7 days in Donegal
Donegal Town & Slieve League → Malin Head · 7 days · ~6h 45m total driving
Donegal is a third of the Wild Atlantic Way's coastline and the part most itineraries rush. Give it a week and it becomes the trip rather than the tail end of one.
Heading north · 7 days
Donegal Town & Slieve League → Malin Head
~6h 45m total driving
Day 1 · Donegal
Donegal Town & Slieve League
The castle, the diamond, and the highest sea cliffs accessible in Ireland.
- Slieve League cliffs
- Donegal Castle
Day 2 · Donegal
~1h drive
Glencolmcille
Folk village, the Tower at Glen Head, end-of-the-road quiet.
- Glencolmcille Folk Village
- Glen Head and the signal tower
Day 3 · Donegal
~1h 30m drive
Dungloe & The Rosses
Gaeltacht heartland, hundreds of lakes, ferry to Arranmore.
- Arranmore Island
- Mount Errigal
Day 4 · Donegal
~1h drive
Arranmore & Tory
Two ferries, two very different worlds. Cliffs, kingship, round tower.
- Burtonport–Arranmore ferry
- Magheraroarty–Tory ferry
Day 5 · Donegal
~1h drive
Dunfanaghy
Horn Head, Killahoey beach, McAuliffe's bookshop.
- Horn Head loop drive
- Killahoey Strand
Day 6 · Donegal
~1h 15m drive
Fanad & Inishowen
Fanad lighthouse, the Great Pollet arch, the Inishowen 100.
- Fanad Head Lighthouse
- Great Pollet Sea Arch
Day 7 · Donegal
~1h drive
Malin Head
The northern terminus. Banba's Crown, Hell's Hole, the EIRE sign.
- Banba's Crown
- Hell's Hole
1 region skipped to fit your time
- Downings — Sheephaven Bay, Tranarossan, the Atlantic Drive.
Driving times are honest mid-range estimates. The WAW is full of small roads, and you'll want to stop. Plan for slower than Google Maps tells you.
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