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Irish Odyssey 2010

13 days with CIE Tours

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Go to the CIE Tours desk in the Arrivals Hall to arrange a group transfer to your hotel between 7:00 am and 12:00 noon. If your flight arrives later, you will need to transfer to the hotel at your own expense. Your hotel is located near Trinity College and Merrion Square. At 2:00 pm join a local guide on a city center tour to see Trinity College, General Post Office, St. Patrick's Cathedral and the Famine Memorial. Visit Kilmainham Gaol where many of Ireland's leaders, including Robert Emmett, Eamon DeValera and Padraig Pearse, were imprisoned during the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the evening meet your fellow travelers over a welcome drink. Day 3: Sat: Megalithic Tombs & Abbey Tavern This morning visit the Boyne Valley Visitor Centre to learn about the passage burial tombs of Newgrange and Knowth, both over 5,000 years old. Tour one of the tombs to see how primitive people managed to align huge boulders precisely with the sun or the moon. Return to Dublin where the afternoon is free for you to take an open-top bus tour with a visit to Guinness or Jameson. In the evening drive to the Abbey Tavern for dinner with Irish specialties and an Irish Coffee followed by a lively show of music, songs and step-dancing. (B, D) Day 4: Sun: Rock of Cashel & “Titanic” Walk Head south to visit the Rock of Cashel, a stately limestone outcrop topped with medieval ruins. See the 12th century highly-decorated Cormac's Chapel, the large cathedral and a round tower. Continue to Cobh for a walking tour with a local historian to see places relating to the Titanic's last port of call. Drive to the Blarney Woollen Mills, offering excellent Irish-made products under one roof. If you wish, you may climb to the top of Blarney Castle independently before heading to your hotel Cork. (B, D) Day 5:  Mon: Bantry House & Killarney Explore Kinsale, an old fishing port that is now popular for sailing and gourmet restaurants. Then discover the coast of County Cork with great scenery and cozy towns such as Clonakilty and Skibbereen. Visit Bantry House, a stately Georgian mansion built in 1740 to see furnishings collected from all around Europe and walk through the delightful gardens. Continue to Glengarriff, renowned for its palm trees, Kenmare and along part of the Ring of Kerry route via Moll's Gap to Killarney. (B, D) Day 6: Tue: Dingle Peninsula Tour Today explore the scenic Dingle Peninsula, made famous by two movies - “Ryan's Daughter” and “Far & Away.” Drive along the south shore to admire views of heathery mountains, sandy beaches and rocky headlands. Pause in Dingle before continuing to the Blasket Centre in Dunquin to learn about the offshore Blasket Islands, inhabited until 1953 by hardy farming and fishing families. Return to Killarney and enjoy some free time. After dinner you may like to visit local pubs featuring live music. (B, D) Day 7:  Wed: Flying Boat Museum & Cliffs of Moher Travel north to Foynes on the River Shannon Estuary to learn about the early days of flight at the Flying Boat Museum. This was the landing place for Pam Am Clippers from the United States and Europe. Drive to the village of Bunratty and look around Durty Nelly's Pub or the Bunratty Folk Park. Head to the coast to view the Cliffs of Moher, an impressive wall of rock that rises 700 feet above the Atlantic Ocean. Continue to Galway for a panoramic drive before checking in to your hotel, which overlooks Galway Bay. (B, D) Day 8:  Thu: “Quiet Man” Walking Tour & Kylemore Abbey Drive to the village of Cong where “The Quiet Man” movie was made in 1952. A guided walk will show you places that featured in the production. Drive through Connemara for sweeping views of misty mountains and shimmering lakes. Stop briefly at Kylemore Abbey, a 19th century neo-Gothic mansion. Continue to Clifden, a delightful market town set between the Twelve Bens and sandy bays. In Moycullen watch skilled craftsmen cutting fine crystal at the Connemara Celtic Crystal Factory. (B, D) Day 9:  Fri: Yeats' Grave & Belleek China Travel through County Mayo to Knock Shrine, a popular place of pilgrimage and on to County Sligo to pause in Drumcliffe Churchyard at the grave of the writer, W. B. Yeats. Follow the shoreline of Donegal Bay to visit the Belleek Pottery Factory where craftspeople mold, shape and decorate clay, creating the world-famous fine china. Continue your drive through the majestic Barnesmore Gap to Derry. Enjoy free time to relax or take a walk before dinner. (B, D) Day 10: Sat : Derry Walk & Giant's Causeway This morning join a local guide for a walking tour around the ancient city, which will include the Guildhall, St. Columb's Cathedral, the Diamond and 16th century city walls and visit the award-winning Tower Museum. Drive along the north coast, stopping for photos at the ruined Dunluce Castle and explore the Giant's Causeway, huge hexagonal basalt columns formed over 60 million years ago. The oversized rocks have given rise to many legends. Return to Derry for leisure time before dinner in your hotel. (B, D) Day 11:  Sun: Ulster American Folk Park & Cabra Castle Stay Drive past the Sperrin Mountains to visit the Ulster American Folk Park. See many cottages including the boyhood home of Thomas Mellon, who emigrated to Pittsburgh in 1818 and founded the Mellon Bank. The Park traces the story of Ulster emigrants and shows rural lifestyles in both Ireland and Colonial America. Travel south to Kingscourt to your castle hotel, built in 1760. Arrive mid-afternoon so you may relax and enjoy the facilities, including the 9-hole golf course. After dinner in the Court Restaurant, enjoy youthful dancers display intricate Irish step-dancing. (B, D) Day 12:  Mon: Malahide Castle & Dublin at Leisure Just north of Dublin tour Malahide Castle, which was owned and inhabited by the Talbot family from 1185 until 1973. Visit the main chambers, rich with furnishings and portraits, to learn about the long history of the castle. A short drive will take you to a different Dublin hotel, this time overlooking the River Liffey. You will have the balance of the day at leisure so you may take an open-top bus tour and visit Guinness or Jameson, if you did not use the vouchers at the start of your tour. (B) Day 13: Tue: Depart from Dublin Airport Your hotel offers a shuttle service to Dublin Airport every two hours starting at 7:20 am. So choose a suitable transfer time to arrive at the airport to check in for your flight. If you need an earlier transfer, your tour escort will arrange one for you. Then you'll have an opportunity to shop at the duty-free stores before boarding your flight for the journey home. (B) Breakfast (B) Dinner (D)

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Group transfers on arrival and departure Sightseeing by luxury coach throughout Dublin open-top bus tour Visit and a drink at Guinness Storehouse or Old Jameson Distillery Services of a professional Irish driver/guide Superior and first class hotels with private bath/shower for 11 nights 11 full Irish breakfasts (B) 9 dinners (D) including - Traditional Irish evening with dinner and entertainment at the Abbey Tavern - Dinner and Irish step-dancing display at Cabra Castle Hotel - 7 table d'hote dinners Welcome get-together drink Tour of Dublin with a local guide “Titanic” walking tour of Cobh “The Quiet Man” walking tour of Cong Walking tours of Derry and Ulster American Folk Park Visits and admissions to Kilmainham Gaol, Boyne Valley Visitor Centre & Newgrange or Knowth Tomb, Rock of Cashel, Blarney Woollen Mills, Bantry House & Gardens, Blasket Centre, Foynes Flying Boat Museum, Cliffs of Moher, Connemara Celtic Crystal Factory, Knock Shrine, Tobernault Mass Rock, W. B. Yeats' Grave, Tower Museum, Giant's Causeway and Malahide Castle Deluxe flight bag, ticket wallet, luggage tags & strap All local taxes, hotel service charges & porterage for one suitcase per person

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Dinner & Traditional Entertainment Show at Dublin's Abbey Tavern Walk Cobh's “Titanic Trail” & Derry's Medieval Walls Boyne Valley Ancient Burial Tombs Dingle Peninsula Tour Foynes Flying Boat Museum Giant's Causeway Walking Tour in Ulster American Folk Park Award-Winning Cabra Castle Hotel Stay

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Dublin: Davenport Hotel Cork: Kingsley Hotel Killarney: Killarney Plaza Hotel Galway: Salthill Hotel Derry: City Hotel Cavan: Cabra Castle Hotel Dublin: Clarion IFSC Hotel

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For terms and conditions of this CIE tour, please click here. * The prices shown are U.S. dollars per person, based on double occupancy, and subject to availability. Prices quoted for land arrangements are subject to increase without notice. Once we have received your deposit, land prices are guaranteed. Whenever air-inclusive tour prices are displayed, these prices do not include government taxes and fees, which are additional. Air prices are subject to increase and are guaranteed only from the time that full payment is received. Air-inclusive prices include air from a major U.S. gateway; air from other U.S. airports is available at an additional cost. Sorry, we are unable to offer air from countries other than the U.S. However, for those international customers who are able to arrange their own transportation to the tour origination city, we are able to offer the land portion of the package or tour, at the price quoted.