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Giantʼs Causeway Antrim Coast This Fully Inclusive Guided Vacation Features: DERRY MGA Travel Ardara BELFAST Presents a Special Group Departure to Ireland • 12 nights in hotels listed • 12 daily hot breakfasts (B) Downpatrick Irish Classic • 1 lunch (L) WESTPORT July 31 – August 12, 2021 • 7 dinners (D) including a Leenane medieval-style banquet in a Connemara 13 Days / 12 Nights / 20 Meals castle, and Taylors Three Rock Galway DUBLIN Depart U.S. for Dublin overnight July 30th – traditional Irish dinner and show. Cliffs of tour begins July 31st. • Sip locally-brewed craft beer with Moher BUNRATTY your dinner at the family-owned New Ross $4,660 TOTAL COST per person WATERFORD Walled City Brewery, housed in a Dingle Listowel based on double occupancy (air is from MYR) former army barracks in the Dungarvan KILLARNEY Single Room Supplement $895 heart of Derry. Ring of Kerry Kenmare Blarney Start City Optional Travel Protection Insurance $239 • Listen to lively Irish traditional Overnight Stops music over an Irish coffee at End City *Transportation to/from your home (must live within Dungarvan’s 300-year-old Marine Bar. 30 miles of the airport) Liam Clancy of the legendary Clancy Brothers **Air departure tax, fuel & surcharges are subject to once lived nearby and often came in to sing. change until entire group is confirmed and ticketed. All CIE Tours Guided Vacations Include: • Sightseeing by luxury coach • Blarney Castle • Professional tour director • Cliffs of Moher • All on-tour transportation including shuttles and ferries • Medieval Castle Banquet • Welcome get-together drink with your group • Crumlin Road Gaol • Free Wi-Fi on coaches so you can stay connected along the way • Down Cathedral • Deluxe documents wallet and backpack to keep you organized • Dunbrody Famine Ship • All local taxes, hotel service charges & handling of one suitcase per person • Giant’s Causeway Hotels – 12 Nights: • Marine Bar – CIE Tours Exclusive Hyatt Centric The Liberties | Dublin (1) • Walled City Brewery – CIE Tours Exclusive Hilton Belfast Hotel | Belfast (2) • Irish Night in Dublin City Hotel | Derry (1) Hotel Westport | Westport (2) To book or for more information contact: Bunratty Castle Hotel | Bunratty (1) Tom Mugno Killarney Plaza Hotel | Killarney (2) Granville Hotel | Waterford (1) MGA TRAVEL The Spencer Hotel | Dublin (2) 843.279.0310 NOTE: The features, itinerary and hotels shown for this tour are based on 10764 Hwy. 707, Ste. 1, Myrtle Beach, SC 29588 2020 departures, and may be subject to change for 2022 departures. [email protected] This tour is subject to CIE Tours’ booking guidelines and cancellation penalties. Refer to General Conditions on your CIE Tours group contract. CST# 2021285-20. IRELAND SCOTLAND ENGLAND WALES ITALY ICELAND 13 Day Irish Classic Tour Itinerary Day 1: Dublin Panoramic Tour & Dublin Castle with its original contents including portraits, furniture, silver, and porcelain. Your tour begins at 2:00 PM at your Dublin hotel. Take a panoramic Spend the rest of the afternoon and evening enjoying the lively town of tour of Dublin, seeing such sights as elegant Georgian townhouses, St. Westport at your leisure. (B) Stephen’s Green and the River Liffey. Visit Dublin Castle, the seat of Day 7: Galway, Cliffs of Moher & Medieval Castle Banquet power and government in Ireland for many centuries. Take a guided tour Travel to Galway for some free time to explore the city. Head out to visit through the castle and see the State Apartments, used today for official the majestic Cliffs of Moher, which soar 700 feet above the Atlantic. Enjoy functions and presidential inaugurations. Enjoy a welcome drink with your an evening at a medieval-style banquet in an authentic Irish castle. (B, D) group before dining independently. Day 8: John B. Keane’s Pub & Dingle Peninsula Day 2: Down Cathedral, The St Patrick Centre, Crumlin Road Gaol Travel along the River Shannon into County Kerry. In Listowel, sample tea & Belfast and scones in the family pub of the late, famed playwright John B. Keane. Visit Down Cathedral where St Patrick’s historical burial site is marked by Journey along the Dingle Peninsula to Slea Head for glorious scenic views a huge boulder. Immerse yourself in his work, life, and times in the nearby of hills and coastline. Stop in Dingle for some free time before heading to St Patrick Centre. Explore Crumlin Road Gaol and see what prison life Killarney. (B, D) was like through the ages. Head to central Belfast for some time to relax before dinner at your hotel. (B, D) Day 9: Jaunting Car Ride, Ring of Kerry Highlights, Kenmare & Killarney Enjoy a scenic, traditional horse-drawn jaunting car ride to Ross Castle and Day 3: Titanic Belfast & Belfast Walking Tour the Kenmare Estate. Visit CIE Tours preferred shopping partner Moriarty’s in Tour central Belfast to see Victorian buildings, the imposing City Hall in the Gap of Dunloe. Travel along part of the Ring of Kerry to see spectacular Donegall Square, and the shipyards where RMS Titanic was built in 1912. mountain scenery at Moll’s Gap and at Ladies View. Stop off in Kenmare Visit Titanic Belfast to learn about the ill-fated liner, which was built in for lunch and free time. Return to Killarney where the evening is free for the city. In the afternoon, join a local guide for a walking tour of Belfast independent dining and perhaps a visit to a local pub with live music. (B, L) before spending time on your own. (B) Day 10: Blarney Castle, Marine Bar & Waterford Walking Tour Day 4: Giant’s Causeway, Derry Walking Tour & Walled City Brewery Visit Blarney Castle to climb the winding staircase and kiss the famed Drive north along the Nine Glens of Antrim for views of mountains, “Stone of Eloquence”, or relax in the lovely gardens. Travel on to valleys, and coastline. This scenic region is one of the locations for “Game Dungarvan to enjoy an Irish coffee and traditional music at the Marine of Thrones.” Stop for photos at the ruins of Dunluce Castle. Explore the Bar, a CIE Tours Exclusive Venue. Continue to Waterford where a local Giant’s Causeway, enormous hexagonal columns formed by volcanic guide will lead a stroll around the historic old port city. (B, D) activity 60 million years ago. In Derry join a local guide for a short walking tour around the defensive walls that encircle the compact old city. Then Day 11: House of Waterford Crystal, Dunbrody Famine Ship visit the Walled City Brewery, an award-winning CIE Tours Exclusive & Taylors Three Rock venue, for dinner and a flight of their craft beers. (B, D) Witness the creation of crystal masterpieces at the House of Waterford Crystal, a CIE Tours preferred shopping partner. In New Ross explore Day 5: Westport & Westport Walking Tour the Dunbrody Famine Ship, which transported people to North America Travel through the rugged countryside of Donegal, renowned for during the 1840’s famine. This evening enjoy dinner and a show at Taylors heathery hills, sheep and the many tweeds made from their wool. Visit Three Rock. (B, D) Triona Design in Ardara, a CIE Tours preferred shopping partner, and enjoy a demonstration of handweaving. Continue on toward County Day 12: Hop-On, Hop-Off Bus Tour in Dublin Mayo, where you’ll take a walking tour of historic Westport with a local Enjoy your day in Dublin independently on the Hop-On, Hop-Off bus guide, before dinner in your hotel this evening. (B, D) tour. Use your voucher to visit your choice of one of Dublin’s top attractions: Guinness Storehouse, Teeling Whiskey Distillery, EPIC The Day 6: Sheepdog Demonstration & Westport House Irish Emigration Museum, or GPO Museum. In the evening, dine at one Enjoy views of the pilgrimage mountain of Croagh Patrick and stop in the of the many restaurants or pubs that Dublin has to offer. (B) beautiful town of Leenane. Head to a local farm to watch skilled dogs herd sheep. View Killary Harbour, Ireland’s only fjord. Enjoy a drink before Day 13: Tour Ends in Dublin taking a guided tour of Westport House, an 18th-century home complete Your tour ends after breakfast. (B) (B) Breakfast (L) Lunch (D) Dinner NOTE: The features, itinerary and hotels shown for this tour are based on 2020 departures, and may be subject to change for 2021 departures. For reservations, please complete the form below and include your non-refundable deposit of $400 per person. Optional Trip Protection Insurance is additional at $239 per person and is also due at the time of deposit. 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