Kerry Royal
9 Day Escorted Coach Tour
About Your Tour
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.
Highlights Of Your Tour
Bunratty Village • Limerick City • Adare Village • Killarney • Tralee • Blennerville • Dingle Peninsula • Kenmare • Moll’s Gap on • Ring of Kerry • Killarney National Park • Blarney • Cork City • The Golden Vale • Cahir Castle • Rock of Cashel • Kilkenny City • Waterford City • Curragh of Kildare • Dublin City
What's Included On Your Tour
- 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
- 8 nights accommodation in first class hotels
- All rooms ensuite
- 8 full Irish Breakfasts (B)
- 5 table d’hote evening meals in hotels (D)
- Farewell dinner and entertainment in Dublin
- 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)
- The Croke Park Hotel, Dublin, Co. Dublin (2 Nights)
Your Tour Itinerary
Day 1 Arrive Shannonside (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)
After a hearty breakfast it’s off to Killarney in the ‘Kingdom of 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 next three 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. A reconstruction of an Irish Medieval town complete with the sounds and scents of the era. 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 and walk Inch beach where scenes from the epic film ‘Ryan’s Daughter’ were shot. (B, D)
Day 4 Kenmare & 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 (not so far away) 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, a city proud of its heritage. (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. A ticket is issued as if it was 1849 and allocates your space and food rations for the voyage. 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. Though only a town in size, it has the status of a city having vied with Dublin for the position of capital in the 17th century. (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. A panoramic tour of Dublin is undertaken before arriving at your city hotel. This evening we will have dinner and some lively entertainment in one of Dublin's top nightspots. (B. D)
Day 8 Dublin’s ‘Fair City’ (Friday)
The full day is yours to explore Dublin’s ‘Fair City’, an ancient and cosmopolitan city as initmate as a village, and friendly as a pub. A Dublin Bus Hop on / Hop off ticket is an ideal way to get around. Alternatively you can take the time to do some shopping around fashionable Grafton Street or visit some of the city’s attractions. (B)
Day 9 Tour Ends (Saturday)
Your tour ends after a final hearty Irish breakfast. If you have purchased our Air & Land package, a transfer is provided to Dublin airport. (B)
Tour Dates And Prices
The following departures are 8 Night / 9 Day tours.
Start Bunratty
(Friday) |
End Dublin
(Saturday) |
2 Persons
(Twin Room) |
3 Persons
(Triple Room) |
1 Person
(Single Room) |
Child* |
| May 07 |
May 15 |
1599 |
1549 |
1999 |
999 |
| May 14 |
May 22 |
1599 |
1549 |
1999 |
999 |
| May 21 |
May 29 |
1699 |
1649 |
2099 |
999 |
| May 28 |
Jun 05 |
1699 |
1649 |
2099 |
999 |
| Jun 04 |
Jun 12 |
1699 |
1649 |
2099 |
999 |
| Jun 11 |
Jun 19 |
1699 |
1649 |
2099 |
999 |
| Jun 18 |
Jun 26 |
1699 |
1649 |
2099 |
999 |
| Jun 25 |
Jul 03 |
1699 |
1649 |
2009 |
999 |
| Jul 02 |
Jul 10 |
1649 |
1599 |
2049 |
999 |
| Jul 09 |
Jul 17 |
1649 |
1599 |
2049 |
999 |
| Jul 16 |
Jul 24 |
1649 |
1599 |
2049 |
999 |
| Jul 23 |
Jul 31 |
1649 |
1599 |
2049 |
999 |
| Aug 06 |
Aug 14 |
1649 |
1699 |
2199 |
999 |
| Aug 13 |
Aug 21 |
1649 |
1699 |
2199 |
999 |
| Aug 20 |
Aug 28 |
1649 |
1699 |
2199 |
999 |
| Aug 27 |
Sep 04 |
1699 |
1649 |
2099 |
999 |
| Sep 03 |
Sep 11 |
1699 |
1649 |
2099 |
999 |
| Sep 10 |
Sep 18 |
1699 |
1649 |
2099 |
999 |
| Sep 17 |
Sep 25 |
1699 |
1649 |
2099 |
999 |
| Sep 24 |
Oct 02 |
1699 |
1649 |
2099 |
999 |
| Oct 01 |
Oct 09 |
1699 |
1549 |
1999 |
999 |
| Oct 08 |
Oct 16 |
1699 |
1549 |
1999 |
999 |
| Oct 15 |
Oct 23 |
1699 |
1549 |
1999 |
999 |
- Prices per person - Canadian Dollars.
- * Child Prices - apply to children under 12 years sharing room with 2 Adults.