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Celtic Sojourn - Escorted Motorcoach Tour
Tour Highlights: Medieval Castle Banquet, Cliffs of Moher, Galway Bay, The Giants Causeway, Glenveagh Castle, Inishowen Peninsula, Belfast and the Titanic Tour.

Your Celtic Sojurn tour includes:

  • First Class and Superior First Class hotels throughout.
  • Full Irish breakfast daily, except day of arrival.
  • Dinner each evening except for one night in Dublin, including a traditional medieval castle banquet and traditional Irish entertainment.
  • Full sightseeing by Deluxe Touring Motorcoach.
  • Professional Irish driver/guide to escort you through out.
  • Visit to Rathbaun Farm to see an actual working farm, including coffee/tea and Irish Farmhouse scones.
  • Lough Foyle Ferry.
  • Visits to: Galway Crystal Factory, Belleek Pottery Factory, Glenveagh Castle and National Park, Fort Dunree, Moville Pottery, Giants Causeway, Titanic Docks & Pump House.
  • Porterage of one (1) suitcase per person.
  • Tips and taxes in Ireland. Gratuities to the driver/guide not included.
  • Celtic Tours flight bag and portfolio of travel documents.
  • Call (631) 254-2017 for more information or to book today! Mention code 8758800
    Tour OperatorCeltic Tours
    OfferOffer valid through 10/7/2010
    Duration
    8 Days
    Escorted
    Escorted - Yes
    Itinerary
    DayDestinationDescription
    Day 1Depart USAU.S. to Ireland : Depart U.S for your overnight flight to Ireland. Dinner is serviced on board.
    Day 2LimerickShannon - Limerick : Morning arrival at Shannon Airport, having cleared Irish customs, we exit to the arrivals hall where our driver/guide greets us. Transfer to our nearby hotel. Some free time to rest. Tonight we enjoy a medieval castle banquet and traditional Irish entertainment. Overnight in Limerick at The George Hotel.
    Day 3BallinaLimerick - Galway - Ballina : Morning departure from our Limerick hotel. We travel via Ennis to the scenic Cliffs of Moher where we stop for a photo-op. Continue to Ardrahan in County Galway where we pause for morning tea/coffee and scones at Rathbaun Farm. Here we will see a farming family carry out everyday chores including sheep shearing and watch as the sheepdogs maneuver the flock. We continue on to Galway and visit the Crystal Showroom and Galway Bay before reaching our hotel in Ballina, at the Downhill House Hotel, for dinner and overnight.
    Day 4DonegalBallina - Sligo - Donegal : Morning departure from Ballina. We travel north via Sligo, birthplace of W.B. Yeats to County Donegal where we cross over the border for a visit to the Belleek Pottery Factory. After a short stop, we continue on through Donegal town to Glenveagh Castle and National Park. Watch out for the Golden Eagles who have returned here to nest. Then on to our Redcastle Hotel, overlooking Lough Foyle, for dinner and overnight.
    Day 5DonegalDonegal - Buncrana - Inishowen Peninsula : Today have your cameras ready as we tour the historic and scenic Inishowen Peninsula. We travel via Buncrana, the principal town and resort of the peninsula to Dunree where we visit the military fort with scenic views over Lough Swilly. The fort has an array of large guns and artifacts from the 20th century. The fort and lough below is of immense historic interest which dates back to the Norsemen, the Anglo Normans and the Flight of the Earls. We continue on via Clonmany, Ballyliffi n and Carndonagh where we view the 7th century St. Patrick's Cross. Our tour continues to Malin Head, a spectacular headland on Ireland's most northerly point. Leaving Malin Head, we travel via historical Culdaff and the fishing port of Greencastle to Moville where we stop briefl y to visit the Moville Pottery Factory. Return to our Redcastle Hotel for dinner and overnight.
    Day 6BelfastDonegal - Coleraine - Giants Causeway - Belfast : Morning departure from our Donegal hotel. We travel just a few miles to the ferry that will take us on the short cruise across Lough Foyle to Northern Ireland. We continue via Coleraine to Portrush on the Atlantic Ocean. Visit the Giants Causeway Museum before we are transferred by a small bus to the Causeway and its volcanic columns, which were formed over 60 million years ago. Our tour continues along the scenic Antrim Coast to our Belfast hotel, The Dunadry, for dinner and overnight.
    Day 7DublinBelfast - Titanic Tour - Newry - Dublin : This morning we depart on a historical tour of Belfast and its harbor and dock area where the Titanic and her sister ships, Britannic and Olympic, were built. The Titanic keel was laid here in 1910. We will tour the Thompson and Alexandra docks and see the HMS Caroline, one of the last remaining ships from WWI. Inside the pump house we will see the pumps, old workshops and view an audio visual display of how the ship was built and the people involved. The tour will end at the visitor center; we then travel on and enjoy a panoramic tour of downtown Belfast. Departing Belfast we travel south to Dublin arriving at our hotel, Maldron Cardiff Lane, around 4:00 pm. Tonight we are free to dine on our own.
    Day 8Return USADublin - U.S. : Morning transfer to Dublin Airport. Ample time allowed for check-in and duty free shopping before boarding your flight home. Arrive home in the U.S. the same day.
    Dates/Pricing
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    DatePrice / DescriptionQuote
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    August 12, 2010$1,288.00* (USD) / Land Only Cost starting at...Quote
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    August 26, 2010$1,288.00* (USD) / Land Only Cost starting at...Quote
    September 02, 2010$1,288.00* (USD) / Land Only Cost starting at...Quote
    September 09, 2010$1,298.00* (USD) / Land Only Cost starting at...Quote
    September 16, 2010$1,298.00* (USD) / Land Only Cost starting at...Quote
    September 23, 2010$1,298.00* (USD) / Land Only Cost starting at...Quote
    September 30, 2010$1,288.00* (USD) / Land Only Cost starting at...Quote
    October 07, 2010$1,288.00* (USD) / Land Only Cost starting at...Quote
    Lodging
    Limerick : The George HotelBallina : Downhill House Hotel
    Mouville : Carlton Redcastle HotelDunadry : Dunadry Hotel
    Dublin : Maldron Hotel Cardiff Lane 
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    This tour does not include:

  • Lunches
  • Tips to driver/guide
  • US Departure Taxes
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