Itinerary:

DAY 1 • SATURDAY Arrive Dublin

Today is leisurely as we ensure all arrive safely and gather together in our hotel in north County Dublin. If you have purchased our Air & Land package you are transferred from the airport to the tour hotel. Enjoy a pre-dinner drink and an introduction to your travelling companions before an early dinner in your hotel. Dinner/Overnight – Grand Hotel, Co. Dublin

DAY 2 - SUNDAY Boyne Valley & Belfast

Leaving Dublin, we head north thru’ the rich pasturelands of the Boyne valley via Trim to view the largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland; Slane where St. Patrick lit a paschal fire in defiance of the druids at Tara and the ruins of the medieval monastery at Monasterboice with its High Crosses, the finest in Ireland. We continue around the Cooley Peninsula, see ‘the Mountains sweep down to the sea’ and then to Belfast and a panoramic tour of the city including the political wall murals. Dinner/ Overnight – Malone Lodge Hotel, Belfast

DAY 3 - MONDAY Antrim Coast

This morning we take the marine drive north past the ‘Green Glens of Antrim’ to Ballycastle on the North Antrim Coast. We visit the Giant’s Causeway, one of Ireland’s most famous attractions and afterwards enjoy a whiskey tasting at Old Bushmills Distillery. We view the eerie ruins of Dunluce Castle enroute to County Donegal, home for the next two nights. Dinner/ Overnight – Kee’s Hotel, Co. Donegal

DAY 4 • TUESDAY Glenveagh & Derry

After a hearty breakfast our first stop this morning is at Glenveagh National Park where a castle has been strategically placed to offset the surrounding wild natural beauty. In the afternoon we visit Londonderry or Derry as most people call it. A local guide will tell the ‘Story of Derry’ on a walking tour of this historic walled city. Afterwards we return to our hotel for the evening. Dinner/ Overnight – Kee’s Hotel, Co. Donegal

DAY 5 - WEDNESDAY Ben Bulben & Clew Bay

We travel south thru’ Donegal town and Belleek to visit the world famous porcelain factory. Enter the romantic domain of W.B. Yeats via Drumcliffe and other sites in Sligo associated with the life of the poet. Into county Mayo thru’ Swinford and Castlebar where we visit the National Museum of Country Life at Turlough Park before continuing to Westport on Clew Bay. Dinner/Overnight – Atlantic Coast Hotel,Westport

DAY 6 - THURSDAY Connemara

Connemara remains the wildest and the most romantic place in Ireland. A drive around Murrisk Peninsula brings us to Killary Harbour Ireland’s only true fjord. Enjoy a photo stop at Kylemore Abbey on the shores of Kylemore Lough before circling Connemara and crossing Maam Valley where black-headed sheep make up a large part of the population. Back in Westport you will have time to explore this town which was voted Ireland’s tidiest in 2006. Dinner/Overnight – Atlantic Coast Hotel,Westport

DAY 7 - FRIDAY Galway City & Cliffs of Moher

Enroute to Galway this morning we will pass thru’ the village of Cong location for the classic film ‘The Quiet Man’. Some time in Galway City before driving along the southern shores of Galway Bay, traversing the Burren region and viewing the mighty Cliffs of Moher. An optional medieval banquet in a 15th century castle is on offer tonight. Overnight – Bunratty Castle Hotel, Bunratty

DAY 8 - SATURDAY Tour Ends

Your tour ends this morning after breakfast in your hotel. A transfer to Shannon Airport is provided for those participants returning home.

Tour Inclusions:

Depart	Twin	Triple	Single
May 2, 9 Sep 26 Oct 3	1449	1399	1799
Jun 20, 27 Jul 4, 11, 18, 25	1499	1449	1849
May 16, 23, 30 Jun 6, 13 Aug 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Sep 5, 12, 19	1549	1499	1899

Child Rate: Under 12 sharing with two adults $949.
All rates in Canadian Dollars.

FIRST CLASS 8 DAY COACH TOUR Celtic Royal - RIT8F1