Blarney Castle, County Cork Temple Bar, Dublin
Itinerary
DAY 1 • Depart U. S. Depart from the U. S. today and travel to Ireland.
DAY 2 • Arrive Dublin, Ireland Land and transfer to your hotel to meet your Program Director and fellow travelers arriving from their optional Northern Ireland extension. Enjoy a Welcome Dinner this evening.
Meals: D | Hilton Garden Inn Dublin City Centre or similar
DAY 3 • Dublin Begin your discoveries of Dublin on a guided panoramic tour, including a stop at EPIC, the Irish Immigration Museum. Here, you’ ll discover the stories of Irish emigrations around the world to the modern day.
Meals: B, L | Hilton Garden Inn Dublin City Centre or similar
DAY 4 • Dublin • Teeling Whiskey Distillery • Optional Howth Castle Culinary Experience Visit Teeling Distillery for a behindthe-scenes tour of one of the only operational whiskey distilleries in Dublin. The rest of the day is yours to spend at leisure. This evening, you may join us for an optional Howth Castle
Culinary Experience featuring live music and dinner.
Meals: B | Hilton Garden Inn Dublin City Centre or similar
DAY 5 • Dublin • Glendalough • Avoca Handweavers • Kilkenny Depart for Kilkenny, stopping along the way at the rustic monastic site of Glendalough. You’ ll also visit the river town of Avoca, made famous by the Avoca Handweavers, the oldest clothing manufacturer in all of Ireland.
Meals: B, L, D | Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel or similar
DAY 6 • Kilkenny • Kilkenny Castle Discover Kilkenny on an included walking tour. You’ ll wander the compact city’ s narrow lanes, and visit the immaculately manicured, sprawling gardens of Kilkenny Castle. After an included lunch, the rest of the day is yours.
Meals: B, L | Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel or similar
DAY 7 • Kilkenny • Waterford Crystal factory • Cahir Castle • Cork Travel from Kilkenny to Cork today, stopping en route to visit the renowned Waterford Crystal factory and Cahir Castle, one of Ireland’ s bestpreserved castles.
Meals: B, D | Maldron Hotel South Mall or similar
DAY 8 • Cork • Cobh • Home- Hosted Lunch Enjoy an included tour of seaside Cobh, which served as a major emigration point for families leaving Ireland during the Great Potato Famine. The city was also the last port of call for two famously doomed ships: the RMS Titanic and the RMS Lusitania. This afternoon, enjoy a Home-Hosted Lunch with a local family.
Meals: B, L | Maldron Hotel South Mall or similar
Trip Highlight
On Day 6, visit one of Ireland’ s most iconic landmarks, Kilkenny Castle, a magnificent fortress that has loomed over the city for more than 800 years.
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