Irish Experience
12 Days
Featuring: Dublin, Belfast, Giant's Causeway, Londonderry,
County Mayo, Galway Bay, Limerick, Killarney, Ring of Kerry, Blarney,
Cork, Waterford
Day 1 Depart
USA Overnight flight to Dublin.
Day 2 Arrive Dublin On your arrival
at Dublin Airport you are transferred to your hotel. After check-in
enjoy an included sightseeing tour highlighting Trinity College,
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Castle and Phoenix Park. Tonight,
we will enjoy a welcome drink with our Tour Director.
Day 3 Dublin - Belfast This morning
we head to the Boyne Valley and cross the border into Ulster.
From Newry, we will enjoy views of Carlingford Lough before a
scenic drive through the Mountains of Mourne to Downpatrick and
Belfast for the night. (Full Irish breakfast/ Dinner)
Day 4 Belfast - Bushmills - Gianr's Causeway
- Londonderry/Derry (2nights) Our morning sightseeing tour
shows us the City Hall, Queen's University and the University
quarter. Then northwards to the beautiful Antrim Coast road and
on past the scenic Glens of Antrim to Ballycastle.Next we continue
to Bushmills to visit the oldest whiskey distillery in the world
before we stop to visit the Giant's Causeway, huge basalt columns
rising from the sea. En route to Londonderry/Derry, we stop at
the ruins of Dunluce Castle before making our way to our hotek
for dinner and overnight stay. (Full Irish Breakfast/ Dinner)
Day 5 Londonderry/Derry sightseeing
Our morning sightseeing takes us to the city walls, some of the
best preserved in Europe. Then we head to the 17th century St.
Columb's Cathedral with its tower before we reach the Derry Craft
Village and on to the quay where Irish emigrants sailed to the
New World. Free time later to perhaps take an excursion to the
Inishowen Peninsula. Tonight, dinner is at our hotel. (Full Irish
Brekafast/ Dinner)
Day 6 Londonderry/Derry - Castlebar (Co.Mayo)
This morning we travel via Strabane and Omagh, stopping to visit
the Ulster-American Folk Park en route to Lough Erne and Enniskillen.
Then we continue our drive through Yeats country to Castlebar
in County Mayo for dinner and overnight stay. (Full Irish breakfast/
Dinner)
Day 7 Castlebar (Co.Meyo) - 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. (Full Irish Breakfast)
Day 8 Galway Bay - Killarney (2nights)
South via Ennis to Limerick where orientation shows us St. Mary's
Cathedral, King John's Castle and the Treaty Stone. From here
we continue via Adare with its thatched cottages en route to Killarney
for the next two nights. (Full Irish Breakfast/ Dinner)
Day 9 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. (Full Irish Breakfast)
Day 10 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.
(Full Irish Breakfast/ Dinner)
Day 11 Waterford - Dublin Our first
stop is in Kilkenny - the medieval city dominated by its Norman
Castle and Cathedral. We continue our journey to Dublin's 'fair
city'. Time is your own perhaps do some last minute souvenir shopping.
Tonight, why not join us at an Irish cabaret. (Full Irish Breakfast)
Day 12 Dublin - USA Bid farewell
as we transfer you to Dublin Airport for your return flight to
America. (Full Irish Breakfast)
2002