travel.ie
Climate information www.onlineweather.com
Cork Tourist Office 021 427 3251
Time of Year: You can walk this route anytime between April and October. In April/May and October the weather can be unpredictable so knowledge of map reading and compass are important.
Included in your tour: 7 nights Bed & Breakfast guesthouse accommodation; luggage transfers each day; detailed route descriptions and maps.
Excluded: Other meals; transfers to and from Bantry; entries or excursions