skellig michael is the real thing.n't have a spaceship you need a boat to cross the lumpy seven miles of open ocean off the southwest tip of ireland. also you get hugh and joe instead of rae and the wookiee. when you land you get bob. >> nice to see you. >> welcome to skellig. >> reporter: the tourist guy. >> like nowhere i've ever been. >> reporter: bob knows all about a place so special it's been declared a unesco world heritage site. not just for its spectacular beauty. and its enchanting wildlife. but because somewhere around the sixth century a.d., a small group of adventurous devout christian monks established a monastery here. and generations of monks stayed for at least 600 years. the monks' beehive huts and chapel and graveyard have remained essentially as they were. four, five, six, seven, eight. does the 600 count these? >> reporter: to visit these wonders you have to climb. >> yep, here we go. i'm not even going to count. >> reporter: more than 600 steps that the monks carved into the cliff face. by step 40

in real life you need a boat to get to skellig michael seven lumpy miles off the southwestern tip ofas a history that goes back to the dawn of civilization. but it's never had to cope with anything like this. rey found luke skywalker. we found bob. >> welcome to skellig michael. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: bob normally guides tourists up the more than 600 steps that climb to the top of this unesco world heritage site. >> only one way up i guess. >> that's right. >> reporter: steps that take you past breathtaking views, along heart-stopping legends and past the puffins to the peak where about 1,500 years ago industrious amongst built a monastery that was occupied for the next six centuries. >> the magical thing to me is the fact that people come here even today and you're looking at exactly what sixth century man looked at. >> reporter: but sixth century men never looked at anything like, this yet that's exactly what 21st century tourists have come to do. janet moore beamed up from tampa. >> we were planning to come to ireland before the "star wars" movie came out. and then t

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in real life, you need a boat to get to skellig michael, seven lumpy miles off the southwestern tip ofireland. the island has a history that goes back to the dawn of civilization, but it's never had to cope with anything like this. rey found luke skywalker, we found bob. good to see you. >> welcome to skellig. >> reporter: bob normally guides tourists up the more than 600 steps that climb to the top of this unesco world heritage site. there's only one way up. >> that's right. te reporter: steps that take you past breathtaking views along heart-stopping ledges and past the puffins; to the peak where, about 1,500 years ago, industrious monks built a monastery that was occupied for the next six centuries. >> the magical thing to me is the fact that you can look in these dark doorways even today and you look in at exactly what sixth century men looked at. >> reporter: but sixth century men never looked at anything like this, yet that's exactly what 21st century tourists have come to do. janet moore beamed up from tampa. >> we were planning to come to ireland before even the "star wars" mov

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skellig michael is the real thing.s of open ocean off the southwest tip of ireland. also you get hugh and joe instead of ray and the wookie. when you land, you get bob. >> good to see you. >> reporter: the tourist guide. like nowhere i've bob knows all about a place so special it's been declared a unesco world heritage site. not just for its spectacular beauty, and enchanting wildlife, but because around the sixth century a.d., a small group of adventurist devout christian monks established a monastery here. and generations stayed for at least 600 years. the monks' beehive huts, chapel, and graveyard remained essentially as they were. >> the magical thing to me is the fact that you can look in the dark doorways and look at exactly what six century men looked at. four, five, six, seven, eight. the 600 count these. >> reporter: to visit you have to climb. i'm not even going to count. and climb. only one way up, i guess. >> that's right. they're a good height. more than 600 steps that the monks carved into the cliff face.

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