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8 Days Irish Quest Tour Package
Duration: 8 Days / 7 Nights
Priced From: $988 pp Dbl. Occ. (Land Only)
Dates: Mar - Nov
Itinerary
Day 1: Depart for Shannon
Board your flight to Ireland and enjoy inflight meals and entertainment as you start your vacation.
Day 2: Shannon & Leisure Time
Arrive in Shannon Airport and go to the CIE Tours desk to arrange a hotel transfer between 7:00 am and 12:00 noon. If your flight arrives later you will need to transfer at your own expense. Check into your hotel near Bunratty Castle. Durty Nelly's Pub or The Creamery are great places to have dinner on your own.
Day 3: Bunratty Village & Cliffs of Moher
Enjoy a morning at leisure to look around the village of Bunratty on your own - shop, visit Durty Nelly's Pub or tour the Bunratty Folk Park. In the afternoon head to the coast to view the Cliffs of Moher, an impressive wall of rock that rises 700 feet above the Atlantic Ocean. Continue through the hilly Burren region and around Galway Bay to Galway. See the main places of interest and browse around the city center, full of specialty shops, cafes and pubs. Then check in to your hotel, which overlooks Galway Bay. (B, D)
Day 4: Clifden & Kylemore Abbey
Tour Connemara and admire sweeping views of misty mountains and shimmering lakes. Stop in Spiddal where you may hear locals chatting in the Irish language. Continue to Clifden, a delightful market town set between the Twelve Bens and sandy bays. Visit Kylemore Abbey, a 19th century neo-Gothic mansion, which is now a prestigious girls' school. Tour the exquisite chapel and reception rooms and stroll by the peaceful lake shore. In Moycullen watch skilled craftsmen cutting fine crystal at the Connemara Celtic Crystal Factory. (B, D)
Day 5: Knock Shrine & Derry Walk
Head north to the village of Knock, a popular place of pilgrimage, and through County Sligo to view W. B. Yeats' grave in Drumcliffe Churchyard. Follow the shoreline of Donegal Bay to Donegal town and stop in the center to take a look around before continuing your drive through the majestic Donegal countryside to Derry. Take a guided walking tour around the ancient city, which will include the Guildhall, St. Columb's Cathedral, the Diamond and 16th century city walls. (B, D)
Day 6: Giant's Causeway & Ulster American Folk Park
This morning explore the Giant's Causeway, huge hexagonal columns formed over 60 million years ago. The oversized rocks have given rise to many legends. Drive past the Sperrin Mountains to visit the Ulster American Folk Park. See many cottages including the boyhood home of Thomas Mellon, who emigrated to Pittsburgh in 1818 and founded the Mellon Bank. The Park traces the story of Ulster emigrants and shows how rural lifestyles in both Ireland and America in Colonial times. Travel south to Kingscourt to your castle hotel, built in 1760. (B, D)
Day 7: Megalithic Tombs & Cabra Castle Stay
This morning discover the Boyne Valley. Stop at the Boyne Valley Visitor Centre to learn about the passage burial tombs of Newgrange and Knowth, both of which are over 5,000 years old. Visit one of the tombs to see how primitive people managed to align these buildings precisely with the sun or the moon. Return to your hotel where the afternoon is free so that you can play the 9-hole golf course, enjoy the extensive parkland setting or just relax in the hotel. After a farewell dinner in the Court Restaurant, enjoy some informal entertainment. (B, D)
Day 8: Dublin to USA
This morning take a 90-minute group transfer to Dublin Airport, leaving the hotel at either 6:00, 9:00 or 11:00 am. After check-in you will have time to shop at the duty-free stores. (B)
B=Breakfast, CB=Continental Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner
Highlights
Walk Derry's Medieval Walls
Connemara Tour
Kylemore Abbey
Giant's Causeway
Ulster American Folk Park
Visit Pre-historic Newgrange or Knowth
Award-Winning Cabra Castle Hotel
Your Accommodations:
Stay at the following (or similar):
Bunratty Castle Hotel - Bunratty, Co Clare - 1 night(s)
Salthill Hotel - Salthill, Co Galway - 2 night(s)
City Hotel - Derry City, Co Derry - 1 night(s)
Cabra Castle Hotel - Kingscourt, Co Cavan - 2 night(s)
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11/09
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