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The ring OF Kerry is 170 km for a long time, very beautiful and therefore popular panorama coastal road in the county Kerry in the southwest of Ireland. Penalty may the ring because of the tightness of the roads only in a direction (against the clockwise direction) of the Irish national route 70 drive on. In order to have to evade to not constantly coming to meet touring buses, it is advisable for individual travelers to adapt to the driving direction of the penalty. The N70 leads the coast around the Iveragh peninsula either offshore or directly along Kenmare across Waterville after Killorglin; then landinward over Killarney and again after Kenmare.

Objects of interest

Apart from the coastal landscape and the region around Killarney, which tower above everything, is away particularly worth seeing the restored Steinforts of Cahergall, Leacanabuaile (with Cahersiveen) and the Staigue. Oghamsteine stand in Derrynane, Dunloe and Kilcoolagh and Eightercua one of the large stone rows of Ireland are with Waterville. Because of the ring OF Kerry is also the Ladies View, a well-known lookout point with view of the Upper Lake of the Killarney national park. Beside in the main season the strongly driven on motor road there is both a ring OF Kerry moving way, which takes however another course, and a cycle track, which, where this is possible, leads across calmer ways.

At the pc. Finian's Bay and on Valentia Iceland gives it additional beautiful Nebenrouten, about to 40 km long, those not contained in the official part of the distance however is just as interesting and a trip after Skellig Michael is not a further high point. South ring the OF Kerry the ring OF Beara on the Beara peninsula of the same name and the "“Mizenring"” are appropriate on the Mizen peninsula. North the likewise very beautiful Dingle peninsula lies.

Pictures

South coast with ParknasillaRing OF KerryKell"´s BayCoast region
Bay on the peninsula IveraghCoastal landscapeCoast regionSkellig Michael

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