We left quite late for the drive to Bantry and it turned out that we were even to early to check in to the B & B. So we took a walk around Bantry House which is an ancient Queen Ann House where they have regularly small concerts or readings of authors. The gardens are very beautiful and Bantry has quite a warm climate so in the gardens they have palms and other rare plants.

Our Bed & Breakfast was named Rocklands which was quite nice and I would definitely recommend it. It’s 4 km from town centre, so still in walking distance.

As we were that early we had the whole afternoon to explore the area and we took a drive to Mizen Peninsula and Mizen Head. Compared to Ring of Kerry I’d definitely prefer this.

For dinner we went to the Bantry Bay Hotel. It turned out that Bantry is quite a sleepy little town..so there was nothing to do in town for the evening.

Weather: sunny, warm, sunburnt