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Educational Tour Of October 11-17, 2011

Land Only Price: $499 per person based on twin occupancy. Single Room Supplement: $220 (Must have 20 passengers to operate)

Tour Includes:

Exclusive transport by luxury motorcoach with a Guided tours of Belfast and Dublin. driver/guide (one man) for 6 days. Visits and admission fees to: Hotel accommodation based on twin bedded Clonmacnoise rooms with private bath as listed opposite for 5 Ballintubber Abbey nights. Castle Giant’s Causeway Full breakfasts (5). Proleek Dolman Monasterboice Table d’hôte dinners (4). St. Patrick's Cathedral Breakfast upon arrival at a local venue. Hotel porterage, service charges and government Dinner and evening entertainment at Taylor’s taxes. Three Rock. Flight bags, ticket wallets, baggage tags and identi- Guided walking tour of Derry. fying strap.

This tour is subject to CIE Tours’ booking guidelines and cancellation penalties. Visit Our website: www.cietours.com Outline Itinerary UNITED STATES TO DUBLIN derful views of mountains, valleys and coastline. Depart your hometown and take an overnight flight Drive to Belfast and check into your hotel for dinner across the Atlantic. Enjoy in-flight entertainment and and overnight stay. meal service as you travel to start your vacation. DINNER & OVERNIGHT: MERCHANT HOTEL, BELFAST DUBLIN ARRIVAL & GALWAY BELFAST TOUR, PROLEEK DOLMAN & MONAS- After landing at Dublin Airport, complete customs TERBOICE and immigration formalities. Then your CIE Tours This morning tour Belfast with a local guide to see Vic- driver/guide will welcome you to Ireland and escort torian buildings, the Harland & Wolff shipyards where you and your luggage to the coach. Enjoy breakfast the Titanic was built and the Falls Road and Shankill with your fellow travelers at a local venue. Depart residential areas. Leave Belfast and travel south Dublin and journey across the rolling pastures of Ire- through Newry and stop near Dundalk to visit Proleek land’s heartland to visit Clonmacnoise. This monastic Dolmen, one of the most photographed portal tombs settlement was founded in 545 AD by St. Ciaran and in Ireland. The capstone weighs at least 35 tons and is delightfully set on the banks of the River Shannon. is balanced on three legs the two front or portal Continue your drive to Galway and embark on a stones are about 2 meters high. Local legend says panoramic tour to see the principal sights of the city. that if you throw a small stone onto the capstone A drive around will take you to the large modern ca- and it stays there, you will be married within the thedral set on an island on the River Corrib. See the year. Enjoy the lovely views as you continue your Spanish Arch in the Claddagh area, formerly a fishing drive into Drogheda to visit Monasterboice which dates village, the City Museum, National University of Gal- from the 5th century and is famous for its collection of way and the Cathedral of Our Lady, which is built on Celtic high crosses which are intricately decorated. the site of the former county jail. Then check into After your visit drive to the town of Killiney and check your hotel and enjoy the remainder of the afternoon into your hotel. In the evening join your fellow travel- at leisure before dinner. ers for dinner in the hotel restaurant. DINNER & OVERNIGHT: SALTHILL HOTEL, GALWAY DINNER & OVERNIGHT: FITZPATRICK’S CASTLE HO- BALLINTUBBER ABBEY, DONEGAL CASTLE & TEL, KILLINEY DERRY DUBLIN HIGHLIGHTS & TAYLOR’S THREE ROCK Journey north through part of Connemara to visit EVENING Ballintubber Abbey, known as “the Abbey that re- This morning drive into Dublin and set off with a lo- fused to die.” It has been used continuously for wor- cal guide who will show you around the prominent ship since 1216, even when burned down by Crom- historic buildings and monuments of Dublin. Dublin well in 1653. Continue through the hills and boggy is an ancient settlement, founded by the Vikings in fields of County Mayo to County Sligo, called “Yeats’ the 9th century. The city has been molded through Country” as the poet spent time there. Drive around the centuries with many architectural styles, reflect- the shores of to visit Donegal Castle in ing the economic, political and artistic influences. the town center. The castle was built by the O'Don- Stop to tour St. Patrick's Cathedral, which is almost nell chieftain in the 15th century, expanded in the as old as the city itself and famous for its connec- 17th century and today has been renovated and fur- tions with the brilliantly eccentric Dean Jonathan nished. Travel along the north coast of Ireland to Swift. Next tour Dublin Castle to see the State Apart- Derry and check into your hotel for dinner and over- ments where many state functions are held in the night stay. richly decorated chambers. The afternoon is at leisure DINNER & OVERNIGHT: CITY HOTEL, DERRY so that you can browse, shop and sightsee independ- DERRY WALKING TOUR, GIANT'S CAUSEWAY & ently. This evening drive to the town of Rathfarnham BELFAST to Taylors Three Rock for dinner followed by a lively Enjoy a walking tour of central Derry to see the prin- show of traditional Irish songs, dancing and music. cipal sights. See the 17th century city walls, which OVERNIGHT: FITZPATRICK’S CASTLE HOTEL, are some of the best-preserved in Europe, and the KILLINEY Diamond, the main central square. Also pass the RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES 17th century St. Columb's Cathedral, the Tower Mu- All too soon, your vacation in Ireland has come to the seum with local history displays and the Guildhall end. Transfer to Dublin Airport in plenty of time to where the history of Derry is depicted in stained- check in for your flight, clear security and claim your glass windows. Then depart Derry and drive along VAT refund. You may do some last minute shopping the north coast of Ireland to explore the Giant’s at the duty free stores. Then clear U.S. Immigration Causeway, huge hexagonal columns formed over 60 before boarding your aircraft and fly west across the million years ago. The huge rocks have given rise to Atlantic Ocean back to the United States. many legends, especially involving Finn McCool. Travel through the “Nine Glens of Antrim” for won-