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Taste of Ireland Tour
Superior & First Class Hotels - 5 Days
From US$598.00 land only
• Dublin Castle & Blarney Castle Visits • Tea & Scones at a Sheep Farm
• Ring of Kerry Tour • Jaunting Car Ride • Cliffs of Moher
• Services of a professional driver / guide
• Superior & first class hotels with private
bath / shower for 4 nights
• 4 full Irish breakfasts (B)
• 4 dinners (D) including
- Doyle's Irish Cabaret and dinner
- Two table d'hôte dinners in Killarney
- Medieval banquet and entertainment in a
15th century Irish castle
• Welcome get-together drink
• Tea and scones at an Irish sheep farm
• Dublin sightseeing tour with local guide
• Horse-drawn jaunting car ride in Killarney
• Tour and tasting at the Guinness Storehouse
• Visits and admissions to Dublin Castle,
Blarney Castle, Muckross House and
Cliffs of Moher
• Delux flight bag, ticket wallet,
luggage tags & strap
• All local taxes, hotel service charges & porterage
for one suitcase per person
YOUR HOTELS
Stay at the following (or similar):
• Burlington Hotel, Dublin (1 Night)
• Killarney Towers Hotel, Killarney (2 Nights)
• Great Southern Hotel, Shannon (1 Night)
Welcome to Dublin, Ireland's Capital. On arrival at Dublin Airport, pass through immigration and pick up your baggage. Go to the CIE Tours desk in the Arrivals Hall to arrange a group transfer to your hotel. If you arrive before 12:00 noon, a transfer will be provided. If your flight arrives later than noon you will transfer to the hotel at your own expense. At 2:00 pm set off on your afternoon tour of Dublin with a local guide. Your tour includes visits to Dublin Castle to see the State Apartments where many historic events have taken place and also to the Guinness Storehouse to learn about and sample the famous black stout. This evening meet your fellow travelers over a welcome drink. Enjoy dinner and a show at Doyle's Irish Cabaret. (D)
See a variety of scenery today as you depart Dublin and drive through rich farm country and busy market towns. Stop at a sheep farm near Cashel to sample some home baked scones with tea and learn a little about Irish farming. Just outside Cork visit Blarney Castle where you have an opportunity to acquire the gift of eloquence by kissing the famous stone. Continue towards the mountainous country of Kerry and into Killarney. After dinner, perhaps explore one of Killarney's famous singing pubs. (B, D)
Dress comfortably for a jaunting car tour which will transport you along the shores of Muckross Lake for a guided tour of the 19th century Muckross House. Then embark on Ireland's most popular scenic drive, the Rink of Kerry, by skirting Ireland's highest mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks. Your route passes through Glenbeigh, with palm trees and beautiful beaches, remote Waterville, and the colorful village of Sneem. Head back towards Killarney through Moll's Gap in time for dinner. (B, D)
Depart Killarney and travel to Tarbert to take the ferry across the River Shannon. Your tour continues along the Clare coast to the Cliffs of Moher which rise 700 feet above the Atlantic. Drive to the Shannonside region to check into your hotel. This evening a banquet and evocative entertainment in Bunratty Castle will take you back in spirit to the Middle Ages. (B, D)
This morning some of you transfer to Shannon Airport for return flights to the United States. As the Great Southern Hotel is within easy walking distance of Shannon Airport and luggage trolleys are generally available, you may transfer independently at your preferred time. If you wish to end your tour in Dublin drive through plesant scenery of the midland region. The tour concludes at Dublin Airport at about 4:00 pm or in the city center at 4:30 pm. (B)
