2010 IRISH DISCOVERY TOUR
Superior First Class Hotels - 6 Nights/11 Meals
8 days including air from USA
or 7 days land only from Dublin to Dublin
Highlights:
Details
- Tour Operator
- CIE Tours
- Offer
- Offer valid through 6/30/2010
- Duration
- 8 Days
- Escorted
- Escorted - Yes
| Day | Destination | Description |
| Day 1 | Overnight Flight to Dublin | Overnight Flight to Dublin : Depart your North American gateway city and travel through the night to Dublin. Land only tour starts on day 2. |
| Day 2 | Dublin | Dublin Arrival : Land at Dublin Airport and go to CIE Tours desk to arrange a group transfer to your centrally-located hotel between 7:00 am and 12:00 noon. If you arrive later than noon, you will need to transfer to the hotel at your own expense. If you wish, use your bus tour voucher today. At 7:00 pm meet your driver/guide for a welcome drink and discuss your tour. |
| Day 3 | Dublin | Book of Kells & Shindig Evening : This morning tour Dublin city center in the company of a local guide to see Georgian squares, public buildings 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 when you may take an open-top bus tour and visit Guinness. In the evening head to the Old Jameson Distillery to see whiskey-making processes before dining on Irish specialties, followed by a festive entertainment program. (B, D) |
| Day 4 | Kerry | 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 5 | Kerry | 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 6 | Galway | 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 7 | Meath | 6th Century Clonmacnoise & Dunboyne Castle : Drive to the center 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. Savor great food followed by some local entertainment. (B, D) |
| Day 8 | Depart Dublin for Home | 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 stores before the journey home. (B) |
- Dates/Pricing
- Lodging
Croke Park Hotel, Dublin (2 nights) The Brehon Hotel, Kerry (2 nights) Radisson Blu Hotel Galway, Galway (1 night) Dunboyne Castle Hotel, Meath (1 night)
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