IRISH QUEST
Superior First Class Hotels – 8 Day Coach Tour

Euro 750 Onwards

Tour Highlights

Walk Derry’s Medieval Walls

Belfast’s Titanic Quarter

Dingle Peninsula Tour

Giant’s Causeway

Award-Winning Cabra Castle

DAY 1 – SUN: ARRIVAL

Arrive in Shannon Airport and Transfer to your hotel between 7:00am and 12 noon. Check in to your hotel near Bunratty castle and the rest of the day is as leisure. (D)

DAY 2 – MON: CLIFFS OF MOHER & GALWAY

Meet your Tour Director at 12:30pm in the Hotel Lobby. Head to the coast to view the Cliffs of Moher, an impressive wall of rock that rises 700 feet above the Atlantic Ocean. Continue to Galway for a panoramic drive before checking in to your hotel, which overlooks Galway Bay. (B, D)

DAY 3 – TUE: “QUIET MAN” WALKING TOUR & CONNEMARA

Drive to Cong where “The Quiet Man” movie was made in 1952. A guided walk will show you places featured in the production. Travel through Connemara for sweeping views of misty mountains and shimmering lakes. Stop briefly at Kylemore Abbey Visitor Centre before continuing to Clifden, a delightful market town set between the Twelve Pins Mountains and sandy bays. Return to your hotel to relax before dining in your hotel once again. (B, D)

DAY 4 – WED: YEATS’ GRAVE & BELLEEK CHINA

Travel north to Castlebar to the Museum of Country Life which displays articles used in everyday life during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Continue to County Sligo and pause in Drumcliffe Churchyard at the grave of the writer, W. B. Yeats. Follow the shoreline of Donegal Bay to visit the Belleek Pottery Factory where craftspeople mould, shape and decorate clay, creating the world-famous fine china. Continue your drive through the majestic Barnesmore Gap to Derry. Enjoy free time to relax or take a walk before dinner. (B, D)

DAY 5 – THU: DERRY WALK & GIANT’S CAUSEWAY

Join a local guide for a walking tour around Derry’s ancient city centre including the Guildhall, St. Columb’s Cathedral, the Diamond and the 16th century walls. Visit the award-winning Tower Museum. Drive along the north coast, stopping for photos at the ruined Dunluce Castle and explore the Giant’s Causeway, huge hexagonal basalt columns formed over 60 million years ago. The oversized rocks have given rise to many legends. Return to Derry for leisure time. (B, D)

DAY 6 – FRI: BELFAST TOUR & CABRA CASTLE STAY

Drive direct to Belfast where a guide will show you all around the city centre with its Victorian buildings as well as the docks where the Titanic was build and areas around the Malone Road and Falls where the struggles of the latter part of the 20th century took place. Take some free time to look around on your own before travelling south to Kingscourt and your castle hotel, built in 1760. Arrive mid-afternoon so that you have time to enjoy the atmosphere and facilities of this lovely property and maybe play the 9-hole golf course. After dinner in the Court Restaurant, youthful dancers display intricate Irish step-dancing. (B, D)

DAY 7 – SAT: DUBLIN & OPEN-TOP BUS TOUR

After a leisurely breakfast, drive to Dublin and check in around midday. The afternoon is free and you may use your vouchers for an open-top bus tour and Guinness or Jameson visit. Dine independently at one of Dublin’s great restaurants or create your own pub crawl through the nearby Temple Bar area. (B)

DAY 8 – SUN: DEPART FROM DUBLIN AIRPORT

Your hotel offers a shuttle service to Dublin Airport every two hours starting at 7:20 am. So choose a suitable transfer time to arrive at the airport to check in for your flight. If you need an earlier transfer, your tour escort will arrange one for you. (B)

DEPARTURE DATES

March

June

September

July

October

August

YOUR TOUR INCLUDES

• Transfers on arrival and departure

• Sightseeing by luxury coach throughout

• Dublin open-top bus tour with complimentary visit and a drink at Guinness Storehouse or Old Jameson Distillery

• Services of a professional Irish tour director

• Superior first class hotels with private bath/shower for 7 nights

• 7 full Irish breakfasts (B)

• 6 dinners (D) including: Dinner and Irish step-dancing display at Cabra Castle Hotel, 5 table d’hôte dinners

• Tours Belfast with local guide

• “The Quiet Man” walking tour of Cong

• Walking tour of Derry with a local guide

• Visits and admissions to Cliffs of Moher, Kylemore Abbey Visitor Centre, Museum of Country Life, W. B. Yeats’ Grave, Belleek Pottery Factory, Tower Museum and Giant’s Causeway

• Deluxe 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)

• Bunratty Castle Hotel, Bunratty  (1 night)

• Salthill Hotel, Galway  (2 nights)

• City Hotel, Derry  (2 nights)

• Cabra Castle Hotel, Cavan  (1 night)

• Clarion IFSC Hotel, Dublin  (1 night)