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Manor Royal
10 Day Escorted Coach Tour
About Your Tour
A delightful 10 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; go underground at the Marble Arch Caves in Fermanagh and traverse wild Connemara to Galway; view the Cliffs of Moher and cross the Shannon Estuary to the Kingdom of Kerry; kiss the Blarney stone, drink whiskey and stand amid the ruins of Cormac’s Chapel at the Rock of Cashel. Farewell dinner and entertainment at one of Dublin’s top night spots.
Highlights Of Your Tour
Dublin’s Fair City • Royal Meath • Cavan Lakelands • Sligo • Lough Erne • Enniskillen • Westport • Connemara • Galway City • Burren of Clare • Cliffs of Moher • Shannon Estuary • Lakes of Killarney • Ring of Kerry • Killarney National Park • Blarney • Cork City • Midleton • Waterford City • Kilkenny City • Tipperary • Golden Vale • Rock of Cashel • Curragh of Kildare
What's Included On Your Tour
- Admissions to: Trim Castle, Belleek Pottery, Marble Arch Caves, Foxford Woollen Mills, Cliffs of Moher Atlantic Edge Exhibition, Old Midleton Distillery
- Transportation throughout by modern touring coach
- Services of an experienced driver/guide
- 9 nights accommodation in first class hotels
- All rooms ensuite
- 9 full Irish Breakfasts (B)
- 8 table d’hôte evening meals in hotels (D)
- Welcome drink on arrival
- Baggage handling charges at all hotels
- Service charges and local taxes
Hotels On Your Tour
- Clontarf Castle, Dublin, Co. Dublin (1 Night)
- Kilronan Castle, Kilronan, Co. Roscommon (2 Nights)
- Meyrick Hotel, Galway, Co. Galway (1 Night)
- Malton Hotel, Killarney, Co. Kerry (2 Nights)
- Faithlegg House Hotel,, Faithlegg Co. Waterford (2 Nights)
- Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin Co. Dublin (1 Night)
Your Tour Itinerary
Day 1 Arrive Dublin (Tuesday)
Today is leisurely as we all gather in our hotel in the northern suburbs of Dublin. If you have purchased our Air & Land package you are ransferred from the airport to the tour hotel. Enjoy a pre-dinner drink and an introduction to your travelling companions before an early dinner. (D)
Day 2Royal Meath &Cavan (Wednesday)
The heritage town of Trim is first on our agenda this morning where we visit Trim Castle the largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland. It was selected by the makers of the movie ‘Braveheart’ as the location for this epic thriller. We then head north, thru’ the heritage town of Kells, the Lakelands of Cavan and across the River Shannon to our lovely castle hotel – home for the next two nights. (B, D)
Day 3 Sligo & Lough Erne (Thursday)
Looming over Sligo like a beached ocean liner is the limestone ridge known as Benbulben in an area which the poet W.B. Yeats called ‘the land of heart’s desire. We visit the poet’s grave in Drumcliffe before travelling along the shores of Lower Lough Erne from Belleek to Enniskillen. We visit the famous porcelain factory and learn all about stalagmites and stalactites as you explore the Marble Arch Caves, one of Europe’s finest showcaves. (B, D)
Day 4 Wesport & Connemara (Friday)
We travel further west this morning to Westport on Clew Bay in the shadow of Croagh Patrick, Ireland’s Holy Mountain, with a stop enroute at the Foxford Woollen Mills established in 1892 to try and stem the tide of emigration from the town. From Westport we continue to Leenane on Killary Harbour, on over the Maamturk Mountains in Connemara to Maam Cross and through Oughterard to Galway City, stopping to shop for some Connemara Marble. (B, D)
Day 5 The Burren & Cliffs of Moher (Saturday)
Enjoy a drive this morning along the southern shores of Galway Bay before traversing the Burren region of Clare with its remarkable flora and geological curiosities. We view the mighty Cliffs of Moher that stretch for over 8 km above the Atlantic Ocean and then continue along the coast via Lahinch and Miltown Malbay to Killimer where we cross the Shannon Estuary by ferry to Tarbert in the Kingdom of Kerry. (B, D)
Day 6 Ring of Kerry (Sunday)
A leisurely tour around the Iveragh Peninsula reputed to be the most scenic 100-mile drive in Europe. Travel via Killorglin, Cahirciveen, Waterville on Ballinskelligs Bay and the quaint village of Sneem with its brightly painted cottages. On through Moll’s Gap and along by Ladies View that provides some spectacular vistas of the famous Lakes of Killarney. Walk the shores of Muckross Lake in Killarney National Park from where you may wish to take a jaunting car ride, through the park, back to Killarney. (B, D)
Day 7Blarney & Midleton (Monday)
Leaving Killarney for Waterford we travel over the Kerry Mountains to Blarney to shop for handcrafts and a chance to kiss the famous ‘stone of eloquence’ (optional). Enjoy a panoramic tour of Cork City before viewing the largest pot still in the world on a tour of the Old Midleton Distillery, a journey through the story of Irish whiskey ending with a sampling of the renowned Jameson Whiskey. (B)
Day 8Kilkenny & Tipperary (Tuesday)
Set on the banks of the river Nore, Kilkenny is undoubtedly Ireland’s loveliest inland city. It is justly proud of both its castle and cathedral and contains an absolute treasury of well-preserved medieval buildings. Not so far away is Tipperary in the lush pasturelands of the Golden Vale. Rising dramatically out of the Tipperary plain is the Rock of Cashel, a symbol of royal and priestly power for more than a millennium. A good proportion of the complex is still standing and Cormac’s Chapel is one of the most outstanding examples of Romanesque architecture in the country.(B)
Day 9Kildare & Dublin (Wednesday)
This morning we travel direct to Dublin thru’ Carlow and the Curragh of Kildare, the heart of Ireland’s famous bloodstock and racing industry, arriving in the ‘Fair City’ around midday. For the afternoon you are free to explore the city on your own or take time to do some shopping around the fashionable Grafton Street area. This evening we will have a farewell dinner and Irish entertainment in one of Dublin’s top nightspots. (B)
Day 10 Tour Ends (Thursday)
Your tour ends after a final hearty Irish breakfast in your Dublin hotel. If you have purchased our Air & Land package, a transfer is provided to Dublin airport. (B)
Tour Dates And Prices
Start Dublin
(Tuesday) |
End Dublin
(Thursday) |
2 Persons
(Twin Room) |
3 Persons
(Triple Room) |
1 Person
(Single Room) |
Child* |
| May 18 |
May 27 |
2299 |
2229 |
2899 |
1349 |
| Jun 15 |
Jun 24 |
2299 |
2229 |
2899 |
1349 |
| Jul 13 |
Jul 22 |
2299 |
2229 |
2899 |
1349 |
| Aug 10 |
Aug 19 |
2299 |
2229 |
2899 |
1349 |
| Sep 07 |
Sep 16 |
2349 |
2279 |
2949 |
1349 |
| Oct 05 |
Oct 14 |
2199 |
2129 |
2799 |
1349 |
- Prices per person - Canadian Dollars.
- * Child Prices - apply to children under 12 years sharing room with 2 Adults.
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