Killarney National Park
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Killarney National Park
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We rank these restaurants and attractions by balancing reviews from our members with how close they are to this location.
Restaurants
147 within 5 kms
The Tan Yard
196
0.3 km€€ - €€€ • Irish • European • Grill
The Mad Monk
329
0.4 km€€ - €€€ • Irish • Seafood • European
The Cellar at The Ross
535
0.3 km€€ - €€€ • Irish • European • Vegetarian Friendly
Hannigan's Bar and Restaurant
1,231
0.3 km€€ - €€€ • Irish • Bar • European
Kitty O'Se's Seafood and Grill
218
0.5 km€€ - €€€ • Irish • Seafood • European
Cronins Restaurant
1,412
0.5 km€€ - €€€ • Irish • European • Healthy
Celtic Whiskey Bar & Larder
724
0.5 km€€ - €€€ • Irish • Bar • European
Murphy Brownes Restaurant
616
0.6 km€€ - €€€ • Irish • International • European
Murphys Bar & Restaurant Killarney
2,554
0.5 km€€ - €€€ • Irish • Bar • European
Murphys Ice Cream
779
0.5 km€ • Dessert
Attractions
50 within 5 kms
Killarney Brewing Company
390
66 mBreweries
Old Boathouse Trail
6
78 mHistoric Walking Areas
Arthur Young Trail
1
78 mHistoric Walking Areas
Killarney House Gardens
201
0.3 kmGardens
Killarney Racecourse
117
0.4 kmHorse Tracks
Kerry Cliffs
714
0.5 kmNature & Wildlife Areas
Irish Whiskey Experience
252
0.5 kmDistilleries
Peter Cox Photography Gallery
119
0.4 kmArt Galleries
Killegy Churchyard
2
0.3 kmHistoric Sites • Cemeteries
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
114
0.4 kmHistoric Sites • Religious Sites
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5.0
7,216 reviews
Excellent
6,059
Very good
1,056
Average
84
Poor
7
Terrible
10
Kev D
58 contributions
A beautiful stop on the Ring of Kerry! Worth a look!!
Sep 2021
A great national park with lovely grounds and some breathtaking views. Definitely worth spending up to an hour walking the various trails and viewing the lake. Shows off the beauty of Kerry!
Written 10 September 2021
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
Ducksyd
Derry, UK48 contributions
Beautiful day beautiful Scenery
Aug 2021
Fantastic day for a family outing on the ring of Kerry, lovely people lovely towns and perfect weather made this a truly wonderful day.
Written 2 September 2021
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sunsearcher2009
Kilkenny, Ireland235 contributions
Love this place
Jul 2021
Cycled around the park, it is absolutely fabulous with amazing views, wildlife and scenery, highly recommend a visit.
Written 20 August 2021
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FloydC
Tipperary, Ireland7 contributions
Beautiful
Aug 2021
Outstanding natural beauty. Cycled around the park with my two teens who loved it. They particularly loved Torc Waterfall.
Written 20 August 2021
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Jim H
Limerick, Ireland50 contributions
Lovely relaxing week in killarney
Aug 2021 • Family
Super week to killarney and the National park is fantastic, very beautiful and relaxing, had nice boat trip to inisfallen - incredible history
Written 15 August 2021
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Darren C
Fleet, UK371 contributions
Fantastic National park
Aug 2021 • Solo
I only saw the main lookouts, torc waterfall and muck Ross house but it was all stunning. Ladies view in particular on a nice day was simply stunning.
Written 12 August 2021
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lucyyyy
Dublin, Ireland15 contributions
amazing
Aug 2021 • Family
As a family we decided to go to the park it was beautiful and at a stunning location !! we went on a lovely walk and saw the gorgeous house would definitely recommend
Written 11 August 2021
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jj oneill
5 contributions
beautiful place for a walk
Apr 2021
Great nacional parc wher you can walk and walk and walk and enjoy nature at his best. Very clean and quiet. Put on your walking shoes, take your umbrella (in case of) and enjoy!
Written 6 August 2021
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Carl R
Wicklow, Ireland47 contributions
National park 👍
Jun 2021 • Family
Fantastic area to visit, we went on a horse and cart and also the island boat trip! Both where absolutely excellent and very informative. We had 2 young kids with us and they couldn’t have been more friendly! This is a must if you visit Killarney
Written 26 July 2021
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nmaca1
Dublin, Ireland15 contributions
Peaceful/ ever changing ( in a good way) the light or breeze is never quite the same so each visit becomes unique
Aug 2020
I know I'm biased as my Mum's "people" are from this area and I have been visiting for more than 40 years.
Simply put, it one of the most beautiful, peaceful and quiet places of natural beauty on the planet. I will admit I'm no Globe trotter but it's hard to even imagine a more beautiful place. I note below that I have only been " allowed to " tick one box on when I visited........Multiple times over the years. My last visit was with teens AND younger children ( not an option to pick either)
Simply put, it one of the most beautiful, peaceful and quiet places of natural beauty on the planet. I will admit I'm no Globe trotter but it's hard to even imagine a more beautiful place. I note below that I have only been " allowed to " tick one box on when I visited........Multiple times over the years. My last visit was with teens AND younger children ( not an option to pick either)
Written 25 July 2021
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
Geo88
Gatineau, Canada39 contributions
Nous faisons un arrêt avec notre navire de croisière à Cork en Irlande et l’excursion au parc national de Killarney proposée par la compagnie de croisière affiche complet. Je recherche des recommendations a savoir quel autre agence propose une telle excursion. Merci.
Javi T
Lugo, Spain197 contributions
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Michael G
Bli Bli, Australia402 contributions
Where is a good place to stay if wanting to do some hikes in Black Valley including the ones you suggest?
Thank you
Michael
SamDublinIreland
Dublin, Ireland20 contributions
There are plenty of hotels and B&Bs with couple of kilometres of National Park. Good for hiking and lovely scenery
Manfred M
13 contributions
Hi Patricia, i'll be going november 29th. Do you have any recommendations to look at. Maybe also some nice restaurants, or anything else? Thanks.
Richard S
California217 contributions
The absolutely best thing to do, is to drive the Dingle Peninsula
out to Slea Head. Magnificent!
Debasmita C
Kolkata (Calcutta), India200 contributions
We would like to tour the park by jaunting horse carts. I think our kids will enjoy jaunting carts more. 1) Where to hire jaunting carts? What is their appx charges? Will they cover all the spots within the park? Will they wait at the places where we would like to pass some time or will they just ride through? 2) We would like to visit Ross castle, Torc waterfalls, Muckross house, Gap of Dunloe, some cottages, lakes(may be a short boat ride). Are all these possible to complete in one day or we should include 2days to complete this itinerary?
jbg
Truro, UK96 contributions
The jaunty carts and drivers are a cruel way to view the park. The way the drivers treat their horses is beyond disgusting. They push the horses to pull ignorant tourists for miles up hills and mountains that are way beyond their capabilites. The horses are fit to drop. The drivers don't care if they kill their horses, they will just get another one. Drive yourself if you can't do the walking, don't give money to cruel men who exploit the horses and the tourists.
I want to see the beautiful waterfalls while I visit in Ireland on October 29th and 30th. Is there a cost to visit the area? Is there a better time to go there when it has the least amount of people? Is there any chance they allow a person to go up next the falls for pictures?
Thank you
Calif2013
20 contributions
We went on a hop-on hopp-off tour bus so we didn’t have a lot of time at the waterfall. We were told that if we “climbed the steps” we would miss our ride back. So unfortunately didn’t get to see the top of the waterfall but it was pretty down at the lower sections. If I ever get a chance to go again, I would love to trek to the top. It wasn’t very crowded and that was in the middle of the day.
lallina85
Saluzzo, Italy65 contributions
È visitabile anche in automobile?
Agotz
Vinci, Italy47 contributions
Intendi entrare con la macchina dentro il parco ? No .
Puoi parcheggiare nel parcheggio vicino al parco . Puoi altrimenti fare un giro nel parco , se non vuoi camminare, noleggiando una carrozza. Altrimenti optare per delle biciclette che sono ammesse.
lallina85
Saluzzo, Italy65 contributions
Salve, volevo sapere sec'e da pagare un biglietto di ingresso, e se si può fare a piedi.. grazie
Agotz
Vinci, Italy47 contributions
Non c è il biglietto di ingresso a meno che tu non voglia visitare il castello . Puoi farlo a piedi oppure noleggiare delle biciclette .
dlk33
Milwaukee, WI5 contributions
hi where did you hire this guide? how do I find out about the rides, etc? where?
thanks so much
Foodisbaetravels
Jaipur, India614 contributions
We hired the one outside from national park with his jaunting cart and paid him 10 euro per person for the guided tour in the cart!
Anne M
6 contributions
We were going to walk Cronin's Yard loop before going to Killarney National Park. Can we drive through the park or is everything guided? Also do the horse drawn carriages run all of the time or do you need reservations?
thanks
Seán H
Dublin, Ireland106 contributions
Good idea to do the Yard first.
No you cannot drive through the Park but the jarveys will look after you.
There are reduced numbers of jarveys in the winter and obviously when the weather is really bad there won’t be too many putting their horses out. Booking at this time of year and early Jan makes a lot of sense,
Reiselaune2014
Feldkirch, Austria350 contributions
Wie teuer ist eine Kutschfahrt bzw. Bootsfahrt? Was ist mehr zu empfehlen?
Yvan B
212 contributions
Les chevaux ne sont pas bien traités, travaillent de l'ouverture à la fermeture sans interruption.
Le vélo est beaucoup plus convivial et sympathique : vous pourrez vous arrêter où vous voulez pour flâner.
