TINTERN ABBEY
Read moreTea-room on site. The path slowly slides like to open on a valley. But the descent is lined with a long green carpet, where hundreds of sheep graze and bleat. In the distance, surrounded by a rempart of trees, the lavishly austère ruins of Tintern Abbey, Cistercian Abbey founded around 1200 and christened the name of the Town of Tintern in Wales, are profile. Open-sky arcade, ringed flower of iron, gouffre gouffre of the nave, tower that makes its arm mutilated towards the sky…
HOOK LIGHTHOUSE
Read moreA beautiful black and white lighthouse, Europe's oldest lighthouse still in operation (the structure dates back to the th century).
HEAVY DUNCANNON
Read moreFort built in 1588, pending an attack by the Spanish. Some changes were made over the centuries.
DUNBRODY ABBEY
Read moreCistercian monastery founded in 1210, one of the largest in Ireland. The central tower and adjacent buildings were added in the th century. Next to the abbey is the castle of Dunbrody and its labyrinth (adult 4 €, child 2 €).
BALLYHACK CASTLE
Read moreGrand Tower of the th century overlooking the village. It was thought to be built by the knights of the order of the Hospital of Saint John, founded in Jerusalem before the first crusade.