Description

A 12km cycle from Camp to Blennerville offers views of the coastline as well as the Slieve Mish Mountains. on the road. Blennerville Windmill is Ireland’s oldest working windmill, and a visit includes a tour of the windmill, an immigration display with fascinating insights of life onboard the famine ship the Jeanie Johnston, a vintage equipment display as well as the Kerry Model Railway.

After Blennerville you will leave the main road crossing a small bridge across the Tralee Canal to join a cycle path along the canal. The brings you into Tralee town which has a wide range of hotels, guesthouses, restaurants, cafes and bars as well as a number of all-weather attractions including the Kerry County Museum, Tralee Bay Wetlands Eco & Activity Park, The Aquadome, Tralee Omniplex, just to name a few.

The next part of this section joins a cycle path near Tralee Train Station beginning the cycle to North Kerry and the villages of Lixnaw and Finuge before arriving in the Literary Capital of Ireland, the lovely Listowel. Famous for its annual Listowel Writers Festival, the town has several unique visitor attractions including Listowel Monorail, Listowel Castle and St. John’s Theatre and Arts Centre. It also has a number of fine restaurants, cafes and bars and a large town park which runs adjacent to the majestic River Feale.

Lleaving Listowel, the route joins a traffic one of the Kingdom of Kerry Greenways which runs for about 16km before joining seamlessly with the Limerick Greenway close to the town of Abbeyfeale in Co Limerick. Food and accommodation are available in Abbeyfeale.

Important Note:

Please be aware that between Camp and Blennerville there is only one road with no alternatives and the EuroVelo route follows this road.  It is a busy National Road (N86) with no cycling infrastructure. The speed limit is 100kph. It is advisable to use front and rear lights if cycling this section of the route. If you choose to cycle this road you should do so with caution and a full awareness of the other traffic on the road – probably most busy during morning and evening commute times.

As an alternative to cycling there is a bus service between Dingle and Tralee with a stop in Camp. This is the 275 route run by Bus Eireann and it typically runs 10 times a day.  It is recommended that you consider using this service. It is possible to transport bicycles on this service, but this depends on the type of bus in use at any given time. If the bus in use is a high floor bus with under floor luggage space bicycles can be carried free of charge. However, at some times (not defined in the timetable) a low floor bus is used in which case only folding bicycles can be accommodated. Check locally in Tralee or Dingle which type of bus is in use at the time you plan to travel.  

If bringing a bike by bus it is required to ensure that any oily or dirty parts on the bike are covered to prevent the luggage of other passangers being soiiled.