7 Day Irish Discovery Tour

Tour Highlights

• Abbey Tavern Traditional Dinner/Show
• Trinity College’s Book of Kells
• Blarney Castle
• Dingle Peninsula Tour
• Cliffs of Moher
• Clonmacnoise Monastic Site
• Dunboyne Castle Hotel Overnight Stay

Your Hotels

Stay at the following (or similar):

• Croke Park Hotel, Dublin (2 nights)
• Brehon Hotel, Killarney (2 nights)
• Meyrick Hotel, Galway (1 night)
• Dunboyne Castle Hotel, Dunboyne (1 night)

Tour Includes

• Group transfers on arrival and departure
• Sightseeing by luxury coach throughout
• Services of a professional tour director
• Superior first class hotels with private bath/shower for 6 nights
• 6 full breakfasts (B)
• 5 dinners (D) including
• Traditional Irish evening with dinner and entertainment at the Abbey Tavern
• Farewell dinner at Dunboyne Castle Hotel
• 3 table d’hote dinners
• Welcome get-together drink
• Sightseeing tour of Dublin
• Visits and admissions to Book of Kells at Trinity College, Blarney Castle, Blarney Woollen Mills, Blasket Centre, Foynes Flying Boat Museum, Cliffs of Moher and Clonmacnoise Monastic Site
• Deluxe flight bag, ticket wallet, luggage tags & strap
• All local taxes, hotel service charges & porterage for one suitcase per person

Itinerary

Day 1 – Fri: Arrival in Dublin

Arrive at Dublin Airport. After customs formalities and luggage reclamation, head to the CIE Tours desk in the Arrivals Hall to arrange a group transfer to your hotel between 7:00 am and 12:00 noon. Passengers arriving later will transfer to the hotel at their own expense. Check in to your hotel on the north side of the city and head to the nearby Abbey Tavern for dinner and a festive entertainment program. (D)

Day 2 – Sat: Dublin Tour & Book of Kells

This morning tour Dublin city centre to see Georgian squares with elegant row houses, public buildings, colourful parks and lively shopping streets. Enter Trinity College to view the 8th century illuminated gospel manuscript of the Book of Kells. The afternoon is at leisure for further sightseeing and shopping and find a nice restaurant or pub for independent dining. (B)

Day 3 – Sun: Blarney Castle & Killarney

Travel south through farming country and stop to view the Rock of Cashel, which rises high above the surrounding plain. Just a few miles outside Cork, visit Blarney Castle to kiss the famous “Stone of Eloquence.” Also visit the Blarney Woollen Mills before driving through Macroom and into County Kerry, where the scenery becomes more mountainous. Check in to your hotel in Killarney and relax before dinner. (B, D)

Day 4 – Mon: Dingle Peninsula & Blasket Experience

Today discover the scenic Dingle Peninsula, made famous by two movies – “Ryan’s Daughter” and “Far & Away.” Pause in Dingle before continuing to the western tip of the peninsula. Tour the Blasket Centre in Dunquin to learn about the Blasket Islands, inhabited until 1953 by hardy farming and fishing families. Return to Killarney for free time. (B, D)

Day 5 – Tue: Flying Boat Museum & Cliffs of Moher

Travel to the River Shannon Estuary to visit Foynes Flying Boat Museum. Learn about the early days of flight as this was the landing place for Pam Am Clippers. Stop in Bunratty for a look around Durty Nelly’s Pub or the Bunratty Folk Park. Head to the coast to view the Cliffs of Moher, an impressive wall of rock that rises 700 feet above the Atlantic Ocean. Continue to Galway for a panoramic drive and check in to your hotel, which overlooks Galway Bay. (B, D)

Day 6 – Wed: 6th Century Clonmacnoise & Dunboyne Castle

Drive to the centre of the country to visit Clonmacnoise, a monastic settlement founded in 545 AD by St. Ciaran. See round towers, elaborate Celtic crosses and church ruins picturesquely set on the banks of the River Shannon. Continue your drive to your elegant hotel, just outside Dublin. Relax for a while before joining in a farewell dinner with your group. Savour great food followed by some local entertainment. (B, D)

Day 7 – Thu: Depart Dublin for Home

Complimentary group transfers are provided to Dublin Airport to arrive at 6:00 am, 9:00 am or 12:00 noon. After check-in, you’ll have time to shop at the duty-free shops before the journey home. (B)

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Hotel legend:
D deluxe | SF superior first | F first | MF moderate first | ST superior tourist | T Tourist