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    Ben Lettery Connemara Youth Hostel

    Ben Lettery Connemara Youth Hostel

    5.0(1 review)
    120.3 km

    Let's put it clearly : Either you'll fall in love with this place, either you'll wonder how you end…read moreup in this secluded place. My rating shows that I may have made my choice ! Let's start with a little history : the place has always been a youth hostel, used by the An Oige association, but was abandoned during several years. A congregation of people (mainly hiking/hillclimbing enthousiats) re-conquered it and finally re-opened it in 2013, still as a YH, but with a more... old-school way of running it. It won't be like your hotel-like YH in center San Francisco. The cons : the place has no drinkable water (but you'll find 5l jugs of still water in the house), it's still needing a lot of refurbishing to seem perfectly clean (especially the plumbing system...) and, as it may be seen as a bad thing for some, it's far from everything. Like 3km from the nearest bus stop, 10km from the nearest shop in Recess, and 20km from Clifden. But hey, you're here for the adventure, aren't you ? The pros : Being absolutely lost, the location is great. You'll find yourself on the foot of Ben Lettery, one of the Connemara Bens (and the easiest to climb... If the weather is OK), in the middle of lakes, sheeps, forests, and sheeps. The place is run by a rotating crew of really nice people, in a kind of a laid-back way. Relaxing in the living room, drinking a beer, chatting with people watching the scenery... Isn't it life ? It feels like your grandma's house in the countryside... It may be a bit dusty, and may not have all of modern amenities, but it's cosy, comforting, and inviting you for more.

    Surf N Stay - summer_camps - Updated May 2026

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