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14 days – including international airfare from Detroit, airport transfers ITINERARY $ from SVSU and pre-trip dinner at SVSU – from 3795 May 14, 2016 PRE-TRIP OPTION: 5 NIGHTS IN Improve your value with these optional extensions: NORTHERN IRELAND Northern Ireland: 5 nights pre -trip from $995 DAY DESTINATION/HOTEL Dublin, Ireland: 3 nights post -trip from $495 1 Fly U.S. • Galway, Ireland 2-4 Galway Connemara Ardilaun Hotel or similar Dublin Galway (Also post-trip extension) INCLUDED TOUR: Galway OPTIONAL TOURS: Dinner & ceili, Burren Ireland Connemara & Kylemore Abbey Cliffs of Moher Glendalough 5-7 Killarney Kilkenny Killarney Towers or similar Atlantic Irish Sea Ocean INCLUDED TOURS: Burren & Cliffs of Moher, Killarney National Park, Castle OPTIONAL TOURS: National Folk Theatre Dingle Blarney Waterford Killarney Performance & dinner, Dingle Cork OPTIONAL EXTENSION Experience Ring of KKeKerryerrry Londonderry Northern 8-9 Cork (Pre-trip) Ireland The Hotel or similar Arrival/ Departure Belfast INCLUDED TOURS: Blarney, Cobh Overnight Stay (Pre-trip) Included Tour/Stop Celtic 10-11 Kilkenny Optional Tour/ Sea Ireland Pembroke Hotel or similar Extension Galway Motor Route INCLUDED TOURS: Cahir Castle, Waterford Crystal factory, IT’S INCLUDED Kilkenny 12-13 Dublin • Choose to purchase Grand Circle’s • Exclusive services of a Grand Circle Ballsbridge Hotel or similar airfare, and your airport transfers, Program Director (assigned to no more INCLUDED TOURS: Glendalough, government taxes, fees, and airline fuel than 42 travelers) Guinness Storehouse, Dublin surcharges are included. Or, make your • 5% Frequent Traveler Credit toward 14 Fly Dublin • U.S. own air arrangements your next Grand Circle trip—an average POST -TRIP OPTION: 3 NIGHTS IN • Accommodations for 12 nights in of $197 DUBLIN, IRELAND comfortable rooms with private baths • Private motorcoach land travel • 21 meals: 12 breakfasts, 3 lunches, • Baggage handling for 1 piece of luggage and 6 dinners per person, including tips • 13 included tours • Exclusive Discovery Series events: Irish Now included for 2015 history & culture discussion • Sheepdog Gratuities on your main trip are now demonstration • Home-Hosted Lunch included for local guides and motor- • Hurling demonstration • Avoca coach drivers Handweavers visit • Personal headset on all included and Please mention this code when booking: optional tours G6-24365

Reservations & Information: Call Toll-Free: 1-800-597-2452 • Press 2 Delve deep into the magic of the Day 4 Galway • Optional Connemara & WHAT TO EXPECT Emerald Isle, a land rich in history, Kylemore Abbey tour. Join our optional Connemara & Kylemore Abbey tour Pacing romantic legend, verdant landscapes, today. You’ll explore the former Mitchell and stirring music and song. From the Henry mansion before enjoying lunch • 5 locations in 13 days natural splendor of the coastal Cliffs onboard The Connemara Lady cruise Physical Requirements boat while viewing the spectacular scenery of Moher and the captivating Burren, • Not accessible for travelers using of Ireland’s only fjord. Then move on wheelchairs or scooters to the celebrated blend of past and to Clough Na Mara, where you’ll learn • Travelers using walkers, crutches, or about the hardships of life in early Ireland. present on the streets of Galway other mobility aids must travel with Or take the entire day today to explore a companion who can assist them and Dublin, the unforgettable heart Galway at your own pace. throughout the trip of your journey is the warmth and B—Ardilaun Hotel or similar • You must be able to walk 2 miles charm of the Irish people. Day 5 Galway • & Cliffs of unassisted and participate in 1.5-2.5 YOUR ITINERARY Moher • Killarney National Park. This hours of physical activities each day, morning, you’ll set off for Killarney. Your including stairs first stop will be the Burren, a surreal • Agility, balance, and the ability to climb Day 1 Depart U.S. moonscape full of huge limestone crags, stairs are required to kiss the Blarney massive dolmens, and ancient stone forts, Day 2 Arrive Galway, Ireland. Your Stone arrival time will depend on your departure known as cahers. Despite the seemingly Climate city. A Grand Circle representative will inhospitable climate, a diverse array of meet you at the airport and assist you to plant life thrives here. Then discover the • Daytime temperatures range from your hotel to meet your Program Director majestic Cliffs of Moher, precipitous rock 48-67°F during touring season and fellow travelers arriving from their formations towering more than 700 feet • June-August are the warmest months above the ocean. optional Northern Ireland extension. • February and November weather can Tonight, get to know your group members Later in the afternoon, celebrate your be unpredictable and change quickly over a Welcome Drink and Dinner. arrival in Killarney with a ride on a jaunt- within a short period of time D—Ardilaun Hotel or similar ing car (a traditional Irish horse-drawn • Rain is common and should be Day 3 Galway • City tour • Optional carriage) for a tour of the forested hills of expected Killarney National Park, and the Kenmare Irish ceili & dinner. This morning, enjoy Terrain a walking tour of Galway, a burgeoning Estate, a former residence for an Irish noble family. • Travel over uneven walking surfaces, center for the technology industry and a including unpaved paths, hills, stairs, and lively bohemian mecca, with your Program EXCLUSIVE DISCOVERY SERIES EVENT cobblestones Director, followed by time to explore at Tonight, join your fellow travelers at Transportation your own pace. Tonight, you may join in the hotel for an included dinner, and the craic (fun) during an optional ceili, a then learn about rural Irish life during a • Travel by 45-seat motorcoach and celebration that includes dinner, dancing, discussion with a local resident who grew jaunting car (horse-drawn carriage) and song with local musicians. up on a small farm in the 1950s. Cuisine B—Ardilaun Hotel or similar B,D—Killarney Towers or similar • Meals will be based on the local cuisine

Reservations & Information: Call Toll-Free: 1-800-597-2452 • Press 2 evening, where you’ll enjoy an included dinner at your hotel. B,D—Pembroke Hotel or similar Day 11 Kilkenny • City tour. Kilkenny boasts some of the best-preserved medieval structures in the country, which you’ll explore today on an included walking tour. You’ll visit the immaculately manicured, sprawling gardens of , built around 800 years ago, and a delightful destination for locals and visitors alike today.

EXCLUSIVE DISCOVERY SERIES EVENT During an included demonstration, you’ll also learn about hurling, an energetic and uniquely Irish sport—not unlike field hockey or lacrosse—introduced by the Celts around 2,000 years ago. The rest of the day is yours to discover Kilkenny at leisure, and dinner is on your own this evening. Day 6 Killarney • Ring of Kerry • reputed to bestow eloquence on those who B,L—Pembroke Hotel or similar Optional National Folk Theatre per- manage to kiss it—a feat that can only be formance & dinner. On this morning’s accomplished by hanging upside down. Day 12 Kilkenny • Glendalough • Dublin. included tour, you’ll discover the Ring B,D— The River Lee Hotel or similar EXCLUSIVE DISCOVERY SERIES EVENT of Kerry, enjoying breathtaking views of Day 9 Cork • Cobh • Home-Hosted After breakfast, you’ll set off for Dublin, Ireland’s majestic mountains and rugged Lunch. This morning, enjoy an included stopping along the way at the river town coastline. We ride most of the way, tour of Cobh, a seaside town that served of Avoca, made famous by the Avoca making scenic stops and disembarking as a major emigration point for families Handweavers. When you meet with them, in Moll’s Gap for lunch. The afternoon leaving Ireland during the Great Potato you’ll hear about what it’s like to work is yours to discover Killarney on your Famine. The city was also the last port of at the oldest clothing manufacturer in all own. This evening, join us for an optional call for two famously doomed ships: the of Ireland. Then, advance to the lovely performance by the National Folk Theatre Titanic and the Lusitania, whose sinking monastic city of Glendalough. of Ireland, including dinner. brought America into World War I. B,L—Killarney Towers or similar Arrive in Dublin in the afternoon and EXCLUSIVE DISCOVERY SERIES EVENT visit to Trinity College to view the ancient Day 7 Killarney • Optional Dingle This afternoon, learn about contemporary Book of Kells. This evening, join your Experience tour. After breakfast, join our life in Ireland while savoring a traditional companions for an included dinner. optional Dingle Experience excursion. meal during a Home-Hosted Lunch with a B,D—Ballsbridge Hotel or similar First, you’ll travel to Kerry County local family. Museum, where you’ll enjoy a re-created Day 13 Dublin • Guinness Storehouse • medieval street in Tralee. Then visit the The rest of the day is yours to make your City tour. Learn the history of the iconic rugged Dingle Peninsula, known for its own discoveries. Irish beer during a tour the Guinness spectacular coastline, where you’ll stop for B,L— The River Lee Hotel or similar Storehouse, then explore Dublin on an a fish-and-chips lunch in the fishing town included city tour. Enjoy lunch on your Day 10 Cork • Cahir Castle tour • of Dingle. own, and an afternoon at leisure to make Waterford Crystal tour • Kilkenny. B—Killarney Towers or similar your own discoveries before joining your Travel from Cork to Kilkenny today, fellow travelers for a Farewell Dinner. stopping en route to visit Cahir Castle and Day 8 Killarney • • Cork. B,D—Ballsbridge Hotel or similar This morning, set off for historic Cork. Waterford. Situated on a rocky island in the , Cahir Castle once featured Day 14 Dublin • Return to U.S. After EXCLUSIVE DISCOVERY SERIES EVENT a state-of-the-art defensive design, and is breakfast, transfer to the airport for your Along the way, you’ll stop to view now one of Ireland’s best-preserved castles. flight home. Or continue your discoveries Ireland’s finest Border Collies in action Continue on to visit the Waterford Crystal of the Emerald Isle on an optional post- during a sheepdog demonstration at a factory, where you’ll tour the Waterford trip extension in Dublin, Ireland. working farm (weather permitting). Crystal factory, renowned globally as the B En route to Cork, you’ll stop in Blarney, standard for the highest quality lead-cut Please note: We reserve the right for our Program a village nestled in the Irish countryside. crystal. After your tour and free time to Directors to modify participation, or in some Atop the south battlement of its famous shop, head to a local pub for a drink and circumstances send travelers home if their limitations are impacting the group’s experience. castle, you’ll find the , some live music. Arrive in Kilkenny this

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Northern Ireland $ 5 nights pre-trip from 995 Travel from only $199 per night

Your optional extension includes: Day 1 Depart U.S. Day 5 Londonderry • City tour • Day 2 Arrive Belfast, Northern Ireland. Optional American Folk Park • Accommodations for 2 nights in Arriving in Belfast today, you’ll be met tour. This morning, enjoy an included Belfast at the First-Class Europa at the airport and assisted to your walking tour of the city, featuring a Belfast or similar, 2 nights in hotel. Join your fellow travelers for a closer look at the city’s great 17th- Londonderry at the First-Class City Welcome Drink and briefing, and then century walls. You’ll have the rest of Hotel Derry, and 1 night in Galway a vicinity walk. Dinner tonight is on the day at leisure to make your own at the Superior First-Class Ardilaun your own. discoveries. Or join an optional tour Hotel or similar to the Ulster American Folk Park, an Europa Belfast or similar • 5 meals: 5 breakfasts open-air museum. Day 3 Belfast • City tour. This morning, • Included tours: Belfast, Giant’s B—City Hotel Derry or similar you’ll see the sights of Belfast on Causeway, Londonderry a panoramic tour, as you drive by Day 6 Londonderry • Galway, Ireland. • Exclusive services of a Grand Circle the city’s elaborate Victorian and Depart this morning for Galway, stop- Program Director Edwardian buildings. Then enjoy the ping on route to visit a churchyard in Drumcliffe where William Butler Yeats • All transfers entire afternoon to explore Belfast on your own. You may wish to visit was laid to rest. You’ll arrive in Galway

its numerous parks, art museums, in the late afternoon, and dinner will Now included for 2015 wonderful pubs, or check out its be on your own this evening. Gratuities on this extension are lively arts scene. B—Ardilaun Hotel or similar now included for local guides and B—Europa Belfast or similar Day 7 Galway. Meet your fellow motorcoach drivers Day 4 Belfast • Giant’s Causeway • travelers arriving today and begin your Londonderry. Depart this morning for Ireland in Depth Land Tour. Londonderry. Along the way, you’ll visit B FEATURED HOTEL the stunning lunar landscape of the Giant’s Causeway. Single Supplement: FREE ➤EIP2015 B—City Hotel Derry or similar

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City Hotel Derry (Moderate First Class) Derry, Ireland Located on the banks of the River Foyle, the Moderate First-Class City Hotel Derry is about a five-minute walk from the historic Derry Walls, which form a promenade around the inner city. The hotel offers a restaurant, bar, and health club. Your room includes a telephone, TV, coffee- and tea-making facilities, and private bath with hair dryer.

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Your optional extension includes: Day 1 Dublin • St. Patrick’s Cathedral Dalkey, where you’ll have lunch at • & City Hall. After an 18th-century pub, followed by free • Accommodations for 3 nights breakfast, discover the area around time to explore on your own before in Dublin at the Moderate- St. Patrick’s Cathedral—and tour this returning to Dublin. Deluxe Ballsbridge Hotel or similar Dublin landmark—during an included B—Ballsbridge Hotel or similar • 3 meals: 3 breakfasts tour with your Hospitality Desk repre- Day 3 Dublin • St. Stephen’s Green. sentative using your Hop-On/Hop-Off • Included tours: St. Patrick’s Join your Hospitality Desk representa- Bus Pass. The afternoon is yours for dis- Cathedral, Dublin, St. Stephen’s tive this morning for an included covery. Perhaps you’ll stroll along the Green discovery walk of St. Stephen’s Green, narrow cobblestone streets of Temple • Hop-On/Hop-Off Bus Pass to a 22-acre public park designed in the Bar, the area between the Bank of explore Dublin on your own Georgian era. Among many points Ireland and Christ Church Cathedral, of interest, a memorial garden to • Exclusive services of a local Grand or simply chat with locals while enjoy- W.B. Yeats features a Henry Moore Circle representative ing a pint at one of Dublin’s countless sculpture. Then spend the day explor- pubs (all of which are smoke-free). • All transfers ing Dublin on your own. You might Ballsbridge Hotel or similar consider visiting the National Library Now included for 2015 Day 2 Dublin • Optional Powerscourt of Ireland, whose collection includes House & Gardens tour. Explore Dublin manuscripts spanning a thousand Gratuities on this extension are on your own today, using your years. Or you could follow the enlight- now included for local guides and included Hop-On/Hop-Off Bus Pass. ening route walked by Leopold Bloom motorcoach drivers Or join an optional tour to discover in Joyce’s Ulysses, including Eccles the world-renowned gardens of Street and Bachelor’s Walk. Powerscourt House, an immaculately B—Ballsbridge Hotel or similar manicured landscape of sprawling Day 4 Dublin • Return to U.S. This FEATURED HOTEL lawns, colorful flowers, planted trees, morning, transfer to the airport for terraces, grottos, cascades, and your flight home. tree-lined footpaths. Your optional tour B continues at the medieval village of This extension may not be available on Single Supplement: FREE all departures. Additional taxes and fees apply. Ask your Travel Counselor for details.

Ballsbridge Hotel (Moderate Deluxe) Dublin, Ireland This Moderate-Deluxe hotel offers convenient access to locations like St. Stephen’s Green, Temple Bar, and Grafton Street—one of Dublin’s fashion- able shopping areas. Hotel facilities include a restaurant and pub. All non-smoking rooms feature a TV, trouser press, complimentary coffee- and tea-making facilities, and private bath with hair dryer. Please note: Select departures feature similar accommodations.

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