Come as a stranger, leave as a Friend. MEDIEVAL CLIFFS COUNTRYSIDE PUBS STORYTELLING reland is a country rich in history, culture, and charm. Travel back in time during a visit to one of numerous Imedieval castles and forts, or explore the country’s famed natural beauty as you journey across the rolling green hills of the Irish countryside. And of course, everywhere you go you’ll fnd ’s most important national treasure: its wonderful people, who with wit and humor can ofen be found regaling anyone within earshot with stories of their daily lives and the lives of their ancestors. Discover the magic around every corner in beautiful, unforgetable Ireland. acts POPULATION 6.3 Million F CAPITAL CURRENCY Te Euro LANGUAGE English, Irish FAMOUS FOOD & DRINK , , , , Guinness, Whiskey ighlights

HCOUNTY: CLARE COUNTY: KERRY Clifs of Moher, Loop Head, Bunraty Walking trails, Killarney National & Folk Park, Te Burren, Park, Gap of Dunloe, Muckross Doolin Cave, surfng/windsurfng/ Abbey, St. Mary’s Cathedral kitesurfng COUNTY: LIMERICK COUNTY: DUBLIN Medieval castles and churches, pub Guinness Storehouse, Christ Church crawls, Hunt Museum, Foynes Flying Cathedral, Dublin Zoo, picnic in Boat Museum, Frank McCourt Phoenix Park, walking in the literary Museum, Lough Gur Visitor Centre footsteps of such writers as Yeats and COUNTY: Joyce, Trinity College and the Book of Ulster Folk Museum, Belfast Kells, shopping in designer boutiques Cathedral, award winning on Grafon Street restaurants/bars/clubs/galleries/ COUNTY: GALWAY theaters, Titanic Belfast, Ulster Connemara National Park, Quay Museum, St. George’s Market Street, historical and heritage tours, Wild Atlantic Way, ferry to the island of Inis Mor, day trip to the Clifs of Moher esorts & Hotels

COUNTY: CLARE RDromoland Castle HHHHH COUNTY: DUBLIN InterContinental Dublin HHHHH Te Merrion HHHHH Te Shelbourne Dublin, A Renaissance Hotel HHHHH (historic hotel where the Irish Constitution was drafed) Te Westbury HHHHH Westin Dublin HHHHH COUNTY: GALWAY Te g Hotel Galway HHHHH Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Galway HHHH COUNTY: KERRY Te Dunloe HHHHH Te Europe Hotel & Resort HHHHH COUNTY: LIMERICK Hotel & Golf Resort HHHHH Te Savoy Hotel HHHHH COUNTY: NORTHERN IRELAND Merchant Hotel HHHHH City Hotel Derry HHHH ecommended Itinerary (one of many options):

RTree nights in Dublin/Tree nights in Killarney Approximately 3.5 hour drive by coach or train between Dublin and Killarney.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

DUBLIN KILLARNEY • Temed Welcome Event – with Irish • Gap of Dunloe & Ross Castle – including a entertainment and a pub crawl aferwards picnic lunch and boat ride to Ross Castle • Viking City Tour w/Lunch at the Guinness • Golf – Te Killarney Golf and Fishing Club Storehouse – fun, interactive, and engaging features 3 fne courses group activity to see the sights of Dublin with a stop at the world famous Guinness • Dine around in Killarney Storehouse for lunch and a couple of pints • (home of the Blarney Stone) with pint pulling contest – with lunch and shopping in Kinsale • Day Trip to Baileys Farm – including a BBQ • Final Night Dinner - Castle Capers & lunch with all local food and Irish Olympics Medieval Madness theme, including medieval • Final Night Dinner – Christ Church décor/entertainment and costumes for the Cathedral with a reception in the crypt and atendees dinner in the cathedral ogistical Factors & Challenges � LOGISTICAL FACTORS CHALLENGES • With two major international airports • Unpredictable weather – during any given (Dublin and Shannon), any incentive trip trip to Ireland you may experience sun, rain, can begin and end in diferent parts of the sleet, and snow. So, if you hear an Irishman country – this also increases the number of say, “It only rains twice a week in Ireland: fights and fight times that are available into once for three days and then again for four and out of various cities days,” take it with a grain of . • Direct fights can usually be found from • As with any international destination major East Coast and Midwest cities with a diferent currency, exchange rate • US Customs clearance is handled in Ireland fuctuations can make it hard to estimate before departing to US airports, thus exact costs. For budgeting purposes, always allowing participants to arrive as domestic assume an exchange that’s higher (dollar passengers value lower than the actual exchange rate) to hedge against any currency fuctuations that • Te country has a fantastic tourism could increase the cost of your program. For infrastructure, with tour guides around the example, if the actual exchange rate is 1 USD country who are second-to-none = .90 Euros and the exchange hasn’t dropped • Spectacular and unique accommodations below 1 USD = .73 Euros in a couple of in Ireland’s famous castle hotels, including years, a good, conservative rate to use would Adare Manor, , and more. be 1 USD = .75 Euros. • When considering both cost and weather, the best time to visit is usually between March/April and October/November, with per-person costs around $3000-$3500 for a 6 night program including air For more information, contact HMI at: 800.343.4034

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