Monday, February 06, 2012

Kerry Fling

7 Day Escorted Coach Tour

About Your Tour

A shorter 7 day version of the Kerry Royal Tour commencing in Shannonside and ending on arrival in Dublin’s ‘Fair City’. You miss nothing except the last 2 nights in Dublin and the farewell dinner with entertainment. Spend 3 nights exploring the spectacular scenery of the Kingdom of Kerry and then to Kilkenny thru' Cork and Tipperary in the Golden Vale and via the Curragh of Kildare before arriving late afternoon in Dublin.

Highlights Of Your Tour

Bunratty Village Limerick City Adare Village Killarney Dingle Peninsula Kenmare Moll’s Gap on Ring of Kerry Killarney National Park Blarney The Golden Vale Kilkenny City Waterford City Curragh of Kildare Dublin City

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, Waterford Crystal Centre, 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)
  • Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel, Co. Kilkenny (2 Nights)

Your Tour Itinerary (Land Only)

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. Overnight – Bunratty Castle Hotel, Bunratty

Day 2 Limerick & Adare (Saturday)

After breakfast we head for the Kingdom of Kerry. A tour of Limerick City and its heritage precinct 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 three nights. Dinner/Overnight – Dromhall Hotel, Killarney

Day 3 Dingle Peninsula (Sunday)

We take a voyage back through time this morning on a visit to the Kingdom of Kerry Museum in Tralee. 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. Enjoy views of the Lakes of Killarney from Aghadoe Heights before returning to Killarney. Dinner/Overnight – Dromhall Hotel, Killarney

Day 4 Killarney National Park (Monday)

We take the short drive to the heritage town of Kenmare at the foot of the Cork and Kerry mountains this morning. We then travel the Ring of Kerry road back 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. Dinner/Overnight – Dromhall Hotel, Killarney

Day 5 Blarney & Tipperary (Tuesday)

Leaving Kerry we travel east over the Derrynasaggart Mountains to Blarney to shop for handcrafts and a chance to kiss the famous ‘stone of eloquence’ (optional). From Cork City we head 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. Dinner/Overnight – Ormonde Hotel, Kilkenny

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 visit the new Waterford Crystal centre before returning back to Kilkenny for a leisurely afternoon. Dinner/Overnight – Ormonde Hotel, Kilkenny

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 Dates And Prices

Start Bunratty
(Friday)
End Dublin
(Thursday)
2 Persons
(Twin Room)
3 Persons
(Triple Room)
1 Person
(Single Room)
Child#
May 06 May 12 1099 1069 1449 799
May 13 May 19 1099 1069 1449 799
May 20 May 26 1199 1169 1549 799
May 27 Jun 02 1199 1169 1549 799
Jun 03 Jun 09 1199 1169 1549 799
Jun 10 Jun 16 1199 1169 1549 799
Jun 17 Jun 23 1199 1169 1549 799
Jun 24 Jun 30 1199 1169 1549 799
Jul 01 Jul 07 1149 1119 1499 799
Jul 08 Jul 14 1149 1119 1499 799
Jul 15 Jul 21 1149 1119 1499 799
Jul 22 Jul 28 1149 1119 1499 799
Jul 29 Aug 04 1149 1119 1499 799
Aug 05 Aug 11 1149 1119 1499 799
Aug 12 Aug 18 1149 1119 1499 799
Aug 19 Aug 25 1149 1119 1499 799
Aug 26 Sep 01 1199 1169 1549 799
Sep 02 Sep 08 1199 1169 1549 799
Sep 09 Sep 15 1199 1169 1549 799
Sep 16 Sep 22 1199 1169 1549 799
Sep 23 Sep 29 1199 1169 1549 799
Sep 30 Oct 06 1199 1169 1549 799
Oct 07 Oct 13 1099 1069 1449 799
Oct 14 Oct 20 1099 1069 1449 799
Oct 21 Oct 27 1099 1069 1449 799
  1. Prices per person - Canadian Dollars.
  2. * Child Prices - apply to children under 12 years sharing room with 2 Adults.

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