Galway City:
St. Annes is within walking distance to the centre of a dynamic and friendly Galway City, famous for its arts, culture, and musical heritage. Specialist shops ,restuarants, pubs (with traditional music) and theatres abound. It also has many art and sculpture exhibitions.
Some of the historic and regional attractions.:
* The Burren : A unique limestone plateau consisting of many Iron and Stone age monuments. This area is especially beautiful in spring with its abundant rare wild flowers.
* The Cliffs of Moher : Consist of some of the most dramitic coastal scenery in Ireland, rising impressively to a height of 700ft and stretching over a distance of approximately 5 miles.
* Aliwee caves : Discovered in the 1940's and reputed to be over 2 million years old.
* The Aran Islands : Are a blend of modern and traditional living and have a rich history of prehistoric and Christian monuments.
* Connemara : This area is endowed with beautiful and varied scenery. Majestic mountains rise steeply from an earth of contrasting rock and boglands with many lakes and rivers. This landscape is an artist's paradise with its ever changing light.
Some leisure activities, events and amenities.:
* Horse riding, Hill walking, Windsurfing, Sailing, Swimming, Scuba diving, Angling, Golf, Cycling, Tennis.
* Galway Annual Festivals include Horse Racing Festival, Arts Festival, Oyster Festival, Film Festival, Writers Festival.
* Amenities include Beaches, Indoor Swimming pools and Leisure Centres, Multieplex Cinema, Bowling, Coole Park Visitors Centre, Connemara National Park.
Golf:
The following are some of the popular golf clubs in the region.
* Galway Golf Club, Salthill, Galway. This popular course with its well designed rolling fairways are bounded by mature woodlands and the spectacular seascape of Galway Bay.
* Galway Bay Golf & Country Club & Hotel, Renville, Oranmore, Co. Galway. This well known coarse was designed by World Cup player Christy O'Connor Jnr.
* Connemara Golf Club Ballyconneely, Clifden, Co.Galway. This is a sand based links with its back nine described as the equal of
anywhere in the world.
Athenry Golf Club, Oranmore, Co. Galway. This course is generally uncrowded making it a very pleasant course to golf on.
