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ESSENTIAL BRITAIN & IRELAND

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This comprehensive 11-day vacation gives you an insight into all five countries of the British Isles. Start with visits to prehistoric Stonehenge and the extraordinary excavations of the Roman Baths. Then travel via Cardiff and through South Wales to board the ferry for the crossing to Ireland. Watch the craftsmen at work at the Waterford Crystal factory, admire the stallions at the Irish National Stud, and relax in Dublin before heading north past the Mountains of Mourne to vibrant Belfast. Another ferry crossing takes you to Scotland and its capital city of Edinburgh, where a guided city tour includes a visit to the castle. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe's magnificent Floors Castle, a walking tour through York, and Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon are the final highlights of this journey.

City Highlights
STONEHENGE
Visit the prehistoric monument

BATH
Visit the Roman relics

BRISTOL
Orientation drive

CARDIFF
Orientation drive

WATERFORD
Guided tour of the Waterford Crystal factory

KILDARE
Guided tour of the Irish National Stud

DUBLIN
Orientation drive, visit Trinity College

EDINBURGH
Guided sightseeing, visit Edinburgh Castle

FLOORS
Visit the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe's stately home

YORK
Walking tour

STRATFORD
Picture stop at Anne Hathaway's Cottage, visit Shakespeare's birthplace

FERRIES
Cross the Irish Sea Pembroke-Rosslare and by Stena Line's High Speed Service Belfast-Stranraer