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IRELAND TOURING

From 2661 * ^ per person twin share
$

8 DAYS | DUBLIN TO DUBLIN
TRAVEL TYPE: Self drive
DEPARTS: Daily (1 Jan – 31 Oct 24)

HIGHLIGHTS
• Stay in some castle hotels
• Explore the wild beauty of the Connemara area
• See the spectacular Cliffs of Moher
INCLUDES
• 7 nights 4 and 5 star accommodation
Connemara • Meals as specified
ELEGANT IRELAND 8 DAYS • Local taxes and service charges
^Does not include rental car or associated costs. Refer
DUBLIN – CONG – CLARE – KERRY – KILKENNY – DUBLIN to page 10 for vehicle rental details. Suggested tours and
admissions to sites and castles are not included, unless
Day 1: Dublin Day 5: Clare to Kerry (B) otherwise specified.
Arrive at Dublin Airport and pick up your rental car. Today pass through the medieval city of Limerick. Stop
Spend the remainder of your day exploring all that in Adare, considered one of the most beautiful villages in
Dublin has to offer. Overnight in Dublin. Ireland. Spend the next two nights in Kerry.
Day 2: Dublin to Cong (B) Day 6: Kerry (B)
Leave Dublin and travel across the rich midland Enjoy a free day. Visit Kenmare with its many craft and
pastures. Before you cross the River Shannon, you can antique shops. Alternatively, explore the West Cork
visit Clonmacnoise, a 6th century Christian site. Arrive in region travelling over the spectacular Healy Pass before
Galway and spend time exploring the city. Continue to arriving in Glengariff where you can take a short boat trip Cong 2
nearby Cong where you will spend the next two nights. to Garnish Island to see the “subtropical” gardens.
Day 3: Cong (B) Day 7: Kerry to Kilkenny (B) Galway 1 Dublin
Embark on a journey of the wild and rugged Connemara Travel through the rich rolling pastures of Ireland’s Golden Cliffs of Moher
region, famous for the savage beauty of its lake and Vale region. Stop in Cork, Ireland’s second largest city 1 Clare
mountain scenery. Consider visiting the magnificent or visit the world famous Blarney Castle. Continue to the Limerick 1
Kylemore Abbey as well as Connemara National Park. medieval city of Kilkenny where you can stroll through the Kilkenny
Day 4: Cong to Clare (B) narrow streets and alleyways. Overnight in Kilkenny.
Head to County Clare, travelling through the strange Day 8: Dublin (B) 2
lunar landscape of the Burren region or visit the stunning Your adventure concludes when you return your car County
Kerry
Cliffs of Moher. Stop at some of the towns and villages after breakfast. Cork START/FINISH
that Ireland is famous for. Overnight in the Clare area. OVERNIGHT
(B = breakfast)
ATTRACTION
From 1378 * ^ per person twin share
$
8 DAYS | DUBLIN TO DUBLIN
TRAVEL TYPE: Self drive
DEPARTS: Daily (1 Jan – 31 Oct 24)

HIGHLIGHTS
• Discover prehistoric megalithic site in the
Boyne Valley
• Spend time in the Viking founded city of Wexford
• Explore Wicklow, ‘The Garden of Ireland’
INCLUDES
Wicklow Mountains • 7 nights 3 and 4 star hotel and B&B
accommodation
IRELAND’S ANCIENT EAST 8 DAYS • Meals as specified
DUBLIN – MEATH – KILDARE – WEXFORD – WICKLOW – DUBLIN • Local taxes and service charges
Day 1: Dublin Arrive at Dublin Airport and pick up your well worthwhile. Later travel to Hook Head and ^Does not include rental car or associated costs. Refer
rental car. Spend the remainder of your day exploring discover the natural beauty and tranquillity of the to page 10 for vehicle rental details. Suggested tours and
admissions to sites and castles are not included, unless
all that Dublin has to offer. Overnight in Dublin. unspoiled Hook Peninsula. otherwise specified.
Day 2: Dublin to Meath (B) This morning head to the Day 6: Wexford to Wicklow (B) This morning depart
Boyne Valley, a World Heritage Site and the largest for Wicklow. True to its name, the Garden County
prehistoric megalithic site in Europe. Continue to Trim, boasts some of the most beautiful gardens and Meath 1
one of Ireland’s heritage towns which is dominated by homes in Ireland. Enjoy visits to the monastic site at
Trim Castle. Spend the night in Meath. Glendalough and Killruddery House and Gardens.
Day 3: Meath to Kildare (B) Today travel to Celbridge, Stay the night in Wicklow. 2 Dublin
home of Castletown House, Ireland’s largest and Day 7: Wicklow to Dublin (B) Today, spend time
earliest Palladian style house. In the afternoon you can exploring Dublin. Enjoy a walk in Temple Bar Kildare 1
visit the Irish National Stud and Japanese Gardens. Cultural Quarter, one of the oldest parts of Dublin.
Overnight in Kildare. Visit Trinity College and see the famous Book of 1 Wicklow
Day 4: Kildare to Wexford (B) Depart for the medieval Kells before discovering the stunning Long Room
city of Kilkenny where you can visit the 12th century built in 1745. Spend your final night in Dublin.
Kilkenny Castle. Continue to Wexford County. Spend Day 8: Dublin (B) Your adventure concludes when
the next two nights in Wexford. you return your car after breakfast.
Day 5: Wexford (B) Consider starting the day with a (B = breakfast)
walking tour of Wexford town and learn about the START/FINISH 2 Wexford
town’s Viking history. A visit to Selskar Abbey is also OVERNIGHT

* FROM PRICES ARE A GUIDE ONLY, subject to change and availability and are in New Zealand Dollars. Prices are per person twin share, unless otherwise specified and based on the lowest room category and travel in low season.
52 For full terms and conditions, refer to the Booking Conditions on the inside back cover of this brochure.