Planning a trip to West Cork
Visitor Information
Contact the Skibbereen Tourist Office, North Street, Skibbereen, County Cork (028/21766). It is open year-round Monday to Friday 9:15am to 5:30pm, with weekend and extended hours May through September. There are seasonal tourist offices in the Square, Bantry (027/50229), and Rossa Street, Clonakilty (023/883-3226), operating from May or June through August or September. The Beara Tourism & Development Association, the Square, Castletownbere (027/70054; www.bearatourism.com), is also open during the summer.
Getting There
N71 is the main road into West Cork from north and south, looping around its coast; the east-west N22, on its way from Cork City to Killarney, also passes through West Cork. Bus Éireann (www.buseireann.ie; 021/450-8188) provides daily bus service to and from the principal towns in West Cork.
