PRE/POST-TOUR DUBLIN PACKAGE: One or Two Nights
Extend your Ireland Tour with one or two nights in Dublin, Ireland's Capital. Package includes: Private Car Transfer from airport to hotel, Accommodation for one or two nights, Irish breakfast each morning, Dublin Literary Pub Crawl evening, Departure Private Car Transfer and porterage at airport and hotel. Click here: Dublin's Fair City Package

ITINERARY

Day 1 - CASHEL & CAHIR
Your experienced Driver-Guide will greet you and you board the luxury touring vehicle and tour from Dublin through County Kildare. Stop at the Curragh and view the horse training in progress and see the ‘gallops.’ On through County Kildare, the center of horse breeding success in Ireland. Tour to the town of Cashel. The impressive Rock of Cashel looms up in front of you as you approach the town. This cathedral-fortress dates to the time of St. Patrick when he used the shamrock as the symbol of the Holy Trinity as he converted the King of Munster to Christianity. Continue to Cahir with a visit to the 12th century Butler castle - Cahir Castle. This has been fully restored to its original state. Tour to Blarney where Blarney Castle, a 15th century McCarthy Castle, is legend. You’ll visit the estate and enjoy a stroll through the estate to the castle and then climb to the top and kiss the Blarney Stone. It is said that you’ll obtain the gift of eloquent speech by kissing the stone. Continue to Cork City on the River Lee, a city more than 800 years old, the second largest city of the Irish Republic, lively and prosperous with a keen sense of its own cultural identity. Stay in Cork City or Kinsale this evenng.

Day 2 - BANTRY, KENMARE & KILLARNEY
Tour to the quaint harbor town of Kinsale. See the star-shaped Charles Fort at Summercove with its own ghost story; explore the town with its boutiques, shops, restaurants and pubs. Tour to Bantry with its beautiful Bantry Bay. At Glengarriff we take a boat across Bantry Bay to Garinish Island, where Agatha Christie and George Bernard Shaw used to vacation. Enjoy the Italianate Gardens and the Martello Tower. Cross the spectacular Caha Pass into Kenmare situated on the Kenmare River, a very picturesque town. Tour north through Moll’s Gap and stop at Ladies View for a panoramic view over the Lakes of Killarney and Killarney town. Stay in Killarney this evening.

Day 3 - LIMERICK & BUNRATTY
Irish Jaunting Cart ride through the Killarney National Park to Ross Castle or Muckross House. Depart Killarney and drive north to the city of Limerick via the picturesque village of Adare with thatch-roof cottages lining the main street. You stop for the night at Shannonside and this evening you will dine like the Lords and Ladies of the 15th Century at Bunrattty Castle.

Day 4 - DEPART FOR HOME
Transfer to nearby Shannon Airport. Check-in for your flight. Depart for home.

SLAN LEAT

Note: If you need to return to Dublin to depart for home, your driver-guide will transfer you across to Dublin Airport by Motorway in about 4 hours. Be sure to allow enough time to check in for your flight two hours ahead of Departure time.

POST-TOUR DUBLIN PACKAGE: One or Two Nights
Extend your Ireland Tour with one or two nights in Dublin, Ireland's Capital. Package includes: Private Taxi Transfer from airport to hotel, Dinner in the hotel restaurant, including an Irish Coffee, Dublin City Sightseeing Tour, and porterage at airport and hotel. Click here: Dublin's Fair City Package