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Letterkenny & Donegal P2020 Ireland_Brochure A4 17/02/2020 09:10 Page 29 IRELAND IRELAND LLeetttteerrkkeennnnyy && DDoonneeggaall Holiday Highlights Glenveagh National Park Gweedore & Castle Bloody Foreland Atlantic Coast Drive Downings Dunfanaghy Doagh Mount Errigal Hotel & Rathmullen Gortahork Leisure Centre ★★★★★★ Boasting fantastic leisure facilities, including 20m Holiday Itinerary pool, hot tub and gym. The Mount Errigal Hotel is Day 1: Join your tour Dublin City Centre. Full Day - Atlantic Coast Drive one kilometer from Letterkenny. It has a bistro, Depart for Letterkenny via Ardee, Castleblaney Gweedore & Bloody Foreland restaurant and rooms with free WiFi. The and Monaghan with stops enroute before arriving We visit Dunfanaghy, an attractive little town set on comfortable bedrooms are ensuite and guests can at Mount Errigal Hotel with time to relax before the Wild Atlantic Way. Set west of Sheephaven also make use of a hairdryer, iron and tea/coffee evening dinner. During your stay enjoy the Bay it is sheltered from the Atlantic by Horn Head, making facilities. Decorated in warm colours, with some of Donegal’s most spectacular coastal featuring mood lighting and a baby grand piano, included tours. scenery. We continue via Falcarragh and guests can dine at the Strawberry Garden Full Day - Glenveagh National Park Gortahork to Bloody Foreland, named for the Restaurant. The fine menu includes traditional and And Castle (Entrance Included) crimson colour of its rocks at sunset. We return via international dishes and seafood from Donegal Today after a gentle start we visit the Glenveagh Gweedore with magnificent scenery and set in the Bay. Hotel also features Cafe Renaissance with National Park. Set in over 23,000 acres, the park Irish speaking Gaeltacht before skirting Glenveagh fashionable bistro offering bar menu, live music is located in a spectacular valley with lakes and National Park as we head back to our hotel. and smoking terrace. forest and is home to a wealth of wildlife including Full Day - Rosapenna & Rathmullen Swimming Pool, Hot Tub, Red Deer and the Golden Eagle. The Visitor centre Flight Of The Earls tells the story of park including the delightful We tour today to Rosapenna, Downings, Doagh Leisure Facilities WiFi Glenveagh Castle and Gardens, believed to have and Rathmullan, famous for the flight of the Earls been modelled on the famous Scottish Balmoral in 1607 (Hugh O’Neill and Rory O’Donnell, Earls Castle. Your guided castle tour will give you a of Tyrone & Tyrconnell) which marked the end of glimpse into a bygone world with flamboyantly Gaelic Ireland and the rule of Irish chieftans. The decorated rooms including a pink candy striped 16th century Rathmullan Castle sits beside the one set in the Round Tower and demanded by harbour, once home to an English garrison. “Greta Garbo’ whenever she stayed. Last Day: We depart for home today after The exotic Castle Gardens are equally spectacular, with Italian style garden and Belgian Walk, built by breakfast with still a lot to see on the way. We Belgian soldiers who stayed here during WW1. have refreshment stops enroute (own Short bus ride from Visitor centre to castle is expense). Arriving in Dublin City Centre included. approx. 3.30pm with fond memories of an enjoyable tour. Your Holiday Includes Weekends 5 Day Breaks Over 55’s Save €20 Comfortable Hotel 4 Days Weekends 5 Day Breaks Aug 17 Half Board evening dinner August Bank Holiday Weekend and full breakfast each day July 31 €327 July 06 €407 Comfortable coach with October Bank Holiday Weekend August 17 €417 October 23 €319 reserved seat Single Room €75 Single Room €99 Entrance To Glenveagh National Park & Castle Premier Seats Front Row €10 PP Premier Seats Front Row €10 PP Full Touring Itinerary is provided Second Row €5 PP Second Row €5 PP with tickets Your Holiday Includes 2 Full Day Tours Includes 3 Full Day Tours LTKN / MEHL LTKN BOOK ONLINE Dublin (01) 8733411 For Connections Available From All Over www.pabtours.com Cork (021) 4271932 29 Ireland Please See Page 59 D.
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