I had read this area described as "lunar like landscape" and that sums it up. It is totally different from the rolling green hills, huge cliffs and beautiful beaches of the rest of what we saw on our ten day tour with Paddywagon Tours (highly recommended). It was beautiful in it's own way.
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The Burren
Burren, County Clare, Ireland, Ireland
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Ranked #6 of 83 attractions in County Clare
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Type: Geologic Formations
Activities: Driving, Walking
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Bare limestone plateau characterized by carboniferous limestone abounding in corals, mollusks and other fossils that lived in the shallow seas over......
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Bare limestone plateau characterized by carboniferous limestone abounding in corals, mollusks and other fossils that lived in the shallow seas over 300 million years ago.
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Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
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Athens, Greece
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One of the best provincial landscape we have ever seen. Wondrful green meadows that end to the see, blue sky and ruins of medieval castles, compose a place of incredible beauty...
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Fitchburg, Wisconsin
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A wonderful place. I imagine there is nothing like it on Earth. It is like being on the surface of the moon while on the edge of the Atlantic ocean.
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Prague, Czech Republic
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The Burren is like no other countryside I've ever seen. It's rocky and barren, yet still lush in that peculiar Irish way. If you're interested in natural history or geology, it's a wonderful place, and if not, a pretty nice drive.
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sherwood park, Alberta
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fascinating landscape and geology, and given irish weather we got to see it in both bright sunshine and heavy rain in the same half hour.
if you don't have the least bit of interest in geology, it will look like a whole bunch of rocks with a nice winding road strewn amongst it. and still won't look like anything that...
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Beacon, New York
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We visited in 3-12 and drove thru The Burren countryside. Completely different from what you think of when you think of Ireland. Rock, Rocks and MORE Rocks! Must be very harsh thru the winter as in March the winds were bitter. Beautiful in its own right, very unexpected, and yet pleasant.
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Margate, Florida
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My husband and I drove through The Burren on our way from the Cliffs of Moher to Ashford Castle in Cong. It was a very interesting drive, something we have never seen before. If you are in the area, it is worth a drive.
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The Burren was an amazing rock landscape, beautiful, stark - I actually enjoyed this more than the Ring of Kerry (maybe because we visited in March) Beautiful drive. Loved the portal tomb - even older than the great pyramids! I understand over 20 varieties of orchids flourish there in the summer??? We'll worth the time. My son loved the rocks.
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Stuttgart, Germany
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i like rocks. if you do too, you will like this place. watch out for tour busses. very expansive, lots of places to get lost in the rocks!
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London, United Kingdom
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We drove north from the Cliffs of Moher to see the Burren area, and were not disappointed!! We were wondering what the Burren was, when we rounded a curve in the road near the coast and saw an amazing field of rocks spreading out on all sides. We parked and walked across, hopping from stone to stone, and saw a...
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