Connemara is a breathtaking and rugged costal landscape on the west coast of Ireland. You could spend hours just driving around marveling at the beautiful Irish countryside here and it would definitely rank as one of the top travel days of your life. To explore Connemara, you can either drive or get a day bus tour from Galway, which is what I actually recommend. The bus tours take you to all the best places and must-see sites, including the town of Cong (where The Quiet Man was filmed), spots where parts of Marley & Me were filmed, Kylemore Abbey, Killary Fjord, the town of Spiddal, and more. And since Connemara is still so full of traditional Irish culture, you'll wander through many Gaeltacht areas, which are areas where the Irish language is still prodominantly spoken.