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MAY 4 – USA / DUBLIN: Fly transatlantic overnight from Chicago to Dublin Ireland. Dinner is served and in-flight entertainment is provided.

MAY 5 – ARRIVE IN DUBLIN, IRELAND / GALWAY: Welcome to Ireland! After collecting your bags, you will meet with your driver in the arrival’s hall at Dublin Airport. Depart and make your way to a local pub for your first full Irish breakfast of the week! Then head for Galway. Pause in Clonmacnoise, an early Christian site founded by St. Ciarán in the mid-6th century on the eastern bank of the River Shannon. The site includes the ruins of a cathedral, seven churches (10th-13th century), two round towers, three high crosses and the largest collection of Early Christian grave Christian grave slabs in Western Europe. Continue to Galway where you enjoy a panoramic tour of this great city. Check in to your hotel and enjoy the rest of your afternoon at leisure. This evening enjoy a welcome dinner in your hotel. (B/D)

MAY 6 – CONNEMARA EXCURSION: After breakfast in your hotel, depart on an excursion out to Connemara. Whitewashed cottages are scattered over a land of rocky mountains, sparkling brooks and rivers. Stop to visit the beautiful Kylemore Abbey, a castellated neo-Gothic mansion occupied since 1920 by the Irish Benedictine community of Nuns. Onwards to Clifden for free time to enjoy lunch. Visit the Connemara Marble Factory before returning to Galway where your evening is free. (B)

MAY 7 – GALWAY / CLIFFS OF MOHER / KILLARNEY: After breakfast, depart Galway and head south towards County Kerry.  Travel around the magnificent Galway Bay and on through the Burren. Pause to visit the dramatic, near-vertical Cliffs of Moher, rising 700 feet above the pounding Atlantic waves. From the cliffs on a clear day you can see the Aran Islands and Galway Bay. O’Brien’s Tower stands near the highest point and has served as a viewing point for visitors for hundreds of years. Afterward, cross the River Shannon by ferry and head to Killarney where you enjoy dinner in your hotel. (B/D)

MAY 8 – DINGLE PENINSULA EXCURSION: Today, begin by heading out to the beautiful Dingle Peninsula. This peninsula is a Gaeltacht, a unique area where the Irish language is preserved. View Slea Head; beehive huts; views of the Blasket Islands; harbors; beaches; all spectacular! There is time to explore the town of Dingle, a colorful fishing port. Later, return to Killarney where the remainder of your afternoon and evening are free. (B)

MAY 9 – KILLARNEY / COBH / BLARNEY / CORK: After breakfast, enjoy picturesque views of the Lakes of Killarney as you drive through Moll’s Gap and over the Caha Mountains towards County Cork. Stop to see the stone circle, before continuing through Kenmare and Glengarriff. Then on along the beautiful south coast to Cobh where you visit the Cobh Heritage Centre. Here you will view a dramatic exhibition of the origins, history, and legacy of Cobh. Cobh is situated on the southern shore in one of the world’s finest natural harbors. Between 1848 and 1950, over 6 million adults and children emigrated from Ireland – over 2.5 million from Cobh, making it the single most important port of emigration in the country. Cobh was the last port of call for the ill-fated Titanic. Afterwards visit Blarney Castle with its magical stone that gives the gift of eloquence for a kiss. There is time to stop at Blarney Woollen Mills to shop before driving a short distance to the beautiful Hayfield Manor Hotel for dinner and overnight. (B/D)

MAY 10 – CORK / CASHEL / DUBLIN: After breakfast you depart from Cork and make your way toward Dublin. Pause in Cashel, County Tipperary to visit the unforgettable Rock of Cashel. The dramatic limestone rock crowned with secular and religious buildings dominates the flat countryside for miles around. Then on to Dublin where you visit the Guinness Storehouse. Raise a mug of the “black stuff” and drink in Dublin views at the Gravity Bar. This evening you are free in Dublin. (B)

MAY 11 – DUBLIN: Enjoy a day at leisure in Dublin. (B)

MAY 12 – DUBLIN / USA: After breakfast, bid farewell to Ireland as transfers begin to Dublin airport, where after check-in you will have plenty of time for your last-minute duty-free shopping. Your flight to the US arrives the same day. Have a safe journey! (B)

IMPORTANT: This tour includes walking tours. To enjoy this tour, you should be in good health and able to walk reasonable distances, often over unpaved and uneven surfaces.

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 Inclusions

• Round-trip air from Chicago to Dublin on United Airlines
• Galway – 2 night, 4-star Park House Hotel
• Killarney – 2 nights, 4-Star Great Southern Hotel
• Cork – 1 night, 5-Star Hayfield Manor Hotel
• Dublin – 2 nights, 4-Star Radisson Blu Royal, or similar
• Breakfast each morning, including a pub breakfast on day of arrival
• 3, three-course dinners
• Luxury motorcoach with services of a professional Irish driver/guide
• Clonmacnoise Monastic Site
• Connemara Excursion
• Kylemore Abbey
• The Cliffs of Moher
• Dingle Peninsula Excursion
• Cobh Heritage Centre
• Blarney Castle
• The Rock of Cashel
• The Guinness Storehouse
• Portfolio of electronic travel documents
• Hotel porterage of one suitcase per person
• 24-hour emergency customer service while in Ireland

IMPORTANT: This tour includes walking tours. To enjoy this tour, you should be in good health and able to walk reasonable distances, often over unpaved and uneven surface.

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