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DAY 1 Arrive Dublin On your arrival at Dublin Airport you are transferred to your hotel. After check-in we head off on an included sightseeing tour which highlights Trinity College, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Castle and Phoenix Park. In the evening, we enjoy a welcome drink with our travelling companions and Tour Director. DAY 2 Dublin - Belfast This morning after breakfast, our drive takes us to the Boyne Valley and via Drogheda where we cross the border into Ulster. Then from Newry, we will enjoy views of Carlingford Lough before a scenic drive through the Mountains of Mourne on our way to Downpatrick. Later we continue on to Belfast and our hotel for dinner and overnight stay. (FB D) DAY 3 Belfast - Bushmills - Giant's Causeway - Londonderry/Derry (2) Our morning sightseeing tour shows us the City Hall, Queen's University and the University quarter. Then we continue our journey northwards to the beautiful Antrim Coast road and on past the scenic Glens of Antrim to Ballycastle. From here we will travel to Bushmills where we will visit the oldest whiskey distillery in the world. Next we stop to visit the Giant's Causeway, huge basalt columns rising from the sea before we make our way to our hotel at Londonderry/Derry where we spend the next two night. We dine at our hotel this evening. (FB D) DAY 4 Londonderry/Derry sightseeing & at leisure After breakfast this morning our sightseeing tour takes us to the city walls, some of the best preserved in Europe. Then we make our way to the 17th century St. Columb's Cathedral with its tower. From here we continue on to the quay where Irish emigrants sailed to the New World. Free time later to perhaps take an excursion to the Inishowen Peninsula. This evening we enjoy dinner at our hotel. (FB D) DAY 5 Londonderry/Derry - Castlebar (Co. Mayo) This morning our journey takes us via Strabane and Omagh, stopping to visit the Ulster-American Folk Park en route to Lough Erne. Next we will continue our drive through Yeats country to our hotel at Castlebar in County Mayo for dinner and our overnight stay. (FB D) DAY 6 Castlebar (Co. Mayo) - Connemara - Galway Bay Today we travel through Yeats country to the lakes and mountains of Connemara. Later, we'll see Kylemore Abbey before driving along the shores of Lough Corrib to Galway. Here we will enjoy an orientation tour of the city and beautiful views of Galway Bay before arriving at our hotel. (FB) DAY 7 Galway Bay - Killarney (2) This morning our drive takes us south via Ennis to Limerick. On our arrival an orientation tour shows us St. Mary's Cathedral, King John's Castle and the Treaty Stone. From here we continue via Adare, the prettiest village in Ireland, with its thatched cottages en route to Killarney for the next two nights. (FB D) DAY 8 Ring of Kerry Excursion Today spectacular scenery awaits us on our drive around the 'Ring of Kerry'. Plunging cliffs, lush lakeland, granite mountains, and sandy beaches are all part of this photographers' delight. See Dingle Bay, the South Kerry Mountains and Ladies View before we return to Killarney for the night. (FB) DAY 9 Killarney - Blarney - Waterford Today we drive into County Cork stopping at Blarney Castle for a chance to kiss the Stone and acquire the 'gift of the gab'! Then we pass through Cork on our way to Youghal and along the scenic coast to reach the Waterford Crystal Factory for an included visit to see how crystal is created. Finally, we reach our hotel for dinner and overnight stay. (FB D) DAY 10 Waterford - Dublin Our first stop this morning is at Kilkenny - the medieval city dominated by its Norman Castle and Cathedral. From here we continue our journey to Dublin's 'fair city' for the final night of our tour. Here there's time on your own perhaps to do some last-minute souvenir shopping or explore further. This evening, why not join your fellow travelling companions at an Irish cabaret? (FB) DAY 11 Depart Dublin Time to bid farewell as we transfer you to Dublin Airport for your return flight home. (FB) | ||
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