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Get arty
Visit the Custom House Studios Gallery, the Green Fuse Gallery or the Ronan Halpin Gallery. Halpin is the man behind Sentinel, a 6ft-tall bronze and stainless steel sculpture of a spirit horse and rider in Peter St.
Take a spa day
Senses Spa at Hotel Westport has a Turkish hammam experience, while the Westport Coast Hotel spa has an Indian range of ayurvedic treatments. The Westport Plaza’s Spa Sula has thermal suites and an outdoor hot tub, and Knockranny House Hotel’s Spa Salveo has Scandi-inspired Sami Zen treatments.
Eat out
Westport is packed full of top-class restaurants and boutique cafes.Feast on freshly caught fish, Achill lamb, top-quality west-of-Ireland beef and the award-winning Kelly’s black pudding.
Unwind and detox
Macalla Farm offers yoga retreats and mindfulness sessions on Clare Island. Cloona Health Retreat has detox holidays, weightloss retreats and hatha yoga.
Drink up
Westport is the place to try Mescan ale, Belgian-style craft beers brewed by two vets, Cillian and Bart, on the slopes of Croagh Patrick. Mescan was a local priest, a close friend of St Patrick, and, allegedly, his personal brewer.
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