Gourmet Tour of Ireland 10 Night
Accessed via Dublin Airport (slight adjustment required for those entering via Shannon Airport) and departed via Shannon Airport, this gourmet tour includes overnights in some of Ireland's Premier 5***** Hotels, Castles & Country Manor Houses.
All of your hotels are noted for their exceptionally high standards of dining, all offering the option of tasting menus (advance notice required .
The rates quoted for this tour include one main evening meal in each hotel although a small supplement will apply should you wish to partake of their tasting menu. Of course, when booking this tour, should you wish to forego one or more of the evening meals, a reduction in the price will result.
Your route will allow you to visit many of Ireland’s most popular sights including the Monastic Settlement at Glendalough and Powerscourt House in Wicklow, Waterford Crystal and the Kennedy homestead in the South East, Blarney Castle and Kinsale in County Cork, Killarney and the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, the Cliffs of Moher and the ‘Burren Landscape’ of County Clare as well as the Rock of Cashel and Cahir Castle in Tipperary.
Overnights for this tour:
- Dunbrody House Hotel, County Wexford for 2 nights
- Longueville House Hotel, County Cork for 2 nights
- The Park Hotel, Kenmare, County Kerry for 2 nights
- Dromoland Castle, County Clare for 2 nights
- The Merrion Hotel, Dublin for the last 2 nights
Your Accommodation Options:
- Choice of Standard or upgraded rooms
- Hotels used may be amended upon request
Tour Highlights
Some of the highlights of this tour include:
Blarney Castle is a medieval stronghold in Blarney, near Cork, Ireland. The castle originally dates from before AD 1200. It was destroyed in 1446, but subsequently rebuilt by Cormac MacCarthy, the King of Munster....Read More
Bunratty Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhun Raithe, meaning Castle at the Mouth of the Ratty) is a large tower house in County Clare, Ireland. It lies in the centre of Bunratty village (Irish: Bun Ráite), by the N18 road between Limerick and Ennis, near Shannon Town and its airport....Read More
The Burren is a unique karst-landscape region in northwest County Clare, in Ireland and one of the largest Karst landscapes in Europe. The region measures approximately 250 square kilometres and is enclosed roughly within the circle comprised by the villages Ballyvaughan, Kinvara, Tubber, Corofin,...Read More
Cahir Castle (Irish: Caisleán na Cathrach), one of the largest castles in Ireland, was built in County Tipperary in 1142 by Conor O'Brien, Prince of Thomond, on an island in the river Suir. Now situated in the town centre, the castle is well preserved and has guided tour and audiovisual shows in...Read More
Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin is the elder of the city's two mediæval cathedrals, the other being St. Patrick's Cathedral. It is officially claimed as the seat (cathedra) of both the Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic archbishops of Dublin. In practice it has been the cathedral of only the...Read More
The Cliffs of Moher (Irish: Aillte an Mhothair, lit. cliffs of the ruin, also known as the Cliffs of Coher from the Irish: Mhothair) are located in the parish of Liscannor at the south-western edge of The Burren area near Doolin, which is located in County Clare, Ireland....Read More
The Cobh Heritage Centre provides information on life in Ireland through the 18th and 19th centuries, the mass emigration, the Great Famine, and on how criminals were transported to Australia for petty crimes. It also has an exhibition on the history of the RMS Titanic, whose last port of call...Read More
The Conor Pass is the highest mountain pass in Ireland. It is situated on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, on the road that crosses the peninsula between Dingle Town and the coast the other side. The Mountains the Pass crosses are the Brandon Mountains and contain Ireland's second highest...Read More
County Wicklow is a county on the east coast of Ireland, immediately south of Dublin. The county is bordered by the Irish Sea and the counties of Carlow, Kildare, Wexford & Dublin. Wicklow is known as the Garden of Ireland because of its scenery.The population of the county at the 2006 census was...Read More
There are so many things to see, to do, to explore, to experience on the Dingle Peninsula . . . from almost 2,000 archaeological sites, to more walking than you could fit into a year, to Fungie, a bottlenose dolphin who's been living at the mouth of Dingle Harbour since 1984....Read More