|
|
Best of Ireland & Scotland 2010
|
|
 An opportunity to explore Ireland's fantastic cafestles and plunging cliffs, plus the Scotland's renowned highlands and ancient ruins. Visit the noble cities of Dublin and Edinburgh, and sample local cuisine and whisky. Highlights DublinKildare
Waterford
Blarney
Limerick
Tralee
Isle of Skye
Galway
Drumcliff
Omagh
Londonderry/Derry
Giant's Causeway
BelfastGlasgowGlencoe
Culloden
St. Andrews
Edinburgh Whats Included Sightseeing Highlights
Dublin: Views of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Castle, Phoenix Park and visit Trinity College.Kildare: Visit the Irish National Stud Farm and Japanese Garden.Waterford: Visit the crystal showroom (when open).Blarney: Visit to the cafestle.Limerick: Orientation includes St. Mary's Cathedral and King John's Castle. Visit the spectacular Cliffs of Moher and the Burren.Tralee: Ring of Kerry excursionGalway Bay: Panoramic views.Drumcliff: View Yeat's burial place.Omagh: Visit the Ulster-American Folk Park.Londonderry / Derry: Walk the city walls and St. Columb's Cathedral.Giant's Causeway: Visit this geological formation of huge basalt columns.Belfast: See the City Hall and Queen's University.Glasgow: Orientation tour, visiting St. Mungo's Cathedral, seeing George Square, Clydeside and the city chambers. Visit the Burrell Collection of Art in Pollok Park.Glencoe: See the Vale of Weeping.Isle of Skye: Visit the beautiful island.Culloden: Visit the famous battlefield.St. Andrews: View the famous golf course.Edinburgh: Visit the cafestle and views Holyrood House.Dining Highlights
8 Irish and 6 Scottish full breakfasts7 three-course dinnersLocal highlight pub restaurant dinner with wine in GlasgowFarewell Dinner with wine in Edinburgh 23 meals in total (see day-by-day itinerary)First Class Travel Highlights
First Class hotel accommodation includes twin-bedded rooms with private facilities, all hotel service charges and tips, baggage handling fees and local taxes.Touring by luxury air-conditioned coach with reclining seats and a washroom onboard.The services of one of Trafalgar's top professional Tour Directors.A qualified local city guide in Dublin, Londonderry/Derry, Belfast and Edinburgh.Tickets are included for the world-famous Tattoo during the Edinburgh Festival.Ferry across the Irish Sea from Northern Ireland to Scotland.A stylish wallet, tour documents and a Welcome on Tour book.Airport transfers are provided on Day 2 and Day 16.Edinburgh Tattoo:
7-29 August 2009 Tickets are included for the world-famous Tattoo during the Festival. Applicable to departures 24 July - 14 August. Edinburgh - London train connection
For passengers wishing to travel to London, Trafalgar is pleased to be able to offer one-way train service from Edinburgh to London Kings Cross. |
| Call (307) 266-4550 for more information or to book today! Mention code 8692882 | | Trafalgar Tours | | Offer valid through 12/31/2009 | | | | Day | Destination | Description | | Day 1 | Depart USA | Depart USA :
Overnight flight to Dublin | | Day 2 | Dublin | Arrive Dublin (2 nights) :
Welcome to Dublin and Ireland. After check-in the remainder of your day is at leisure to perhaps admire the elegant architecture of this great city. This evening, you'll meet with your Tour Director and fellow traveling companions for a Welcome Drink.
Hotel: Trinity Capital | | Day 3 | Dublin | Dublin sightseeing & at leisure :
After a hearty Irish breakfast, our sightseeing tour with a local guide takes in this "fair city's" highlights. We'll see Phoenix Park and Dublin Castle and enjoy views of St. Patrick's Cathedral - and our highlight will be a visit of Trinity College so that we can admire the ancient Book of Kells. The rest of the day is at leisure to explore further. (Full breakfast) | | Day 4 | Waterford | Dublin - Kildare - Waterford :
Today's first stop is a visit to the Irish Stud Farm at Kildare. With a guide we will enjoy a walking tour of the Stud and see some of the country's finest thoroughbreds. We will also visit the Japanese Garden - designed by a Japanese landscape artist at the turn of the last century. Next off to the coast of this Emerald Isle and to the seaside resort of Waterford where we see the 12th century Reginald's Tower and stop to visit the Waterford Crystal Showroom. (Full breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: The Belfry
| | Day 5 | Tralee | Waterford - Blarney - Tralee (2 nights) :
This morning's drive takes us along the scenic coast via the fishing village of Youghal where Moby Dick was filmed, and through the city of Cork to Blarney where we visit the cafestle in order to kiss the stone and acquire "the gift of the gab"! Finally, we drive north to Tralee. (Full breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Ballygarry House | | Day 6 | Ring of Kerry | Ring of Kerry excursion :
Not only spectacular scenery today but also a Hidden Treasure will be revealed to us by our Tour Director as we tour the Ring of Kerry. Plunging cliffs, glassy lakes, granite mountains and jagged coastlines regale us as our trip passes Killorglin (of Puck Fair fame), Daniel O'Connell's Cahirciveen, Waterville and Moll's Gap before returning to Tralee and our hotel for the night. (Full Breakfast) | | Day 7 | Castlebar | Tralee - Limerick - Galway - Castlebar :
This morning after breakfast we drive to Limerick where the film "Angela's Ashes" was set and where we see St. Mary's Cathedral, King John's Castle and the Treaty Stone. From here we visit the magnificent Cliffs of Moher and drive across the mysterious limestone landscape known as the Burren, before continuing to beautiful Galway Bay. Then we head north to Castlebar and our hotel for dinner and overnight. (Full breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Days Hotel Castlebar | | Day 8 | Londonderry | Castlebar - Londonderry (2 nights) :
First we see Yeats' grave in Drumcliff before crossing the border into Northern Ireland and along the shores of Lough Erne to Enniskillen in Ireland's lake district. Then up to Omagh where we stop to visit the Ulster-American Folk Park. Next via Strabane we soon reach Londonderry/Derry where a walking tour with a local guide takes us to the city walls, some of the best-preserved in Europe. We also see the 17th century St. Columb's Cathedral with its tower before heading to the Derry Craft
Village and on to the quay where Irish emigrants sailed to the New World. (Full breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: City Hotel | | Day 9 | Londonderry | Giant's Causeway excursion :
Our day begins with a drive along the beautiful Antrim coast road as we make our way to the Giants Causeway. Here we stop to see the basalt columns rising from the sea before we make our way back to Londonderry for the night. (Full breakfast / Dinner) | | Day 10 | Glasgow | Londonderry - Belfast - Glasgow (2 nights) :
Today's drive takes us to the capital of Northern Ireland, Belfast. Here our sightseeing tour shows us Stormont Castle, the City Chambers and Queen's University before heading to the port of Larne where we board our ferry for the sea crossing to Cairnryan in Scotland. Then we drive through Ayrshire where we stop in Alloway to see the great poet Robbie Burn's cottage before arriving in Scotland's commercial capital, Glasgow, for a leisurely two-night stay. Tonight we will enjoy a typical
Glaswegian Highlight Dinner in a characteristic local restaurant. (Full breakfast / Highlight Dinner)
Hotel: Jurys Inn Glasgow | | Day 11 | Glasgow | Glasgow orientation & at leisure :
Another Hidden Treasure is revealed today by your Tour Director. But first our orientation tour includes a visit to St. Mungo's Cathedral and views of the City Chambers and George Square. Later we visit the Burrell Collection where some 9,000 artefacts and works of art are on view. Then time at leisure and maybe join a Burns supper tonight? (Full Breakfast) | | Day 12 | Isle of Skye | Glasgow - Fort William - Isle of Skye :
We drive along the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond then through Glencoe, where we will be able to take pictures of the site of the famous 1692 massacre. Then along the shores of Loch Linnhe in the shadow of Ben Nevis and over the sea to Skye, made famous by Bonnie Prince Charlie. We spend the night and have dinner on this beautiful isle. (Full breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Tongadale | | Day 13 | Scottish Highlands | Isle of Skye - Loch Ness - Inverness - Culloden - Scottish Highlands :
Through Glen Shiel to the banks of Loch Ness where we can look out for the famous monster! The Loch Ness Monster is one of the best known cryptids, alleged animals, in the world and the first sighting was reported in 1933. Past the ruins of Urquhart Castle and romantic scenery, we reach Inverness. Then we continue to visit the battlefield of Culloden, where Bonnie Prince Charlie was defeated by Butcher Cumberland and to the ski resort of Aviemore. (Full breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Macdonald Highland Resort | | Day 14 | Edinburgh | Scottish Highlands - Pitlochry - Edinburgh (2 nights) :
This morning we travel through the Cairngorm Mountains to reach Blair Castle and Pitlochry, renowned for salmon fishing. Then we stop in St. Andrews to see the ecclesiastical ruins and to take a picture at the 18th hole of the famous golf course. Recently Prince William attended St. Andrews University, making it world renowned. Then through the Kingdom of Fife to the Forth Bridge where we cross the Firth of Forth to Edinburgh. (Full breakfast)
Hotel: Marriott | | Day 15 | Edinburgh | Edinburgh sightseeing & at leisure :
After breakfast our guided sightseeing tour includes a visit to Edinburgh Castle and views of Holyrood House and Arthur's Seat at either end of the Royal Mile. We also see Princes Street and see the new Scottish Parliament before free time - perhaps to take an excursion to the Rosslyn Chapel, long associated with the Knight Templars and the Freemasons, this pretty church has come to notoriety through the popular "Da Vinci Code". During the Edinburgh Festival in August, tickets for the spectacular Edinburgh Tattoo are included. Tonight we enjoy a Farewell Dinner together with our Tour Director and fellow-traveling companions. (Full breakfast / Farewell dinner) | | Day 16 | Return USA | Edinburgh - USA :
It is time to bid farewell to your Tour Director and new-found friends as our tour comes to an end and we return home with happy memories. (Full breakfast) |
| | ** Trafalgar guarantees to quote you the lowest possible airfare available on the day that you book. Please note that airfares are not included in the prices.
** This list indicates brochure rates and dates.
For details on discounts that apply to this tour please refer to a brochure or see your Travel Agent.
The displayed prices are based on twin-share accommodation. A single supplement price is available on request.
- These prices are correct at the time of the website going live, however are subject to confirmation at the time of booking.
- All tour information is correct at time of tours going live, however is subject to change, please confirm all details at time of booking.
- For full terms and conditions, please refer to our Conditions page. |
|
|
|
|
| |
World Wide Travel, Casper Wyoming invites to explore our site in search of your next vacation spot. |
|
