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Lovely well maintained urban park overlooking the harbour. The park has some of the finest Victorian heritage buildings and features of any park in Ireland. The impressive pillars and gates at the entrances along with the gate lodge, fountains, bandstand are good examples of Victorian workmanship. The ornate pavilion with its intricate ironwork is now a cafe / coffee shop with inside seating and an accessible terrace area overlooking the park. The food and staff here are excellent.
While the park retained formal (colourful bedding) planting schemes (in the Victorian style) until recently..... thankfully in the last few years the park management has slowly moved to pollinator friendly herbaceous planting. There are several impressive herbaceous borders in the park with more planned. This also means you cannot see the entire park at once and it invites the visitor to walk around and explore the different areas. There are many native irish trees along with an interesting group of gingko bilobas.
There is also a safe playground for the kids with z recently added (wheelchair friendly) ability swing.
While the park retained formal (colourful bedding) planting schemes (in the Victorian style) until recently..... thankfully in the last few years the park management has slowly moved to pollinator friendly herbaceous planting. There are several impressive herbaceous borders in the park with more planned. This also means you cannot see the entire park at once and it invites the visitor to walk around and explore the different areas. There are many native irish trees along with an interesting group of gingko bilobas.
There is also a safe playground for the kids with z recently added (wheelchair friendly) ability swing.
Lovely community garden set in an old walled garden. There is a natural and wild feel to the garden, where wildflowers, herbs and fruit trees provide a haven for pollinators. The group of dedicated volunteers carefully tend their vegetables, fruit and flowers while allowing nature to flourish.
A little out of the way but worth the few minutes walk to find it, this is a very popular restaurant. As they don't take bookings, you might have to wait 15 or 20 minutes for a table on a busy night.... But it's worth the wait.
For starters... Prawns in garlic, melon with Serrano ham, deep fried baby squid are all excellent. We can also recommend the fresh fish of the day (sea bass, tuna or bream when we visited). The steaks are also very good as was the beef goulash. BEWARE, the portion sizes are really big so you might want to consider a half portion or maybe sharing a large portion. If you have room, there is a selection of home made desserts, the chocolate moose is really good. The complimentary honey rum topped with cream is a nice finishing touch.
This is a great place for a family night out and is kid friendly.
Update Jan 2024
: Probably our 6th holiday in Corralejo and we keep returning to Avenida. NEVER DISAPPOINTED.
For starters... Prawns in garlic, melon with Serrano ham, deep fried baby squid are all excellent. We can also recommend the fresh fish of the day (sea bass, tuna or bream when we visited). The steaks are also very good as was the beef goulash. BEWARE, the portion sizes are really big so you might want to consider a half portion or maybe sharing a large portion. If you have room, there is a selection of home made desserts, the chocolate moose is really good. The complimentary honey rum topped with cream is a nice finishing touch.
This is a great place for a family night out and is kid friendly.
Update Jan 2024
: Probably our 6th holiday in Corralejo and we keep returning to Avenida. NEVER DISAPPOINTED.