• 9 days / 8 nights / 15 meals
• Group transfers at start and end of tour
• Sightseeing by luxury coach
• Professional tour director
• 8 nights in hotels listed above
• Full breakfast daily except on day 1 (B)
• 7 dinners (D) including:
  - Bunratty Castle Medieval Banquet
  - Dinner and Irish step-dancing display at Cabra Castle Hotel
  - 5 table d'hote dinners
• Welcome get-together drink
• “The Quiet Man” walking tour of Cong
• Catamaran cruise of Killary Fjord with an Irish coffee
• Slieve League Sea Cliffs followed by home-baked scones with coffee or tea
• Walking tour of Derry with a local guide
• Tour of Belfast with a local guide
• Dublin open-top bus tour with a visit and drink at Guinness Storehouse or Old Jameson Distillery
• Visits and admissions to Cliffs of Moher, Burren Display Centre, Poulnabrone Dolmen, Kylemore Abbey Visitor Centre, Museum of Country Life, Knock Shrine, W. B. Yeats' Grave, Belleek Pottery Factory, Triona Design, Giant's Causeway and Battle of the Boyne Centre
• Deluxe flight bag, ticket wallet, luggage tags & strap
• All local taxes, hotel service charges & porterage for one suitcase per person

Superior First Class Hotels - 9 Day Coach Tour

This well paced 9 day tour shows you the highlights of the northern part of the Irish Island, with a good mixture of historical attractions, magnificent sceneries, country life and major cities. Start Galway, Ireland head to the Northern Irish cities Derry and Belfast and travel at the end back to Ireland, to the capital Dublin.

Day 1: Cliffs of Moher & Banquet

Your tour starts in Shannon Airport with a transfer to your hotel in Bunratty.

At 2:30pm  your tour will depart for the Cliffs of Moher. Later that evening, you will return to Bunratty to experience dinner at the Mediaeval Banquet at the 15th century Bunratty castle. (B, D)

Day 2: Burren & Galway bay

Kilfenora is the home of the Burren Display Centre where you will learn about the Burren, an area of rounded limestone hills. Next you will view the Poulnabrone Dolmen, a Neolithic burial place dating to 4,000 BC and take a look around the village of Ballyvaughan.

Later on day 2 you will drive into Galway where you will have some free time in the city centre before checking in to your hotel overlooking Galway Bay and the Burren. (B, D)

Day 3: “Quiet Man” Walking Tour & Catamaran Cruise

A guided walk through Cong will highlight the set locations for the “The Quiet Man” movie which was made in 1952. The drive will allow you to view the lovely scenery of Connemara and to embark on a short cruise of Killary Harbour.

Enjoy an Irish coffee as you view one of the few remaining traces of pre-Famine potato “lazy beds.” Make a brief stop at Kylemore Abbey Visitor Centre before heading to Clifden, a delightful market town, and then return to Galway.(B, D)

Day 4: Museum of Country Life & Belleek China

Just outside Castlebar is the Museum of Country Life which has collections of domestic goods, used in everyday country living from 1850 to 1950. Stop in the pilgrimage town of Knock and in County Sligo view W. B. Yeats’ grave.

The tour will continue to Belleek where you will visit the Belleek Pottery Factory which was founded in the mid-19th century and today renowned for fine china.

Later that evening you will travel to Donegal town for your next overnight stop. (B, D)

Day 5: Slieve League Cliffs & Donegal

On day 5 you will drive along the coast of Donegal to view Slieve League sea cliffs, the highest in Europe reaching 1,972 feet. The cliffs drop straight down to the wild Atlantic waves creating marvellous views.

Why not have a coffee or tea with your home-baked scones before driving through Glengesh Pass to Ardara to visit Triona Design for demonstrations of spinning and knitting.

Enjoy some free time in Donegal town for free time before returning to your hotel for your meal. (B, D)

Day 6: Derry Walk & Giant’s Causeway

Today will include taking a walking tour with a local guide to see Derry’s medieval walls, the Diamond and St. Columb’s Cathedral. Visit Dunluce Castle before visiting the Giant's Causeway, which was formed by volcanic activity over 60 million years ago. Continue along the scenic coastal drive of the “Nine Glens of Antrim” to your hotel in Belfast. Enjoy dinner at your hotel tonight. (B, D)

Day 7: Belfast & Cabra Castle

Day 7 includes a tour of Belfast with a local guide to see Victorian buildings, the Harland & Wolff shipyards where the Titanic was built, plus the areas of Falls Road and Shankill where the 'Troubles' took place.

Continue past the Mourne Mountains to Kingscourt to your lovely castle hotel, built in 1760. You will arrive in plent time to enjoy the facilities which includes a 9-hole golf course. After dinner, youthful dancers will display intricate Irish step-dancing. (B, D)

Day 8: Battle of the Boyne Centre & Leisure Time in Dublin

Just outside Drogheda you may visit the Battle of the Boyne Centre to learn about the 1690 conflict between King William III and his father-in-law, King James II before travelling onwards to Dublin. The rest of the day is free so why not take an open-top bus tour of Dublin city and visit Guinness or Jameson (B)

Day 9: Depart from Dublin Airport

Your Tour ends today with a group transfer to Dublin Airport.  (B)

B=Breakfast, D=Dinner

Hotels on this tour

• Bunratty Castle Hotel, Bunratty (1 night)
• Galway Bay Hotel, Galway (2 nights)
• Mill Park Hotel, Donegal Town (2 nights)
• Radisson Blue Hotel, Belfast City (1 night)
• Cabra Castle Hotel, Kingscourt (1 night)
• Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin (1 night)