Magical Ireland Tour October 3 - 12, 2018 $2,995 Per Person, Double Occupancy from Hartford Featuring Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland
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KM Tours Presents Magical Ireland Tour October 3 - 12, 2018 $2,995 Per Person, Double Occupancy from Hartford Featuring Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland Highlights • 8 nights exploring Magical Ireland • Full sightseeing schedule including Belfast city Tour Titanic Experience Giants Causeway Bushmills Irish Whiskey Distillery See Rock of Cashel The wilds of Donegal Danny O’Donnell’s hometown Galway - the City of Tribes Cliffs of Moher Blarney Castle Dingle Peninsula Dublin City sightseeing Guinness - learn to pour a pint! • First class hotels • 13 Meals - Irish Breakfast & 5 Dinners • Driver/Guide & Deluxe motor coach • Departing from the Hartford area • Plus much more!! Tour Itinerary Wed., Oct. 3 – HARTFORD/EN ROUTE Today we transfer from the Hartford area to Chicago’s O'Hare International Airport where we board our non-stop trans-Atlantic flight traveling to Dublin, Ireland. (I) Thurs., Oct. 4 – DUBLIN/BELFAST As the sun rises on the Irish coast we will arrive in Dub- lin. Here we are met by our Irish Driver/Guide who will travel with us throughout the tour. From Dublin we journey into Northern Ireland to arrive in Belfast for an afternoon sightseeing tour. We’ll see the highlights grounds of Queens University and travel along the Golden Mile to Donegal Square where we’ll see the ornate Victorian buildings that include the Grand Opera House and the Crown Liquor Saloon, before stopping to visit the imposing City Hall. Afterward, we’ll see both St. Anne’s Cathedral and the Albert Memorial Clock Tower, as we make our way out to the main Catholic and Protestant areas that were home to the bloody battle grounds of the “Troubles.” Today these areas are commemorated with wall murals, memorials and gardens. We then visit the Titanic Belfast to learn about this famous liner which was one of the many ships built in the shipyards in 1912, when the ship building industry thrived. Our tour ends at our hotel where we enjoy an included dinner. (I,D) that rises nearly 700 feet above the foaming Atlantic Ocean. Then we visit a local farm where you’ll become Fri., Oct. 5 – BELFAST/DONEGAL enchanted by the thatched roof cottage and the amazing We depart Belfast this morning and drive through the sheep dogs at work herding the flocks of sheep. We enjoy Nine Glens of Antrim, a corner of Northern Ireland where tea and scones at the farm as we learn about their daily fairies and folklore are part of daily life. We begin with a lives. Next we take a short ferry ride across the River visit to Old Bushmills Irish Whiskey Distillery for a tour Shannon Estuary to the mountainous countryside of and a little taste. Next we’ll stop to explore the Giant’s Kerry. A short drive remains to the delightful town of Causeway, a mass of 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns Killarney and our hotel. This evening dinner is included formed over 60 million years ago. This evening we arrive at our hotel. (B,D) at our hotel in historic Donegal. (B,D) Tues., Oct. 9 – KILLARNEY (Dingle Peninsula) Sat., Oct. 6 – DONEGAL After breakfast we drive via the town of Killorglin and out Today we enjoy a full day in the Donegal Peninsula. We along the Dingle Peninsula. Our journey takes us along begin with a drive to the town of Dungloe where we visit the scenic road which winds along portions of the the Daniel O’Donnell visitor center, a Museum dedicated shoreline and through hilly countryside, enjoying to his life. It will take you through his childhood, adoles- spectacular views of mountains and coast, with new vistas cence and into the world renowned icon he is today. Next, opening up at every turn in the road. Stop in the town of we visit the town of Adara where make a visit to the Dingle before driving to the very tip of the peninsula to Triona Design Donegal Tweed Center where the tweed is see the primitive stone “beehive” huts of the early monks still woven with the same traditional skills that have been and the Gallarus Oratory, built in the 6th century of used for centuries. As well as manufacturing fine Done- un-mortared stone and still watertight after 14 centuries. gal tweed and wool garments, visitors can also learn the We return to Killarney where the remainder of the day is fine art of hand weaving tweed. We return to Donegal free for individual pursuits. Dine in one of the many pubs where we visit the historic Donegal Castle. (B) and restaurants and you may like to find a “singing bar” Sun., Oct. 7 – DONEGAL/GALWAY for traditional Irish entertainment. (B) Following breakfast we depart Donegal and drive through Wed., Oct. 10 – KILLARNEY/DUBLIN northwest Ireland to the border city of Belleek. Today This morning we leave Killarney and drive into the rich Belleek is best known for its ornamental pieces of fragile farming country of Cork. We will make a stop in Blarney latticework decorated with pastel-colored flowers. We will to climb to the battlements of Blarney Castle and kiss the see the skilled craftspeople create the intricate designs in famous "Stone of Eloquence." We will also have time to the delicate china. From Belleek we travel through visit the Blarney Woollen Mills, which has an excellent County Sligo, an area romanticized in poetry of W.B. range of Irish products of all types. From Blarney we Yeats as we make our way south to the town of Galway. venture through the rich dairy country of Cork and (B,D) Tipperary, past the gentle slopes of the Galtee Mountains Mon., Oct. 8 – GALWAY/KILLARNEY and the majestic Rock of Cashel to arrive in An amazing day is in store as we drive to the Atlantic Dublin and our hotel. The evening is at Coast to view the majestic Cliffs of Moher, a rocky wall leisure to dine on your own. (B) Thurs., Oct. 11 – Dublin Vacation Price Includes: Today, we set off with a local guide who will show us . Round trip motor coach transportation to Chicago’s around the prominent historic buildings and monuments of O'Hare International Airport. Dublin. The city has been molded through the centuries with many architectural styles, reflecting the economic, . Economy-class air transportation traveling enroute - political and artistic influences. We visit Trinity College Chicago/Dublin/Chicago to view the 8th century Book of Kells, an illuminated . Meals and light beverages served in-flight according manuscript of the gospels. Then visit the Guinness to airline schedules. Storehouse to see exhibits on how this world famous stout . Transportation by deluxe private motor coach with was first created and why it is so popular today. Finish accompanying Irish Driver. your visit in the roof-top bar, Gravity, overlooking the city . Accommodations in first-class hotels in twin-bedded center where you can sample a draft Guinness and enjoy rooms with private bath or shower. the view of the city. The remainder of the day is at leisure . Full Irish breakfast each morning and five evening in Dublin. dinners as shown in the tour itinerary. Full sightseeing program as described in the tour itin- In the evening head to the Merry Ploughboy Pub for a erary, including local guides and entrance fees where great dinner of Irish specialties and a lively show with applicable. popular Irish songs and intricate step-dancing. (B, D) . Luggage handling and porterage charges for one suit- Wed., Oct. 12 – DUBLIN/HARTFORD case per person at the hotels. All too soon, our vacation in Ireland has come to the end. Taxes for included land services; and airport departure Transfer to Dublin Airport in plenty of time to check in taxes; Customs service charges, and fuel surcharges for your flight. You may do some last minute shopping at @ $180 per person (subject to change). the duty free stores before boarding your flight returning The Vacation Price Does Not Include: Items of a per- us to Chicago. On arrival we board our motor coach to sonal nature such as passport fees; laundry and cleaning; return to the Hartford area. (B,I) telephone calls; optional tours and excursions; tips to the * * * Welcome Home * * * Driver/Guide and local guide(s); luggage handling at air- ports; personal and baggage insurance; meals other than I = In flight meals B = Breakfast D = Dinner those stated above; drinks with meals other than breakfast. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Reservation Application Please return to: KM Tours 262-223-0234 27 N. Main Street www.KMTours1.com Hartford, WI 53027 [email protected] Please reserve _____ places for me/us on Magical Ireland Tour. Enclosed is my/our check in the amount of $________ ($200 per person). Plus $______ ($172 per person) to purchase the optional Travel Insurance Program. 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