Best of Northern Ireland & Dublin
Day 1 - Depart USA Overnight flight to Dublin.
Day 2 - Arrive Dublin On arrival transfer to your hotel. Later, sightseeing with a local guide features a visit to Trinity College and sees St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Castle and Phoenix Park. Tonight, enjoy a welcome dinner and drink with our Tour Director and travelling companions. (Welcome Dinner)
Day 3 - Dublin - Belfast We travel through the Boyne valley (site of the famous battle) and via Newgrange with its series of burial chambers into Ulster. We enjoy views of Carlingford Lough before a scenic drive to Downpatrick. Later we continue on to Belfast, where our sightseeing tour shows us the City Hall, Queen's University and Stormont Castle, before reaching our hotel for dinner. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)
Day 4 - Belfast — Bushmills — Giant's Causeway — Londonderry/Derry (2 nights) We begin with a drive along the Antrim Coast, seeing the castles at Ballygalley and Glenarm, and on to Ballycastle. We continue to Bushmills to visit the world's oldest whiskey distillery. Next we visit the famous Giant's Causeway before making our way to our hotel at Londonderry/Derry for the next two nights. (Full Breakfast)
Day 5 - Londonderry - Derry sightseeing After breakfast our morning walking tour with a local guide takes us onto the city walls for fine views over this fine city. We also visit the Bogside — with memories of the recent conflicts, then we continue to the 17th century St. Columb's Cathedral. Next we head to the Derry Craft Village and on to the quay where Irish emigrants sailed to the New World. Later, enjoy time at leisure perhaps to take an excursion to the Inishowen Peninsula. Tonight, we enjoy dinner in a local restaurant.(Full Breakfast / Highlight Dinner)
Day 6 - Londonderry/Derry — Belleek — Sligo (2 nights) Today we travel via Strabane and Omagh, where we visit the Ulster-American Folk Park en route to Lough Erne and Enniskillen in Ireland's Lake District. From here we visit the famous Belleek Pottery Factory before reaching our hotel in Sligo. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)
Day 7 - Yeats Country & Donegal Excursion This morning we visit W. B. Yeats country as we make our way to Drumcliff. We continue to Donegal town and enjoy a scenic drive as we make our way towards Balleybofey and through the Finn Valley en route to Glenties. Next we reach Ardara, with a chance to buy world-famous Aran sweaters and Donegal Tweeds. From here we continue to Killybegs before we return to Sligo for the night. Your evening is at leisure. (Full Breakfast)
Day 8 - Sligo — Dublin Today's journey takes us along the mighty Shannon River to Lough Key and on to the town of Boyle seeing the Cistercian Abbey. Later, via Longford and Mullingar back to Dublin's 'fair city'. (Full Breakfast)
Day 9 - Dublin - USA Farewell as we transfer you to the airport for your return flight to the USA. (Full Breakfast)
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