Day 11, After a full Irish breakfast at 'The Camden Court Hotel' you will tour ‘The Guinness Storehouse’. Guinness is the most visited tourist attraction in Dublin. You will learn the history of how this Irish drink was made, marketed, and why it was called ‘The Protestant Porter’. Then your day is free to enjoy the many sights of Ireland’s capital city.Dublin is rich with history, Anne will give you that personal attention by suggesting sights and areas of the city that would most interest you. We will meet back in the Camden Court’s lobby at 6:00 PM to meet our coach to be taken to ‘Taylor’s 3 Rocks’ for dinner and the best Irish Show in Ireland! Watch the video below!
Day 1 – Saturday, May 10th, you will fly overnight from ‘Your Chosen Airport’ to Dublin Ireland. (Airports are listed on the next page.) If you are booking your own Airfare, we will coordinate where you will meet the group after your arrival in Dublin.
Day 2 - You will land in Dublin Ireland early this morning. If you have booked your own Airfare, we will meet you when you land in Dublin!
After collecting your luggage and clearing customs, you will meet your ‘Tour Guides and Driver’. They will stand-out and be easily recognizable by their Yellow Windbreaker Jackets. You will travel by luxury coach to ‘The Malahide Castle for a guided tour’ and a well awaited coffee! We will spend some time at the castle to accommodate those travelers whose flights might have been late. After the fascinating guided tour of Malahide castle you will have time to relax, breathe the fresh air and grab a bite at the café. During your tour, if you’re lucky you may even catch ( as some have) the well known The Lady in White’s ghostly image on your camera!
We will than board our coach and travel to the historic, medieval city of Limerick and check in at the The George Hotel . Dinner will be at the World Famous, ‘Durty Nellies’.
Day 3, after a well-needed rest and a full Irish breakfast at ‘The George Hotel’ Limerick, we will board our coach and travel north to The Cliff of Moher. We will enjoy the view from 702 feet above the sea. Cliffs of Moher is world famous for the breath-taking views of the Atlantic Ocean, Mother Nature will decide how long we stay at the cliffs! If you like you can have lunch or a snack at the Café. We’ll leave the Cliffs and travel to the village of Bunratty. We will visit ‘The Bunratty Folk Park and Castle Folk Park, there will be time to explore the 26 acres site on which an actual 18th-century rural village was completely and authentically reconstructed and re-presented. This is not DisneyLand.
Admission to the Folk Park includes Bunratty Castle. Please allow time to visit the fully restored 15th century castle, because you will only be in two rooms of the castle when you attend the Medieval Banquet and show tonight. I suggest you trundle up to the ramparts for a view of the landscape that had once been reserved for the castle’s lords, ladies and defenders! You could easily spend the day in the Park, which showcases 30 individual buildings, from a manor house to a fully licensed MacNamara’s pub!
Tonight we’ll be reveling with the lords and ladies who will serve and entertain us as characters at the Bunratty Castle Medieval Banquet and show.
Day 4, after a Full Irish breakfast at ‘‘The George Hotel’ Limerick, we will take a day trip to Galway City. You can’t help feeling re-energized by the lively, hustle and bustle of the university city of Galway. Known as, “The City of the Tribes”, Galway is a Medieval city that was granted permission by the English King to be walled in 1484; a large portion of the wall can still be seen along with its history in the Eyre Square Shopping Center. We’ll arrive in Galway at about 11: 00 and leave at 3:30. We each will enjoy a couple hours on our own to discover the uniqueness of Galway. Your guide will give you a handout to orient you to the numerous sights to see in Galway which include: “Shop St,” three blocks for pedestrians only” wandering that takes you among traditional, Irish specialty shops; the weekend Galway City Market (Church La. Off of Shop St) a unique, centuries-old, open-air market where you can visit is it the local artisans’ stalls or grab lunch al fresco; Galway City Museum near the Spanish Gate (admission is free) to learn more about Galway’s history; or find a good pub for lunch like, 'The King’s Head'. We will return to Limerick to freshen-up before having dinner at ‘The Locke Pub and Restaurant’ in Limerick.
Anne's 2025 GREAT Tour of the South Plus Belfast
Day 5, After a full Irish breakfast we will check-out of the ‘The George Hotel’ and head South. Our first stop will be just south of Limerick in the historic town of Adare. A charming, thatched-roof village of Adare a “Storybook Village” . Your guide will escort you to the Medieval Holy Trinity Abbey Church very near the Tourist Visitor center is worth a stop because the serenity and beauty of the interior will renew your spirits and calm your mind.
Then on to the town of Foynes and a visit to the fascinating and unique ‘Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum’ and home of Irish Coffee. We will see a very entertaining video and then tour the museum dedicated to North Atlantic passenger air travel in the the 30 and 40s when passenger planes were designed for passenger comfort! Enjoy strolling through an actual, life-size Pan Am Clipper air ship including the cock pit. It all ends with a great demonstration of how to properly make an Irish Coffee on the very spot where Irish Coffee was invented.
We will continue South to Killarney. Killarney is a town on the shores of Lough Leane in southwest Ireland’s County Kerry. Killarney is a stop on the Ring of Kerry's scenic drive. We will check in at ‘The Lake Hotel & Spa’. Dinner tonight will be at ‘The Lake Hotel.
Day 6, after a full Irish Breakfast at ‘The Lake Hotel’, we will set off for our adventures on the Dingle peninsula. Why go there you ask? National Geographic answers when they once called the Dingle peninsula, “the most beautiful place on Earth”. Trip Advisor still lists it in the top 100 “must see” destinations in the World. Our first stop will be at ‘Inch Beach’ where we can get off the coach, feel the sand, have a bite to eat, and maybe taste an Irish Coffee. We will board our coach and go a couple of miles west to Dingletown! In Dingletown we will search for Fungie, a bottlenose dolphin, who is a mascot that has been known to escort boats in and out of Dingle Harbor, in southwest County Kerry, since 1983. Tonight we will eat in Dingle town at a restaurant chosen by Anne, our guide.
Day 7, You will have time to enjoy breakfast, just sleep in or do some quick shopping in Killarney before we check out and leave about noon for the World famous ‘Blarney Woolen Mills’ the largest retail store in Ireland! We will sit in the Pub at the Blarney Woolen Mills while others shop until they drop for Irish made products. whether it’s Waterford Crystal or Donegal Tweed you will find it at Blarney Woolen Mills!
Our final destination is Cork City also known by many names that describe its place in Irish history: City of 20 Bridges; Second City (Dublin is 1st); the Rebel City; the Real Capital to name a few. We will be staying at, The Maldron Shandon Hotel. Shandon is the name of a very historic abd pedestrian part of Cork, city center. Dinner tonight will be at the Spitjack Restaurant.
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Day 12 - After a full Irish breakfast at ‘The Camden Court Hotel’ we will check-out of the Camden Court Hotel. Some of our group will be heading for the Dublin Airport. You and they will have a bit of time at the Duty Free shop because we must check-in a minimum of two hours before take-off. You will leave the land of ‘Smiling Irish Eyes’ and take with you a hundred thousand memories that will last a lifetime. You’ll be sad to leave but happy to return to ‘The land of the Free and the home of the brave. Our group of red blooden Americans will travel North to Belfast in Northern Ireland!
We will visit 'The Hill of Tara', the legendary inauguration site of the ancient High Kings of Ireland.
We will stop and tour New Grange. Newgrange is a Stone Age (Neolithic) monument in the Boyne Valley. Newgrange was constructed about 5,200 years ago (3,200 B.C.) which makes it older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids of Giza.
Tonight we will stay at the Ten Square Hotel in center city Belfast.
Day 8, After a full Irish breakfast we will take a short trip Cobh Heritage Museum on the banks of the River Lee. A major point of emigration to the New World, as well as penal colonies. Cobh is on the south side of Great Island in Cork Harbour and is home to Ireland's only dedicated cruise terminal.
Tourism in the area draws on the maritime and emigration legacy of the town - including its association with the RMS Titanic. cobh was the last port of call on Titanic’s fatal, maiden voyage in April 11, 1912.
We return to Cork city to visit the English Market has been around since 1788. Far from being English (it’s named for its Protestant origins), this is the place to pick up traditional specialties like drisheen and pigs’ trotters, although the 55 or so stalls also stock bread, fish, cheese and fruit and veg. The market has survived fire, civil war and an attempted name change, but it took a failed bid to replace it with a parking lot in the 1980s for the people of Cork to realize that their culinary capital was worth saving! Today hailed as the "best covered market in the UK and Ireland" by chef Rick Stein, the English Market is thriving. Drop into the Farmgate Café for delicious dishes made from the market’s wares.
This evening we will dine at ‘Blair’s Inn’. The brothers Richard and Duncan Blair have been serving us for almost a decade. The Blair Boys have won awards across Ireland and in the U.S. for their culinary excellence.
Day 9, After a full Irish Breakfast at ‘The Maldron Shandon Hotel, we are off for a guided tour and spectacular views of Cork City from the 17th century, Elizabeth Fort. We’ll then do a short tour of sites we haven’t yet seen: St. Finn Barre’s Cathedral (Church of Ireland), Opera Lane and Patrick’s Street for Shopping. Dinner to be announced.
Day 10, After a full Irish breakfast we will check-out of Maldron Shandon Hotel. and head towards Dublin. On the way to Dublin, we’ll stop and have a private guided tour of ‘The Rock of Cashel’. According to local mythology, the Rock of Cashel originated in the Devil's Bit, a mountain 20 miles (30 km) north of Cashel when St. Patrick banished Satan from a cave, resulting in the Rock's landing in Cashel. Cashel is reputed to be the site of the conversion of the King of Munster by St. Patrick in the 5th century. The Rock of Cashel was the traditional seat of the kings of Munster for several hundred years prior to the Norman invasion. In 1101, the King of Munster, Muirchertach Ua Briain, donated his fortress on the Rock to the Church. The picturesque complex has a character of its own and is one of the most remarkable collections of Celtic art and medieval architecture to be found anywhere in Europe. Few remnants of the early structures survive; the majority of buildings on the current site date from the 12th and 13th centuries. We’ll check-in at ‘The Camden Court Hotel’. Dinner this evening will be at ‘The Momento Restaurant’ just across from our hotel.
Day 14 - After a full Irish breakfast We will check-out of our hotel and say good buy to Ireland. We will head to the airport and catch our flight home to America.
$2,965 Per Person Sharing.
$3,897 With Airfare.
$1,019 Single Supplement.
The Ring of Kerry
Day 13 - After a full Irish breakfast at 'The Ten Sq. Hotel' We will spend the day at 'The Titanic Belfast'. In the self-guided Titanic Experience you will uncover the sights, sounds, smells and stories of the ship, as well as the people and city that made her.
Saturday May 10th through Wednesday May 23rd.
This Tour Includes:
* Land transportation on a Luxury Coach by a Professional Driver.
* Anne, a knowledgeable guide with insight into ancient and current Irish History.
* A full Irish Breakfast every morning except the day of arrival.
* Admission and guided tour of Malahide Castle.
* 3 Nights at ‘The George Hotel’ Limerick
* Dinner at the World-Famous pub, 'Durty Nellie’s'
* Admission to Bunratty Castle and Folk Park
* Dinner at the 'Locke Bar' in Limerick
* Admission to Bunratty Castle’s Medieval Banquet
* Dinner every evening.
* Admission to ‘The Cliffs of Moher’
* A day trip to Galway City
* Visit to Adare a storybook village
* Admission to Foynes flying boat museum.
* 2 Nights at The Lake Hotel & Spa in Killarney
* Visit to Inch Beach
* A day trip to Dingle Town.
* Free time in Killarney to Shop and Pub Hop.
* 3 Nights at Maldron Shandon Hotel Cork.
* Admission to Cobh Heritage Museum
* Admission to Elizabeth Fort
* A stop at the English Market in Cork.
* Shopping at the Blarney Woolen Mills.
* Dinner at Blair’s Pub in Blarney.
* Admission and guided tour of the historic 'Rock of Cashel'.
* 2 Nights at ‘The Camden Court Hotel’ in Dublin
* Admission to ‘The Guinness Storehouse’.
* 'Taylor’s 3 Rocks' Dinner and Ireland's Best Irish Caberet
* Free time to explore Dublin City
* A Visit to 'The Hill of Tara'
* Admission to'New Grange'
* Admission to TITANIC BELFAST
* A guided tour and chat about the 'Walls of Derry'!
* Your Driver's and Guide's Gratuities are not included and are left to your individual discretion.