Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Kerry Fling

7 Day Escorted Coach Tour

About Your Tour

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.

Highlights Of Your Tour

Limerick City Adare Village Killarney Dingle Peninsula Kenmare Moll’s Gap on Ring of Kerry Killarney National Park Blarney Cahir Castle Kilkenny City Waterford City Curragh of Kildare

What's Included On Your Tour

Kerry Fling Escorted Tour Route

  • Admissions to: Kingdom of Kerry Museum, Muckross Traditional Farms, Cahir Castle, Dunbrody Famine Ship, Irish National Stud & Japanese Gardens
  • Transportation throughout by modern touring coach
  • Services of an experienced driver/guide
  • 6 nights accommodation in first class hotels
  • All rooms ensuite
  • 6 full Irish Breakfasts (B)
  • 5 table d’hote evening meals in hotels (D)
  • Snack lunch at Muckross Traditional Farms
  • Baggage handling charges at all hotels
  • Service charges and local taxes

Hotels Included in Your Tour

  • Bunratty Castle Hotel, Bunratty, Co. Clare (1 Night)
  • Dromhall Hotel, Killarney, Co. Kerry (3 Nights)
  • Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny (2 Nights)

Your Tour Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive Shannon (Friday)

If you have purchased our Air & Land package you will be met on arrival and transferred from Dublin airport to the tour hotel in Shannonside. If not join us in the late afternoon / early evening and meet your travelling companions. An optional Traditional Irish Night at the Corn Barn in Bunratty Folk Park is on offer tonight.

Day 2 Limerick & Adare (Saturday)

f Kerry. A tour of Limerick City is undertaken before travelling to Adare where thatched cottages line the broad main street amid the ruins of medieval churches. We continue via Rathkeale and Abbeyfeale and arrive in Killarney, home for the next 3 nights. (B, D)

Day 3 Dingle Peninsula (Sunday)

We take a voyage back through time this morning on a visit to the Kingdom of Kerry Museum. Afterwards a tour of the Dingle Peninsula, an area rich in antiquities ranging from Iron Age stone forts to beehive huts. We will visit the fishing port of Dingle and view the Blasket Islands as we round Slea Head. (B, D)

Day 4 Killarney National Park (Monday)

Enjoy views of the Lakes of Killarney from Aghadoe Heights before taking the short drive to the market town of Kenmare. Travel the Ring of Kerry road into Killarney thru’ Moll’s Gap and by Ladies View that provides spectacular vistas of the famous lakes. Walk the shores of Muckross Lake and visit the Traditional Farms which preserve the farming traditions of rural Ireland in the past. On option to the National Folk Theatre (Siamsa Tire) is on offer tonight. (B, D)

Day 5 Blarney & Tipperary (Tuesday)

Leaving Kerry we travel over the Kerry Mountains to Blarney to shop for handcrafts and a chance to kiss the famous ‘stone of eloquence’ (optional). From Cork City we head north to Tipperary with its lush, green landscape. We visit Cahir for a tour of one of Ireland’s best preserved castles and the town of Cashel, dominated by the spectacular Rock of Cashel, before arriving in Kilkenny. (B, D)

Day 6 Waterford & Kilkenny (Wednesday)

Follow in the footsteps of a group of Famine emigrants as you board a replica of the sailing vessel Dunbrody at the quayside in New Ross. We continue to the city of Waterford, founded by the Vikings some 1,100 years ago and then it’s back to Kilkenny for a leisurely afternoon. (B, D)

Day 7 Curragh of Kildare (Thursday)

Enroute to Dublin this morning we travel through the Curragh Kildare and a guided tour of the Irish National Stud, which is home to some of Ireland’s finest thoroughbreds. You also visit the Horse Museum and both the Japanese and Saint Fiachra’s Gardens. Your tour ends in Dublin after a panoramic tour of the city. Tour Ends. (B)

Tour Dates And Prices

Start Bunratty
(Friday)
End Dublin
(Thursday)
2 Persons
(Twin Room)
3 Persons
(Triple Room)
1 Person
(Single Room)
Child#
May 07 May 13 1149 1119 1499 899
May 14 May 20 1149 1119 1499 899
May 21 May 27 1249 1199 1599 899
May 28 Jun 03 1249 1199 1599 899
Jun 04 Jun 10 1249 1199 1599 899
Jun 11 Jun 17 1249 1199 1599 899
Jun 18 Jun 24 1249 1199 1599 899
Jun 25 Jul 01 1249 1199 1549 899
Jul 02 Jul 08 1199 1159 1549 899
Jul 09 Jul 15 1199 1159 1549 899
Jul 16 Jul 22 1199 1159 1549 899
Jul 23 Jul 29 1199 1159 1549 899
Aug 06 Aug 12 1199 1159 1549 899
Aug 13 Aug 19 1199 1159 1549 899
Aug 20 Aug 26 1199 1159 1549 899
Aug 27 Sep 02 1249 1199 1599 899
Sep 03 Sep 09 1249 1199 1599 899
Sep 10 Sep 16 1249 1199 1599 899
Sep 17 Sep 23 1249 1199 1599 899
Sep 24 Sep 30 1249 1199 1599 899
Oct 01 Oct 07 1149 1119 1499 899
Oct 08 Oct 14 1149 1119 1499 899
Oct 15 Oct 21 1149 1119 1499 899
  1. Prices per person - Canadian Dollars.
  2. * Child Prices - apply to children under 12 years sharing room with 2 Adults.

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