Explore Ireland

Day 2

Welcome to Dublin

Day 3

Dublin to Belfast

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• The Glyde Inn VR Experience and Hillsborough Castle Tour

  Meet your driver and guide in the hotel lobby and start your journey to Belfast. On route, you will travel through the Boyne Valley and the 5,000-year-old Hill of Tara, the seat of the ancient High Kings of Ireland. Stop at the Glyde Inn for a unique VR experience and become a Viking. Continue to Hillsborough Castle, the official Royal Palace for Northern Ireland, for a visit. Discover stories of celebration, entertainment, diplomacy, and negotiation as you explore Hillsborough Castle's fascinating history and stunning state rooms.

Meal(s): Breakfast

Day 4

Belfast

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• Option 1 - Belfast Panoramic Tour

  Explore the city centre as your guide explains the development of Belfast from small market town to industrial giant. Pass by landmarks like City Hall and Queen’s University before visiting Titanic Belfast, an iconic landmark building where the tragic story of the Titanic is told.

• Option 2 - Glenshane Country Farm Sheepdog Demonstration

  Experience sheepdogs at work at a family-owned sheep farm in the Sperrin Mountains with the help of Jamese McCloy, a fourth-generation shepherd and his highly trained team of working sheepdogs.

Meal(s): Breakfast

Day 5

Giants Causeway and Derry

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• The Giant’s Causeway and Derry City Walking Tour

  This World Heritage Site features 40,000 interlocking basalt columns as a result of an ancient a volcanic eruption. After your visit, continue to Derry, Ireland’s only fully intact walled city. Your tour concludes with a walk along Derry's walls, which has witnessed centuries of drama.

Meal(s): Breakfast

Day 6

Donegal to Galway

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• Belleek Pottery Tour

  This venerable studio has been in business since 1857. See first-hand how this world-renowned pottery is created.

• Marble Arch Caves

  Explore a fascinating, natural underworld of rivers, winding passages and lofty chambers. The caves, in the heart of the UNESCO Global Geopark, were formed in limestone rock when water flowing through the rock slowly dissolved it to leave chambers, passages and systems you can explore during a guided tour.

Meal(s): Breakfast

Day 7

Burren and the Cliffs of Moher

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• The Cliffs of Moher

  These sea cliffs are among the highest sea cliffs in Western Europe and stretch for about 8 km along the Atlantic coast, offering unparalleled views of the sea. Return to Galway to enjoy some time at leisure in the city.

Meal(s): Breakfast

Day 8

Galway to Cork

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• Blarney Castle Tour

  Blarney Castle is set in over 60 acres of stunning parkland, filled with rare and unusual plants and trees and steeped in history. Visitors, too, can possess the gift of the gab by kissing the mythical Blarney Stone (or stone of eloquence).

Meal(s): Breakfast

Day 9

Kerry Highlights

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• Jaunting Car Ride in Killarney

  Finish the day with a relaxing jaunting car ride in Killarney National Park! Step back in time by experiencing Ireland’s most traditional mode of transport with a horse and carriage to view Killarney’s most loved hotspots. Learn all about the area's history from your jarvey, many of whom are second and third generation jarveys.

Meal(s): Breakfast

Day 10

Midleton and Waterford

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• Midleton Distillery Experience and Waterford Crystal Tour

  This distillery was founded by the Murphy Brothers in 1825 and still produces more than 24 million bottles of whiskey yearly. Finish the visit with a tasting of this famous Irish whiskey. Continue towards Waterford, where you will visit the House of Waterford in the city’s Viking Triangle. On the tour, you will witness how Waterford Crystal masterpieces are crafted, from initial design to final engraving.

Meal(s): Breakfast

Day 11

Kilkenny and Dunbrody

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• Option 1 - Dunbrody Famine Ship

  This is a full-scale replica of the original ship built in 1845 for the Graves family of New Ross which carried thousands of emigrants from Ireland to North America over thirty years. Afternoon at leisure in Kilkenny to discover this picturesque medieval city.

• Option 2 - Entrance and Self-Guided Tour of Kilkenny Castle

  Kilkenny Castle has been an important site since the Anglo-Normans built it in the 12th century. Learn about life in the castle over the many centuries of its existence.

Meal(s): Breakfast

Day 12

Kilkenny to Dublin

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• Option 1 - EPIC Museum Visit

  Find out why over 10 million people emigrated from Ireland. As you uncover the stories of Irish emigrants, you’ll realise that emigration is not about what people leave behind but what they bring with them.

• Option 2 - Evening Entertainment at Taylors Three Rock

  Visit this lively pub in Rathfarnham for an excellent dinner and evening of music and dance.

Meal(s): Breakfast

Day 13

Return Home

Meal(s): Breakfast