NEW BUDGET TOUR! Celtic Fling 2010 - Escorted Motorcoach Tour
Featuring South West Ireland, we will enjoy a visit to the Flying Boat Museum which features the deluxe Flying Boats of the 1930's and 40's. Sightseeing to Glin, Listowel, Tralee and both the Dingle Peninsula and Ring of Kerry. Visit Cork City and it's famous Shandon Bells, Cobh Heritage Center and Blarney. Enjoy our fi nal night in scenic Killaloe. Stay in 3 and 4 star superior hotels with two meals dailyFirst Class and Superior First Class hotels throughout. Full Irish breakfast daily, except day of arrival. Six (6) hotel dinners. Full sightseeing by Deluxe Touring Motorcoach. Professional Irish driver/guide to escort you through out. Admission to the Flying Boat Museum and Cobh Heritage Center. Panoramic city tour of Limerick. Optional visit to Blarney Castle to kiss the famed Blarney Stone. 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.
Your Celtic Fling tour includes:
Details
- Tour Operator
- Celtic Tours
- Offer
- Offer valid through 11/20/2010
- Duration
- 8 Days
- Escorted
- Escorted - Yes
| Day | Destination | Description |
| Day 1 | Depart USA | U.S. to Ireland : Depart U.S. for your overnight flight to Ireland. Dinner is served on board. |
| Day 2 | Shannon | Shannon : Morning arrival at Shannon Airport. Having cleared Irish customs we are greeted by our Celtic Tours driver/guide. Transfers from Shannon Airport to our Limerick hotel where we have free time to rest. Afternoon departure for a panoramic local tour of Limerick that shows us King John's Castle, the Treaty Stone and St. John's Cathedral. Return to our hotel for dinner and overnight. |
| Day 3 | Killarney | Limerick - Adare - Foynes - Listowel - Killarney : Leaving Limerick City we travel the short distance to the old world village of Adare, after a brief stop for banking or photographs we continue on to Foynes, located on the River Shannon. We enjoy a visit to Foynes and the Flying Boat Museum and the Boeing 314 "Yankee Clipper." Irish coffee was first introduced here in 1942. We continue our journey along the scenic Shannon waterway via Glin and Listowel, birthplace of the late Irish play write John B. Keene. Onward to Killarney for dinner and overnight. |
| Day 4 | Killarney | Killarney - Dingle Peninsula : Enjoy the scenic beauty for which this region is renowned and made famous by such movies as "Ryan's Daughter" and "Far & Away." See the long, sandy stretches of Inch Strand and admire views across the bay to the Iveragh Peninsula. See beehive huts where early Christian monks lived and visit Gallarus Oratory, dating from the 8th century. Enjoy dinner at our hotel tonight. Overnight in Killarney. |
| Day 5 | Killarney | Killarney - Ring of Kerry : Today, we depart on one of Ireland's most popular and beautiful drives, the Ring of Kerry. Traveling from Killarney we come to the town of Killorglin, famous for "Puck Fair," and from here we commence the ring tour. Our drive is along the coastline of the broad Iveragh Peninsula, through the towns of Glenbeigh, Cahirciveen, Waterville and Sneem. The scenery is spectacular as wind-swept cliffs, still lakes, lost valleys and rocky mountains blend in awesome beauty. As one looks around it is easy to agree with the old Irish saying, "Even if a man has only a small bit of earth here, he has a lot of the heavens." From Sneem, we continue via "Ladies View" back to Killarney. Dinner and overnight at our Killarney hotel. |
| Day 6 | Blarney | Killarney - Cork - Cobh - Blarney : Morning departure from Killarney we travel to Cork City and enjoy a panoramic tour of Cork, which shows us the famous Shandon Bells. Continue on to nearby Cobh Heritage Center, which documents the history of Irish emigration and the story of the ill-fated superliners-the Lusitania and the Belfast-built Titanic. Cobh was the last port of call for the Titanic, before she crossed the Atlantic. Departing Cobh we travel to Blarney just outside Cork City. Optional visit to Blarney Woollen Mills, Blarney Castle and the Blarney Stone. Dinner and overnight in Blarney. |
| Day 7 | Killaloe | Blarney - Cahir - Tipperary - Killaloe : A leisurely morning departure from Blarney. We travel via Fermoy which sits on both banks of the River Blackwater, which attracts fishermen from around Ireland. Continue on via Mitchestown, noted for its dairy products, to Cahir and a photo-op at the 11 to 15th Century Cahir Castle. We turn west to Tipperary Town and Killaloe, situated overlooking Lough Derg and the Shannon River. Dinner and overnight. |
| Day 8 | Return USA | Shannon - U.S. : After breakfast, transfer to nearby Shannon Airport where the tours ends. Ample time allowed for duty free shopping before boarding our flight home. Arrive home the same day. |
- Dates/Pricing
- Lodging
Limerick : The George Hotel Killarney : The Riverside Hotel Blarney : The Blarney Woollen Mills Hotel Killaloe : Lakeside Hotel
- Disclaimer
- Air inclusive rate is based on airfare from JFK via Aer Lingus at time package was added to our system. Airfare from other gateways and utilizing other airlines may be booked. Air inclusive price may fluctuate with these changes.
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This tour does not include:
- Lunches
- Tips to driver/guide
- US Departure Taxes
