7 Day Irish Highlights

Tour Description

Kiss the Blarney Stone and drink a pint of Dublin’s famous Guinness! The magical Cliffs of Moher will wow you and you’ll visit Trinity College in Dublin to see the ancient Book of Kells.

Sightseeing Highlights

• Dublin View St. Patrick’s Cathedral and visit Trinity College.
• Kildare Visit the National Stud Farm and Japanese Garden.
• Kilkenny Visit the medieval city.
• Waterford Enjoy a factory tour and showroom visit at the new Waterford Crystal facility.
• Blarney Visit the famous Castle and kiss the Blarney Stone!
• Kenmare Ring of Kerry excursion.
• Cliffs of Moher Enjoy the Visitors’ Centre and spectacular coastline.
• Bunratty Visit the folk park and Castle.
• Galway See the Cathedral.

Your Hotels

• Camden Court Hotel, Dublin
• Treacy’s Hotel, Waterford
• Kenmare Bay, Kenmare
• Radisson Blu, Limerick

First Class Travel Includes

• First Class hotel accommodation includes twin-bedded rooms with private facilities.
• All hotel service charges and tips, baggage handling fees and local taxes included.
• Touring by luxury air-conditioned coach.
• Top professional Tour Director.
• Qualified city guide in Dublin.
• Airport transfers are provided on Day 1 and Day 7, conditions apply.

Dining Includes

• Welcome Drink with your Tour Director in Dublin.
• 6 full Irish breakfasts
• 2 three-course dinners
• Farewell dinner with wine in Dublin

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive Dublin

Welcome to Ireland! After check-in, time to relax. Later an included sightseeing tour with a local expert guide visits Trinity College to admire the ancient Book of Kells. Enjoy views of St. Patrick’s, Christchurch Cathedral and other city sights. Then on to Phoenix Park and the Wellington Memorial. Tonight, enjoy a Welcome Drink together with your Tour Director and fellow travellers. Stay: Camden Court

Day 2: Dublin – Waterford

This morning a guided walking tour of the Irish National Stud Farm before visiting the Japanese Garden. Next travel to Kilkenny to see the Castle before an included factory tour and visit at Waterford Crystal. Then to your hotel for dinner. (B/D) Stay: Treacys Hotel

Day 3: Waterford – Kenmare (2 nights)

This morning we drive to the fishing village of Youghal where Moby Dick was filmed and on to Cork. Then to Blarney Castle to kiss the Blarney Stone and acquire the ‘gift of the gab’. Later via Macroom where we see the remains of its castle before travelling to Kenmare. (B) Stay: Kenmare Bay

Day 4: Ring of Kerry

Enjoy a drive around the Ring of Kerry through Moll’s Gap and down over the Black Valley to Ladies View. Next is Killorglin to Cahirciveen with the memorial to St. Brendan, the Navigator, and views of Dingle Bay and the South Kerry Mountains. We see Charlie Chaplin’s hideaway, Waterville and Derrynane, home of Ireland’s liberator Daniel O’Connell. Later we return to our hotel in Kenmare. (B/D)

Day 5: Kenmare – Cliffs of Moher – Limerick

First across the Shannon by ferry and to County Clare to see the magical Cliffs of Moher where we visit the new Visitors’ Centre. Then we drive to our hotel in Limerick. (B) Stay: Radisson Blu

Day 6: Limerick – Dublin

Today visit Bunratty Castle before travelling via Ennis and across County Clare to Galway Bay for panoramic views. After a stop at Galway Cathedral you will return to Dublin. Tonight celebrate the end of your Irish tour together at a Farewell Dinner with your Tour Director and new-found friends. (B/D) Stay: Camden Court

Day 7: Depart Dublin

This morning, after breakfast,time to bid farewell to our Tour Director and fellow travellers as our Irish tour comes to an end. (B)

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