4-night Backroads and Byways of Ireland Tour
| Price From |
$1280 |
per person |
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Visits:
Dublin * Cashel * Cork * Killarney * Dingle * Bantry * Beara * Dublin
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Tour Details:
A tour which provides an excellent introduction to Ireland, the five day Driftwood is a truly welcoming, informative, fun, relaxing Irish tour experience. Like the seven day trips, its relaxed and flexible itinerary covers some of Ireland's best scenery and historical sites; there are visits to some of Ireland's greatest stately homes and gardens; Free times to wander and explore the local communities we visit; excellent accommodation, food, Irish pubs and much, much more.
The tour takes you to some of Ireland's best known tourist destinations like the Blarney Stone, the Rock of Cashel and the Ring of Kerry but because our groups and vehicles are smaller, we will also take you right away from the beaten track and show you our favourite hidden corners of Ireland.
This trip concentrates on the south west of Ireland, which for many people typifies the Irish ideal of a friendly welcome, fantastic scenery, loads of history and culture, top quality pubs, food and music and picturesque small local communities.
The focus of the trip are the Beara, Iveragh (Ring of Kerry) and Dingle peninsula's which offer a huge variety of scenery, historical sites and shopping options. We can take you right away from the crowded tourist hotspots and show you some of Ireland's very best locations.
There is no doubt that anyone who takes this tour will fall in love with Ireland and immediately start making plans to come back.
Some highlights of the trip:
- reland's highest mountain range The Macgillycuddy Reeks
- The Green fields and stone walls of Dingle
- Connemara's mountains, lakes, beaches and rivers
- Ireland’s wild and rugged Atlantic coastline
- The Caher Mountains of the Beara Peninsula
- The green inland scenery of areas such as the Golden Vale in Tipperary
- Blarney Castle to kiss the magical Blarney Stone
- Killarney National Park
- The Cliffs of Moher
- The Dingle Peninsula
- Muckross House and Gardens, Kerry
- Bantry House and Gardens, Cork
- Garinish island Gardens, Cork
- Visit The Rock of Cashel
- Optional trip to the Skellig islands, one of Ireland UNESCO World Heritage sites
- Ancient Neolithic Stone circles, Celtic ring forts, castles, monastic sites and built tombs
- The majestic Iveragh peninsula (better known as the Ring of Kerry)
- The rugged Beara Peninsula (also known as the 'undiscovered peninsula')
- The rolling hills of the Dingle Peninsula
- The galleries and pubs (about 54 in total!) in Dingle town (pop. about 2500)
- The shops and boutiques of picturesque Kenmare
- Visit a working sheep farm for a demonstration of working dogs and also sheep shearing
- Take a boat trip to try Spot Dingle’s most Friendly occupant - Funghi the Dolphin in Dingle Bay
- Live music and excellent food in some of Ireland's best pubs and restaurants.
- Overnight in quality, locally owned guesthouse and small hotel accommodation in small, friendly local communities.
- Option of upgrading to a castle hotel for one night.
What's included:
- Journey of discovery in a Driftwood mini coach tour vehicle.
- Services of highly trained professional Driftwood tour guide
- 5 FULL days on tour
- Four nights accommodation (2 nights B&B, 2 nights Hotel).
- 4 Full Irish breakfast.
- Most daily activities and visits.
- All relevant taxes.
- Guaranteed tour price from the moment you make your deposit
- Any train journeys involved in tour
- Loads of laughs
What's not included:
We try and keep any additional costs to a minimum and these activities account for only a small part of the daily activities on tour. Most of the places we visit are free to enter.
The additional activities we do offer are ones that have proved to be a big success with customers over the years.
- Lunches and evening meals
- Some optional entrance fees and additional activity options, for example:
- Blarney Stone and Rock of Cashel – €15 (combined)
- Visit to a working sheep farm – €6
- Entrance to Bantry House and Gardens – €10
- The Mitchelstown Caves
- Irish Cookery lesson - tbc