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6-Nights Taste Of Ireland Self-Drive - Tour A from $995
CIE Tours
OFFER ID 1542520
This fast-paced, short-and-sweet Ireland tour offers the potential to see the top Irish highlights. Stay in Dublin, Killarney and Clare on this driving adventure. All our self-drive Classic Itinerary tours include your hotel stays, a hop-on bus ticket and a voucher for a Dublin attraction, and an entertainment experience; other attractions mentioned are suggestions.
Authentic Local Experiences:
- Enjoy a feast in a real medieval castle, as you are serenaded by lords and ladies.
Trip Highlights:
- Medieval Castle Banquet
Dining Experiences:
- 6 Breakfasts and 2 Dinners (D)
Hotels:
- Clayton Hotel Ballsbridge | Dublin (2)
- Killarney Towers Hotel | Killarney (2)
- Clayton Hotel Limerick | Limerick (1)
- Academy Plaza Hotel | Dublin (1)
6 nights from $995 per person
CIE Tours: Taste of Ireland Self-Drive
Day 1: Dublin
Hotel: Clayton Hotel Ballsbridge
Day 2: Dublin
Spend your day continuing to explore Dublin with the included vouchers, seeing its vibrant blend of ancient and modern: Trinity College, Georgian houses with colorful doors, and the modern buildings rising by the River Liffey.
Hotel: Clayton Hotel Ballsbridge
Meals: (B)
Day 3: Killarney
Pick up your Hertz rental car and depart Dublin, through the legendary green fields of Ireland’s farmlands. Stop for photos of the stately ruins of the Rock of Cashel, rising high above the surrounding plain. You might choose to visit Blarney Castle in Cork, where you can climb the winding staircase to kiss the legendary stone that promises the gift of the gab or wander through the beautiful gardens. Arrive in the friendly town of Killarney, picturesquely set beside lakes with Ireland’s highest mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, forming a backdrop. Check in to your hotel, where you’ll dine this evening.
Hotel: Killarney Towers Hotel
Meals: (B, D)
Day 4: Killarney
You might choose to visit CIE Tours preferred shopping partner Moriarty’s in the beautiful Gap of Dunloe, before embarking on the famed Ring of Kerry scenic drive. The winding 100-mile route reveals breathtaking coastal and mountain views, with plenty of photo stops. Stop for a stroll around the village of Sneem, with its brightly painted houses, and at Moll’s Gap for panoramic views of Ireland’s highest mountains. Return to Killarney to explore and dine independently.
Hotel: Killarney Towers Hotel
Meals: (B)
Day 5: Medieval Castle Banquet | Limerick
Leave Killarney and drive north. You might choose to stop off at the Cliffs of Moher, a spectacular wall of sandstone that reaches almost 700 feet above the Atlantic Ocean. Drive on to your hotel in Limerick. In the evening, head out to Bunratty for a medieval-style feast of excellent traditional dishes. During and after the meal the lords and ladies will serenade you with songs and harp music evocative of the Middle Ages. (Please note that January departures may offer a different dining experience.)
Hotel: Clayton Hotel Limerick
Meals: (B, D)
Day 6: Dublin
You’ll stay in Dublin tonight. You might choose to first drive north this morning to Galway to explore this lively, artistic city. Walk through its medieval streetscape, listen to the buskers performing, enjoy its many shops and cafes; then travel across the country to Dublin. Spend the final night of your tour exploring the pubs in the lively Temple Bar area or experiencing one of Dublin’s fine restaurants.
Hotel: Academy Plaza Hotel
Meals: (B)
Day 7: Tour Ends in Dublin
Your tour ends after breakfast today. Drive to the airport and drop off your rental car.
Meals: (B)
Meal Abbreviations: B: Breakfast, L: Lunch, D: Dinner
extensive gardens, which are open to the public; as is the Main House. There is a lovely restaurant in the house, overlooking the gardens and Wicklow Mountains, which offers the finest in Irish artisan, home cooked cuisine. The 34,000 acres of this estate extend along both shores of the River Dargle . Powerscourt is one of the finest properties in Europe, designed and laid out by Daniel Robertson between 1745 and 1767. This property is filled with splendid Greek and Italian-inspired statuary, decorative ironwork, a petrified-moss grotto, lovely herbaceous borders, a Japanese garden, a circular pond and fountain with statues of winged horses, and an occasional herd of deer. Opportunity for shopping at Avoca Handweavers now located in Powerscourt House. Enjoy lunch here at Powerscourt or at a traditional Irish pub in the city centre.
number of city parks, such as St. Stephen’s Green and indeed Merrion Square. The highlights of any tour in Dublin may include a visit to Trinity College, the Guinness Storehouse… and –if time permits –St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Vacation Details
* This departure has been designated a guaranteed departure by the operator, meaning that the minimum number of guests has been met, although still subject to weather and other conditions.
Fine dining, on-site bars or lounges and room service with extended hours are characteristic of deluxe establishments. Guest services usually include valet parking, concierge services, baggage assistance and laundry services. Other on-site facilities often include shops and boutiques, full service spas, full fitness facilities with pools and tennis courts. Business amenities may include available up-to-date technology and support staffs available for services. Attention to detail is apparent in the guestrooms which typically have stylish furnishings, quality bedding and bath products and often provide an evening turn down service.
All fares are quoted in US Dollars.
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