Follow the zig-zag; that will guide the way. It is, in fact, the navigational symbol found on road signs for the Wild Atlantic Way, the world’s longest coastal route, which passes through nine counties and offers over 1,000 attractions.
Clinging onto the edge of Europe, everything can be found here: soaring cliffs, deep loughs, intriguing islands, newly-drawn pints of stout with heads of yellow cream and buzzing towns alive with traditional folk sessions.
The route begins at the very northern tip of mainland Ireland at Malin Head, an imposing wall of grey cliff and jagged rock. It is as if all of the sharp shards, left over from creation, were picked up and scattered on the brink of the Atlantic Ocean. Travelling down the coast road, an oceanfront mountain named Slieve League rises before you, a dream for hikers, with babbling waterfalls and grazing sheep freely roaming the hills (and roads!).
Many more delights follow southwards, such as the atmospheric Mullaghmore Head, a renowned surfing spot and described as Ireland’s ultimate ‘big wave destination’.
