Bundoran, popularly known as Ireland’s Premier Seaside Resort, is located on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean against a backdrop of the majestic Ben Bulben mountain range. Bundoran is an ideal place to visit, take on new adventures or simply relax.
With a wealth of activities and facilities on offer to suit all tastes, Bundoran is widely recognised as a ‘hub’ destination to discover and experience the richness of our local and surrounding areas. Bundoran borders counties Sligo, Leitrim and Fermanagh making it the perfect platform to visit some of Ireland’s most beautiful destinations.
Activities
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Horse Riding
Donegal Equestrian Holidays
Finner Road
Bundoran
0719841977
info@donegalequestrianholidays.com
Donegal Equestrian has over 45 horses and ponies of all sizes to suit everybody including the absolute beginner; all the horses have excellent temperaments. Donegal Equestrian specialises in beach rides, trails and pony camps for more information visit www.donegalequestrianholidays.com
Donegal Equestrian Supplies
www.donegalequestriansupplies.com
Surfing
Bundoran offers a wide range of reef and beach breaks for all levels of surfers. Tullan strand provides an excellent break for beginners. For experienced surfers there are numerous reefs in the area that work on different stages of the tide. The surrounding area is great for exploration, ideally with a car. Most breaks including The Peak, Pampa, 3 D are in the immediate area of Bundoran and are accessible by foot or bicycle.
For more information contact:
Bundoran Surf Co,
Main St,
Bundoran
0719841968
Turf N Surf
Main Street
Bundoran
071 98 41091
Sea Angling
Strand View,
West End,
Bundoran,
Co Donegal, Ireland
info@bundoranstar.ie
Bundoran Star is a sea angling Charter Boat offering fishing trips and sightseeing trips in Donegal. Bundoran Star offers Sea angling, Seal and Dolphin Watch, Sight seeing and Leisure Trips Licensed for 12 Passengers. Excellent stability and roll resistance, state of the art safety and technical equipment and on-board facilities.
Bundoran Adventure Par
Sea Road
Bundoran
Co. Donegal
07198 29963
Family orientated seafront funfair with bumper cars and a large selection of adult and kids rides. Donkey rides, bouncy castles, trampolines, Crazy golf and go-cart track.
Waterworld and Aqua Mara Seaweed Baths, Bundoran
Waterworld and Aqua Mara Seaweed Baths
Sea Road
Bundoran
Co. Donegal
00353 7198 41172
Waterworld is Ireland’s Premier All Indoor Aqua Adventure Playground located on the seafront of Bundoran. Facilities include two leisure pools, a wave pool with 5 patterns 2 speed rapids and a variety of children’s features plus a slide pool with pool landing area for the Tornado and Traffic Lights flumes and the Whizzer Slide the fastest water slide in Ireland.
Adults may prefer to relax in the Seaweed Baths, which include steam cabinets, drench showers, relaxarium, sunbed and ocean based therapies.
Bundoran Golf Club.
Great Northern Hotel
Bundoran
071 98 41302 |
Bundoran golf course overlooks the Atlantic. You cannot help but be impressed by the setting of this course on Ireland’s western coast. This 5,599 metre par-69 course winds along the coastline and returns inland to give a mix of holes that provides a test to golfers of all abilities. Designed by the great Harry Varden and an early training ground for the illustrious Christy O’ Connor, Bundoran has a challenging par 70 of 6328 yards.
Other golf clubs in the area include Murvagh (Donegal Town), Strandhill and Rosses Point (Sligo)
Dizzy’s Den
Bundoran Retail Park
Station Road
Bundoran
Co Donegal
Tel: 00353 7198 33668
info@dizzysden.ie
Dizzy’s Den is the North West’s newest Indoor Play Centre. Dizzy Dens provides a safe and secure environment for children to come and play.
Dizzy’s Den currently has a large climbing frame where children from as young as four can let their imagination take hold from being a pirate finding buried treasure to being the monkey in a jungle. To top it off, there is a huge slide to bring you all the way back down, where the adventure starts all over again
Hillwalking
There is a leisurely cliff walk beside the Donegal Bay Holiday Homes other local scenic walks include “Rougey”, a delightful walk, which follows a route along the headland from Bundoran Bridge to Tullan Strand. Along the walk it passes the “Fairy Bridges” and the “Wishing Chair”.
For the more adventurous walker there are numerous different grades of walks available. We will happily supply all maps and Leo our guide is on hand to answer any questions you may have.
Cycling
Hire & Sell
West End
Bundoran
Co. Donegal
Tel: +353 (0)71 9841526
Fax: +353 (0)71 9841526
mggoodwin@eircom.net
Rent-a-Bike Hire & Sell provide mountain bikes to explore Bundoran and beyond. They offer half day, daily, weekend and weekly rates. Delivery service available. Childrens bikes available on request
Places To Visit
Bundoran is literally a few minutes drive from counties Sligo, Leitrim and Fermanagh as well as being the gateway to Donegal. This makes it the perfect platform to discover some of Irelands most beautiful destinations of which include:
Mullaghmore, Co Sligo
About 15 minutes drive from Donegal Bay Holiday Homes, Bundoran
Mullaghmore, situated 8km from Bundoran is a picturesque fishing village, overlooking the Harbour, Mountains, Beach and Atlantic Ocean.
This spectular location offers a wide variety of activities for the adventurous, serenity for the peaceful and fun for the families.
Rowsnowlagh, Co Donegal
About 15 minutes drive from Donegal Bay Holiday Homes, Bundoran
Rossnowlagh beach is a very popular beach attracting thousands of visitors in the summer time. It is located about 10km north of Bundoran. The beach is famous for its rolling waves that bring surfers flocking from both near and far. Also nice for a family drive.
Glencar waterfalls, Co Leitrim
About 30 minutes drive from Donegal Bay Holiday Homes, Bundoran
Situated just outside Manorhamilton is the beautiful Glencar Waterfall. W.B. Yeats made this enchanting waterfall famous in his poem, “The Stolen Child”. It is by no means a large waterfall, but enchanting nonetheless and is beside Glencar Lake.
A rather modest stream forms an impressive cascade, which can be viewed from a delightful wooded walk where toilets and picnic facilities are provided. There is access to the waterfall for disabled persons.
Lisadell House, Co Sligo
About 20 minutes drive from Donegal Bay Holiday Homes, Bundoran
W. B. Yeats: ”An exceedingly impressive house .. with a great sitting room as high as a church and all things in good taste. Outside it is grey, square and bare yet set amid delightful grounds”.
Famous for its association with W.B. Yeats and Maude Gonne. A visit to Lissadell House is a must for history fans or an enjoyable day for the family. Open during the summer. Beautiful walks through the gardens and coast aswell as a lovely coffee shop selling delights from their garden.
Benbulben, Co Sligo
About 20 minutes drive from Donegal Bay Holiday Homes, Bundoran
Benbulben is Irelands most distinctive mountain and known in some parts as Ireland’s version of Table Mountain. It is the result from the different responses to erosion of the limestone and shale of which the mountain is formed. A hard and resistant limestone forms the upper cliffs and precipices. Many legends and tales have been woven round the almost magical mountain that is Benbulben. Mysterious shady valleys dominate the landscape in this upland alpine-like region. You can easily see how this brooding mountain, which rises so steeply from the ground below, could conjure up tales of enchanted maidens, warriors and spells.
Sligo town, Co Sligo
About 30 minutes drive from Donegal Bay Holiday Homes, Bundoran
This lively town is built on the Garavogue and is one of the most important in the northwest of Ireland. It is a hive of activity. For the sport-minded there is fishing in many of the lakes and rivers in the area, golf, boats for hire and summer walking tours in the town. ‘Culture vultures’ may wish to visit the theatre or the historical monuments in this beautiful town. While the shopping mad may wish to visit some of its many retail outlets.
Belleek, Co Fermanagh
About 15 minutes drive from Donegal Bay Holiday Homes, Bundoran
Belleek is a thriving market town with a variety of pubs, shops, restaurants and a hotel. It is most famous for the fine parian china produced there at the Belleek Pottery, the oldest pottery in Ireland. The china is valued by collectors from all over the world. It is also a noted location for angling and other recreational activities and is now linked to the River Shannon by canal
Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh
About 45 minutes drive from Donegal Bay Holiday Homes, Bundoran.
Enniskillen is the County Town of Fermanagh, located almost exactly in the Centre of the County on the natural island which separates the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. The town is the retail centre for County Fermanagh with many delights waiting to be bought
Slieve league, Co Donegal
About 1 hours drive from Donegal Bay Holiday Homes, Bundoran.
The cliffs of Slieve League in Donegal are the highest sea cliffs in Europe. A nearly sheer drop of roughly 2,000 feet separates the Atlantic Ocean from the highest point of the cliffs. Absolutely breath taking and a must see on a clear day.
Donegal town, Co Donegal
About 20 minutes drive from Donegal Bay Holiday Homes, Bundoran
Donegal Town is charming and picturesque, with a small harbour where the Eske River enters Donegal Bay and a pleasant town centre, known as the Diamond. The Diamond is a spacious, open pedestrian area surrounded by hotels, shops, pubs, restaurants and coffee shops
Glenveagh National Park, Co Donegal
About 1 hour drive from Donegal Bay Holiday Homes, Bundoran
Glenveagh National Park lies in the heart of the Derryveagh Mountains in the north-west of Co. Donegal. It is a remote and hauntingly beautiful wilderness of rugged mountains and pristine lakes. Glenveagh is the haunt of many rare and interesting plants and animals and is famous for it’s fine herd of red deer. The Park contains the peaks of the two highest mountains in Co. Donegal, Errigal (752m) and Slieve Snaght (683m)
Eagle Sanctuary, Co Sligo
About 1 hour drive from Donegal Bay Holiday Homes, Bundora
Situated amid the beautiful landscape of Northwest Ireland is Eagles Flying, home to the largest sanctuary for birds of prey and owls in the country. A fantastic and memorable experience of majestic raptors soaring over one of the most lovely locations to be found.
Queen Meaves Grave, Co Sligo
About 45 minutes drive from Donegal Bay Holiday Homes, Bundoran
Queen Maeve’s grave is at the top of Knocknarea Mountain, which overlooks Sligo Bay and the whole of County Sligo. Knocknarea has many megalithic sites. A must for some of the most breath taking views of County Sligo
