Escorted Coach Tours
Sit Back, Relax And Let Us Show You Our Ireland
Our Escorted Tours are exclusively designed and customized with you the traveller in mind. Each is leisurely paced with many stops so you are never on the bus for long periods. Coaches have air conditioning; reclining seats and a superb sound system so that our driver/guide’s commentary comes right to your seat. Drivers are true professionals, friendly and knowledgeable, always ready to please and inform you.
Hotels are first class (some superior first class) offering excellent standards of accommodation, service and facilities. Each day starts with a hearty Irish breakfast (could keep you going until dinner time) and ends with a 3-course plus coffee table d’hôte evening meal (excluding 1 or 2 evenings) – the finest of local Irish produce served by warm and friendly staff.
You will visit many of Ireland’s top visitor attractions and heritage sites, most with a local guide to put you in the picture.
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Shamrock Royal
See Ireland at its own gentle pace. This in-depth but leisurely 15 day tour takes you all around Ireland from Dublin Bay thru’ the Boyne Valley to Belfast; the Glens of Antrim and the Giant’s Causeway to the walled city of Derry; to Westport on Clew Bay and desolate Connemara, the mighty Cliffs of Moher rising above the Atlantic Ocean and Bunratty; to the Kingdom of Kerry and its famous lakes, the village of Blarney in Cork, medieval Kilkenny and Viking Waterford before finishing in Ireland’s thriving capital city of Dublin with a dinner evening of superb entertainment. NEW for 2012 - Tuesday departures. Learn more...
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Manor Royal
A delightful 11 days of touring from Dublin back to Dublin staying in castle and manor house style hotels. Explore Trim Castle enroute to your castle hotel in Roscommon; cruise Lough Gill and visit places in Sligo associated with the poet W.B. Yeats; traverse wild Connemara to Galway and visit a sheep farm; view the Cliffs of Moher and cross the Shannon Estuary to the Kingdom of Kerry; kiss the Blarney stone and visit Cobh the last port of call of the ill-fated Titanic; see how the world famous Waterford Crystal is made and view the 6th century monastic complex in the Wicklow Mountains. Farewell dinner and rousing Irish entertainment at one of Dublin’s top night spots. Learn more...
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Kerry Royal
This leisurely 9 day tour explores the southern counties of Ireland from the Shannon Estuary around to Dublin’s ‘Fair City’. In between savour the natural beauty and spectacular scenery of Kerry, the lush pasturelands of the Golden Vale and the proud heritage of mediaeval Kilkenny and the Curragh of Kildare. NEW for 2012 - 8 day Tuesday departures. Learn more...
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Celtic Royal
This 8 day tour focuses on the historic northern counties of Ireland from Dublin Bay to the Cooley Peninsula to Belfast’s Titanic Quarter to Derry, from Donegal thru’ Yeats’ county of Sligo to the rugged Atlantic coastlines of Mayo and Galway, south to the ancient Burren region of Clare and picturesque Bunratty. NEW for 2012 - Tuesday departures. Learn more...
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Kerry Fling
A shorter 7 day version of the Kerry Royal Tour commencing in Shannonside and then ends on arrival in Dublin’s ‘Fair City’. You miss nothing except the last 2 nights in Dublin and the farewell dinner with entertainment. Learn more...
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Celtic Classic
Experience the Celtic traditions of Scotland and Ireland on this 2 week tour. Discover some of Scotland’s most famous lochs and glens enroute to Inverness plus the romantic Isle of Skye. Get a taste for single malt whisky before arriving in glorious Edinburgh and a traditional Scottish evening. A short flight takes you to Dublin for another week of Celtic magic. A drive north thru’ the Boyne Valley to Belfast; along the Antrim Coast via the Giant’s Causeway; into Sligo and Mayo and rugged Connemara; the Burren of Clare and Cliffs of Moher to the picturesque village of Bunratty. Learn more...
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Irish & English Classic
Contrasts galore to enjoy on this 16 day tour of Ireland and England. Start with the southern counties of Ireland and the spectacular scenery of the Kingdom of Kerry. Then view the lush pasturelands of Cork and Tipperary, medieval Kilkenny, Viking Waterford and the Curragh of Kildare to Dublin. Fly to Glasgow and commence your journey thru’ some of England’s best loved heritage locations from the Lake District to York with its historic walls; beautiful Stratford Upon Avon; the elegant city of Bath in Somerset and the ancient monuments at Stonehenge. Your tour ends in London where the romance of the past is everywhere blending with the present. Learn more...
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