Tour Overview

‘Excellent’

7 days/6 nights/11 meals - Discover some of the old, very old and new that Ireland has to offer with this diverse Private Group Tour. Some of the sights & attractions visited are The Book of Kells, Guinness Storehouse, Rock of Cashel, Cobh Heritage Centre, Atlantic Edge Exhibition and The Irish National Stud. 

What's included

  • 7 days/6 nights/11 meals
  • Meeting, assistance & transfers on arrival & departure in Ireland
  • Sightseeing by luxury coach
  • Services of a professional Irish driver/guide
  • Accommodation in your choice of hotels for 6 nights
  • Full Irish breakfast daily
  • 5 dinners including
    - Traditional Irish evening with dinner and entertainment at the Abbey Tavern
    - 4 table d'hote dinners
  • Half day tour of Dublin with a local guide
  • Ferry ride across the River Shannon
  • Visits and admissions to Book of Kells at Trinity College, Guinness Storehouse, National Stud & Japanese Gardens, Rock of Cashel, Blarney Castle, Cliffs of Moher Visitors Centre, Burren Visitors Centre, Kylemore Abbey, Dan O’Hara Heritage Centre, Connemara Celtic Crystal Factory, Clonmacnoise, Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre
  • All local taxes, hotel service charges & porterage for one suitcase per person

Tour highlights

  • Dublin
  • Dublin Castle
  • Galway
  • Kylemore Abbey
  • Connemara National Park
  • Blarney Castle
  • Killarney National Park
  • Cahir Castle

Overnights for this tour

  • Dublin
  • Killarney 
  • Galway 

Accommodation options

  • Superior & First Class Hotels
  • 4-Star Country Manor Houses
  • 4 & 5 Star Irish Castles
  • Any Combination of the above

Day 1 - Saturday: Arrival in Donegal

The group meets up with the guide at 6.30pm in the bar of The Abbey Hotel in the centre of Donegal Town (ph 074-9721014). This is our meeting point only and not where we will be staying. If you are unexpectedly delayed please call the hotel and leave a message for the guide as to when you expect to arrive. After an introductory talk, an evening meal is organised in the hotel bar while your luggage is being transferred to our central guesthouse accommodation in Donegal that night. There is a chance later on this evening to meet again in a local pub to hear some music.

Day 2 - Sunday: Donegal to Glencolumbcille 38 ml/61.5 km

After being fitted out with your bike you then begin the tour with a cycle out of Donegal town towards the wonderful coastline where we continue to our lunch stop in village of Carrick. After lunch we cycle up to a viewing point of the spectacular Slieve League Cliffs one of the highest marine based cliffs in Europe. In the afternoon we head to our night stop in the village of Glencolumcille passing freshly cut peat drying in the surrounding bogs.

Day 3 - Monday: Glencolumcille to Dungloe 37.5 ml /60 km

Today we head up into wild highland country along quiet back roads with a wonderful open landscape. There follows a wonderful descent down the dramatic Glengesh Valley to the beautiful Maghera beach. The beach is well worth stopping at for a walk across its wonderful white sands to explore the caves of Maghera. You can also go for a swim in the lagoon here and pretend you are in the Caribbean(!) before heading to the village of Ardara for a pub lunch. In the afternoon we continue along a quiet bog road before heading to the coastal town of Dungloe where again we stay in local guesthouses.

Day 4 - Tuesday: Dungloe to Dunfanaghy 39.5 ml/63 km

We continue through a rolling landscape through quiet sleepy villages and can visit Leo's pub where Enya and Clannad first sang. Later we cycle toward the spectacular Mount Errigal and stop for lunch at the base of this mountain. In the afternoon we cycle up to take in a view of the Poison Glen and then descend through an empty mountainscape towards Dunfanaghy. You also have the option of visiting Glenveagh National Park in the afternoon.

Day 5 - Wednesday: Rest Day in Dunfanaghy

The hotel overlooks Portnablagh Beach and dunes where you can swim, swing a golf club or saddle-up for a gallop down along the beach.

Day 6 - Dunfanaghy to Ramelton / Rathmullan

The morning’s cycle takes you through isolated highland country roads with a worthwhile detour to Doe Castle. We stop for lunch in Downings on the Rosguill Peninsula. A roller coaster ride around the coast affords spectacular views of white sandy beaches as we wend our way down to our evenings accommodation in the town of Ramelton.

Day 7 - Circular Tour of Area - Donegal

Today we cycle the beautiful and remote Fanad Pennisula stopping for lunch in Port Salon. We continue along the shores of Lough Swilly through Rathmullan from where the last Earls of Ireland fled to Europe in 1607, thus ending the old Irish Order. The final leg of the cycle brings us to Rathmelton where we will then transfer you back to Donegal town for a farewell night on the town together before heading home the following morning.

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Tour Prices

Prices for our group tours are determined by the grade of accommodation required and the tour start date and will be for land only from arrival into and departure from Ireland. To arrange your tour, simply fill out our Enquiry Form, e-mail us at groups@irishtourism.com or call us in Ireland on our TollFree and International numbers as displayed on this page.

 

All our private & exclusive group tours include the following services at no extra cost.

 

  • Your own private luxury coach to suit your group size – groups from 10 passengers 
  • Experienced and friendly driver/guide or driver and licensed guide throughout your tour 
  • Individually designed itinerary 
  • No optional extras unless agreed with the group organiser and advised to all members of the group prior to arrival in Ireland – NO HIDDEN EXTRAS 
  • Generous complimentary tour leader policy – Flexible Free Places according to requirements 
  • Flexibility of the itinerary even when touring in Ireland 
  • 24/7 help line when in Ireland

 

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