If you’re traveling around Ireland, you cannot skip a visit to Galway. Where Dublin is busy, modern, and trendy, Galway is low-key, artsy, and traditional. Galway feels more like a fishing town than Ireland’s third largest city, despite its large and celebrated university and 83,000 inhabitants. The population of Galway consists of a lot of students, making for a fun and lively atmosphere. The heart of the action, by day or by night, is around Quay Street with its great shopping and pubs where Irish music is played most nights. Galway is the halfway point on the Wild Atlantic Way, and it’s the getaway to the world-famous landscapes of the Cliffs of Moher, the Connemara, and the Aran Islands.