- Great Western Greenway: Ireland’s longest off-road cycle trail, a 42 km flat, traffic-free route from Westport to Achill Island via Newport and Mulranny, following the old railway line with stunning views of Clew Bay’s islands, Croagh Patrick, and the Atlantic.
- Achill Island Cycle Loop: A spectacular 80 km circuit around Ireland’s largest island, featuring dramatic sea cliffs, golden beaches like Keem Bay, the deserted village at Slievemore, and challenging climbs with raw, windswept Atlantic exposure.
- Clew Bay Coastal Route (Westport to Louisburgh): A scenic road ride along the southern shore of Clew Bay, passing historic Westport House, quiet beaches, and the sacred mountain Croagh Patrick, with gentle undulations and opportunities for island-hopping ferries.
- Wild Nephin Ballycroy National Park Trails: Quiet backroads and forest tracks through Europe’s largest expanse of intact Atlantic blanket bog in west Mayo, offering remote wilderness cycling with mountain vistas and minimal traffic.
- Clare Island Circuit: A ferry-accessible 18 km loop on this rugged offshore island, combining quiet lanes, lighthouse views, ancient abbeys, and sweeping panoramas of Clew Bay and the mainland mountains.
- Bangor to Ballycastle via Céide Fields: A remote north Mayo coastal route on minor roads past the world’s oldest known stone-walled fields at Céide Fields, Downpatrick Head sea stack, and vast Atlantic cliffs in an unspoilt, sparsely populated landscape.
- Croagh Patrick to Delphi Mountain Pass: A challenging inland route through the Doolough Valley, climbing the dramatic Sheeffry Hills and Delphi Pass with haunting famine memorial views, glacial lakes, and a sense of profound solitude.
- Mulranny to Ballycroy Loop: A moderate circuit linking the Great Western Greenway with the wilds of Ballycroy National Park on quiet lanes, featuring bogland vistas, mountain backdrops, and serene coastal inlets ideal for immersive nature cycling.
Mayo offers dramatic scenery and ancient heritage, with the rugged beauty of Croaghaun on Achill Island, one of Ireland’s highest sea cliffs, nearly three times taller than the Cliffs of Moher, and Benwee Head, also higher than Moher. Croagh Patrick’s pilgrimage trail provides vistas of Clew bay, bestrewn with islands. The town of Westport features Georgian architecture and a major visitor attraction under development at Westport House, while the Céide Fields serves as an enchanting window into a prehistoric farming landscape. The famous beaches of Achill Island such as Keel are a core attraction of the Wild Atlantic Way and feature on the iconography of travel around the world. Mayo is Ireland’s third largest county by size (5,398 square km) and 18th largest by population (137,970).
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