Kinsale Tourist Places to Visit in Kinsale, Ireland, Europe

Kinsale Tourist Places to Visit in Kinsale, Ireland, Europe

Kinsale is a town situated 28 kilometers away from Cork city along the coast in Cork County in Ireland. Kinsale is famed as the fishing village in the country and sits at the mouth of River Bandon and popular tourist destination as well. Kinsale town is surrounded by renowned restaurants and organizes the annual “Gourmet Festival” and “Jazz Festival” and tourists gather during the summer months.

Kinsale is surrounded by Belgooly, Kilmacsimon, Riverstick, Inishannon, Bandon, and Ballinhassing villages and situated at the distance of 280 kilometers from Dublin, the capital of Ireland. Coordinates of Kinsale are 51.7075° N, 8.5306° W and situated at an average elevation of 10 meters (30 feet) above the sea level.

History of Kinsale:

Kinsale was established as the town under an agreement decided by King Edward III of England in the year 1333 and the corporation existed for over 500 years. Battle between English and Irish forces occurred in Kinsale town in the year 1601 in which English forces defeated Irish and Spanish forces. In the year 1677, Charles Fort was constructed to guard the entrance to Kinsale harbor by French and Spanish forces and James’s Fort was used during the times of war to scamper enemy ships.

Tourist Places in Kinsale:

Charles Fort:

Charles Fort is situated at the distance of 4 kilometers from center of the Kinsale town is a 17^th century fort surrounded by heritage card. Charles Fort is well preserved forts in the country and open daily from March to October from 10 am to 6 pm and during November to March from 10 am to 5 pm.

Desmond Castle:

Desmond Castle is situated in the middle of the town is a well preserved tower house and renowned locally as the French Prison because in the year 1747, nearly 54 French Prisoners died in the fire accident in the castle. Castle is open from April to October and closed from November to mid April.

Kinsale Regional Museum:

Kinsale Regional Museum is one of the best museums in the county situated less than kilometers distance from center of the town is one of the interesting museums constructed around 1600 and the museum showcases the domestic and maritime history, open from Monday to Saturday from 10:30 am to 5:30 pm.

Other Places to Visit in Kinsale:

James Fort
Old Head of Kinsale
Mizen Head
River Bandon
Sandycove Island

Best time to visit Kinsale:

Kinsale is served by mild humid temperate climate with warm summers and rain fall any time of the day throughout the year and average temperature varies from -1° C or above 21° C and best time to visit Kinsale is from June to September.

Connectivity to Kinsale:

By Air:

Kinsale is situated around 20 kilometers from Cork Airport is the nearest and main airport in south east part of the country handles national and international flights to various cities in the Europe and Australia and from airport buses and taxis are available to reach Kinsale town.

By Road:

Kinsale is situated close to the national highways and buses will function to Kinsale town at regular interval and tourists can get around the town by foot, motorcycles and bicycles.

Accommodation in Kinsale:

Kinsale is one of the popular tourist destinations in Cork County is prominent for many ultra luxury hotels that offer good well-mannered lodging services to the tourists making hotel reservations. The hotels provides world class services like 24 hrs help desk, free internet connections, breakfast, airport shuttle, spa and sauna, surrounded by numerous renowned restaurants and much more. List of hotels located in Kinsale are: