Hotels in Beara Peninsula, Ireland
The Beara Peninsula juts out from southwest Ireland into the Atlantic, with a cool, rainy climate year-round (summers around 60°F/15°C, winters around 45°F/7°C). It's famous for the Ring of Beara drive-a 100-mile loop of hairpin turns and coastal cliffs-and its ancient copper mines that operated until the 1800s. In summer, you can hike the Beara Way or take a cable car to Dursey Island for seabird colonies, while winter is perfect for storm-watching from a pub in Castletownbere, which serves fresh catch from Ireland's largest fishing port.