great blasket island

幸运的是,我们已经抓住了最后的渡船机会到岛上在开放季节的第一天。岛屿背后的历史很奇特,定居者家的毁坏真的很惊人。数以百计的野生兔子和绵羊生存在这个岛上但是所有最棒的惊喜就是几百只海报在海滩上散步!渡船环行要20欧元,但是很值。那里的风景和照片都让人为之疯狂。你可以走小路,都是非常容易和更困难的,或者只是自己决定。我们花了两个小时,这就是很完美的。

非常棒的展览/博物馆,展示的是我们最为怀念的那段爱尔兰的历史。另外还有一个非常有趣的关于布拉斯基特群岛和马萨诸塞州的斯普林菲尔德之间的联系的展览。

在客栈店主的推荐下,我们去了Great Blasket Island Centre中心。在近期历史中(最近一百年左右)这些岛屿的重要性就在于由于所处位置偏远,岛屿居民数量有限,这里实际是最后一个还在使用“爱尔兰语”的地方。在英格兰及其它地方名流显要的参与下,这种口头讲述故事的传统和文字得以保存下来。这个中心有关于小岛生活和文化的展品,显示了如今被遗弃的爱尔兰曾经的文明传奇。很值得一游!

过了8环步行,就可以看到大海和小岛的景色了,我们吃了点鱼羹,暖和了一下身体。景点现代化,干净整洁而且员工很热情。我们参观的那天浪特别大,很壮观。

很棒的一天外出,老少皆宜的地方。从乘船旅行再到岛上,我们7岁的儿子一直没有觉得无聊,而且新鲜的空气让他那个晚上睡得很好。

I really enjoyed the museum that discussed Great Blasket Island and found it very interactive. It is a really beautiful place

Your eyes and brain are filled to the top with the quiet solitude surrounding you. Enjoy every minute you're there and bring those memories back with you to enjoy over and over again when life gets to noisy and busy!

This is well worth a visit..The island still has some houses on it and some are privately owned holiday homes.We spotted 2 Baskin sharks swimming past our boat as we travelled over to the island and plenty of dolphins and seals.The island is deserted now, just sightseers.We brought a picnic with us and just enjoyed the peace and tranquillity of the island.

If you're ever in Dingle, you must, must, MUST take the boat ride around Blasket Island. The scenery is absolutely gorgeous, and the island itself was inhabited until quite recently (the houses are still standing). When you imagine how the islanders must have felt whenever they saw Viking ships pounding toward their tiny island, it sends shivers down your spine. There's also a great museum that's located right near where you board the boat (I'd recommend visiting it prior to the boat ride). The museum has lots of great artifacts and provides a really good amount of information on Blasket Island and the Dingle area and its indigenous people.

We had a lovely meal and were completely wrapped in the awesome beauty of this place, worth a visit.

The film in the tourist centre and all the photos and models made me a learn about things that I didn't know I would be interested in

This is not a trip to do when the weather is bad (probably not possible anyway), or if you are not reasonably able-bodied. We went from Dunquin (a hamlet near the most westerly point on the Irish mainland), although you can go from Dingle harbour I believe). I think it was €25 each for the return trip from Dunquin. You have to drive to Dunquin, walk a couple of hundred metres down a steep metalled track to the 'quay' (bottom can be slippery at low tide), climb into a rubber dinghy with outboard which ferries you to a small fishing boat - off the dinghy into the fishing boat, which tows the dinghy to Great Blasket, where you go through the reverse procedure to get onto the island - there is a chain hand rail to help you get yourself up the slipway.If you go on a day like the one we had, it is magical - it was certainly one of the highlights (if not THE highlight) of our two week Ireland trip. We sat on the grass, a little way up the side of the hill, surrounded by ruined cottages (plus the odd one or two which are possibly used as holiday cottages) and watched gannets diving, seals basking, the odd shark (I have a picture of a fin), and (I was told) a whale. The scenery, looking back to the mainland, is absolutely stunning, and I have many tens, if not hundreds, of photos to prove it. BUT you are left there for a couple of hours, so if the weather is 'iffy' you have to be prepared. There is only grass, and maybe the odd smooth rock to sit on. There is no shelter, and (despite what I had read elsewhere that there is a small cafe - maybe there is in the height of the season, but there was no evidence at all when we were there) there are NO FACILITIES WHATSOEVER (relatively easy for men to find a wall, trickier for women). Please don't let this put you off, just BE PREPARED! We were exceptionally lucky, with clear skies and just a light breeze - the only danger was from the sun! The one facility that there was, which I found totally bizarre, was a good mobile signal (phone and data), so I was able to take a photo of my wife knitting (she had come prepared!), and email it to friends at home while we were on the island. Knitting, of course, was a very appropriate thing to do, as it was a significant occupation for the former inhabitants during the long winter days.After we returned to Dunquin, we visited the Blasket Information Centre/museum which gave a fascinating insight into what life was like on the islands before the last inhabitants left in the 50s - this is a must to complement your visit either before or after you make the trip across the water (and if the weather's bad and the boat trip isn't possible, a worthwhile outing in its own right).

As we were driving along the Dingle Peninsula/Slea Head Drive - we made various stops and this was the most intriguing! A very nice facility and exhibit about lives on the Great Blasket Island. The movie and displays was not overwhelming with information - but provided great insight! It was a bit cloudy that day, but the view of the Islands was pretty. We ate in the cafeteria and hung out for a bit - a nice stop. The bookstore was great - I purchased 2 books about Island residents - great purchases!

Lucky to have been in this area when the weather was perfect.Love the legend of the Sleeping Giant! If you see the signs for The Beehive Huts in Ms. Moira's back yard, do stop in. It is worth the 2 euros just to meet and chat with her!

The stories about the islands, the museum was awesome, the history was amazing, very enriching experience.