Tips for the Cliffs

I realized, looking back at my posts, I haven't done a post on tips or travel guides in a long time! So, after being to the Cliffs of Moher this past summer, I thought I'd give you guys my tips for dealing with the Cliffs of Moher, but most importantly, dealing with the Cliffs on a windy day!
So as you may know, my post before I moved to Spain was about my trip to the Cliffs of Moher, where and what I ate and all of the fun surrounding almost being blown into the Atlantic ocean. All in the name of tourism, I suppose!
As well as providing tips for the Cliffs, I'm gonna give some suggestions for prospective tourists on what would be cool to do in the area, where would be cool places to stay and why you should stop in Clare whilst travelling along the Wild Atlantic Way. So, enough jibber jabber! Onto the tips and suggestions!

TIPS:
1) Suitable Clothing: It's the Atlantic Coast, people. It's gonna be a cold one! Ireland is known for its unpredictable weather. So a coat or windbreaker is definitely a must-have for anywhere in Ireland, really, but especially on the Cliffs. The wind is pretty powerful and also cold, sea foam floats around and the mist certainly isn't dry! So for the outer layer, definitely bring a coat/jacket. A hat, if its windy, is a very good option. Wind swept hair is one thing,

but gale force wind swept hair... you'll be leaving Ireland like a hairless cat. So definitely bring a hat. In terms of footwear, definitely wear something suitable. Walking cliffside, there are steps and uneven surface as well as slopes, makes for hard work on the feet, so comfortable soles will mean that there is one less thing to worry about. In terms of accessories, I'm kind of on the fence about whether to advise an umbrella. In theory, its great if it starts raining, which it most likely will but in reality, I can see that umbrella turning inside out and the struggle to get it back in formation.
2) Experience the Visitor Center: Not only is it educational, but its actually super interesting and fun. For secondary school students in Ireland, persuading you geography teacher to bring you to The Cliffs of Moher, which is really near to the Burren, one of the largest Karst Landscape areas in Ireland is a great way to get a day off school while also going to the place where they filmed Harry Potter! Inside the visitor centre, you get to see many cool things. First of all, the visitor centre is inside a hill. Literally inside a hill. If any of you have seen the Teletubbies,

exactly like their house. Then you go inside. Small stores and cafes are visible when you enter, and then you go into the main lobby. Here, there are many interactive displays. One of my favorites was looking at what the earth looked like centuries ago and what it will look like in the future, it was super cool. There were posters and signs at every turn, showing what animals were known in the region, what it would have been like here in Ireland years ago and what the people who lived in the area were like and what they did. There were applications to send postcards, a screening of a birds-eye view cartoon of the Cliffs, which was neat as you saw parts of the Cliffs you may not see. So, taking a look inside the visitor centre is a definite must as you get an indoor experience of the outdoors, something I thought I'd never say!
3) Invest in the local businesses 
What's great about about the area in which the cliffs are, is that the region is surrounded by local business. From Ballyvaughn on, there is a variety of local businesses the come to and beyond the Cliffs. Doolin, the closest village to the Cliffs has a lovely little cosy restaurant known as the "Stonecutters Kitchen". I've never been to Stonecutters myself, but from the reviews I've read and the things I've heard, they serve the best fresh fish and chips as well as the best seafood chowder along the Wild Atlantic Way, one review claimed that the food was "the best fish I've ever had" So, gastronomy is a very wide part of the local business in the Cliff region, with fresh fish being a giant contributing factor. On the cliff site itself, there are the Puffin Nest Coffee Shop and the Cliff View Café which serve great food with locally sourced produce. As well as these places, there are souvenir shops as well minted into the hillside. It would be worthwhile, when in the Moher region, to check out other local

attractions. The money spent in this region is definitely well worth it.
4) TAKE PICTURES!
It is one of the most beautiful, picturesque view I think I've ever come across. Totally natural, when looking out at the ocean. You see the sea foam, the erosion-caused sea stacks, the wildlife and most importantly, the amazing Cliffs themselves. You can see the sea stack that Dumbledore and Harry were on in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". You really get to picture a bit of everything! Wildlife, Nature, Landscape and a piece of movie culture! Even on a cloudy, misty day, the pictures, along with what you see with your own eyes are really just one of a kind!
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I highly recommend for anyone who is thinking of travelling to Ireland, thinking of finding a place to visit in Ireland or if you're Irish and you haven't been to the Cliffs, to definitely go and take a look at the amazing landscape.
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