Tour Highlights - CIE Tours

T O U R I N C L U D E S
14 days/13 nights/25 meals,
15 days/14 nights/26 meals
or 1 day longer incl. travel
• Group transfers at start and end of tour
• Ferry from Scotland to Ireland &
from Isle of Skye
• Sightseeing by luxury coach throughout
• Dublin open-top bus tour with
complimentary visit and a drink at
Guinness Storehouse or Old Jameson
Distillery (15-day tour only)
• Professional tour director throughout
• Superior first class hotels with private
bath/shower for 13 or 14 nights
• Full Scottish & Irish breakfasts daily (B)
• 12 dinners (D) including
- Restaurant in Edinburgh
- Medieval banquet and entertainment
in Bunratty Castle
- Dinner & traditional Irish show in Dublin
- 9 table d’hote dinners
• Welcome get-together drink
• Tours of Edinburgh & Belfast with guides
• Ceilidh with singers, piper and dancers
in Inverness
• Reserved seats for Edinburgh Military
Tattoo on August 5 to 19 departures
• Sheepdog trials at Leault Farm
• Walking tour of Derry with a local guide
• Horse-drawn jaunting car ride in Killarney
• Visits and admissions to Royal Yacht
Britannia, Edinburgh Castle, Culloden
Battlefield Visitor Centre, Clan Donald
Centre at Armadale Castle, Burns
National Heritage Park, Titanic Quarter,
Mount Stewart House & Gardens, Giant’s
Causeway, Glenveagh Castle & Gardens,
Belleek Pottery Factory, W. B. Yeats’ Grave,
Strokestown House & Famine Museum,
Cliffs of Moher, Blasket Centre, Blarney
Castle and Blarney Woollen Mills
• Deluxe flight bag, ticket wallet,
luggage tags & strap
• All local taxes, hotel service charges &
porterage for one suitcase per person
YOUR HOTELS
Stay at the following (or similar):
• Marriott Dalmahoy Hotel, Edinburgh
(2 nights)
• Columba Hotel, Inverness (1 night)
• Isles of Glencoe Hotel, Ballachulish
(1 night)
• Europa Hotel, Belfast (2 nights)
• Station House Hotel, Letterkenny (2 nights)
• Kilronan Castle Hotel, Ballyfarnon (1 night)
• Temple Gate Hotel, Ennis (1 night)
• Towers Hotel, Killarney (2 nights)
• Burlington Hotel, Dublin (1 or 2 nights)
Photo: Edinburgh Skyline from Calton Hill
The Scots Irish
Tour & More
Superior First Class Hotels – 14 or 15 Day Coach Tour
2498
From $
land only
Tour Highlights:
Bunratty Castle Medieval Banquet,
Pub Dinner in Dublin,
RoyalYacht Britannia, Belfast’s
Titanic Quarter, Cliffs of Moher,
Kiss the Blarney Stone
Day 1 – Sun: Edinburgh & “Britannia”
Start at Edinburgh Airport with a hotel
transfer. Visit the Royal Yacht Britannia,
owned by The Queen and dine at a popular
restaurant in the city center. (D)
Day 2 – Mon: Edinburgh Castle
See the principal sights of Edinburgh,
including Princes Street and the Royal
Mile. Visit Edinburgh Castle to see
the Scottish Crown Jewels.(B)
Day 3 – Tue: Sheepdog Trials
& Culloden
Drive into the Highlands to watch trained dogs
herding sheep and ducks. Continue to Culloden
Moor, site of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s defeat. At
your hotel enjoy a ceilidh, traditional Scottish
music. (B, D)
Day 4 – Wed: Isle of Skye
Drive through wild scenery to the Isle of Skye
and visit the Clan Donald Centre at Armadale
Castle. Return to the mainland by ferry and
travel on to Ballachulish. (B, D)
Day 5 – Thu: Rabbie Burns & Belfast
Drive south to Alloway to visit the Burns National
Heritage Park. Take a ferry to Larne and drive to
your centrally-located hotel in Belfast. (B, D)
Day 6 – Fri: Belfast Tour & Mount Stewart
Tour central Belfast and the Titanic Quarter where
the famous liner was built in 1912. Visit Mount
Stewart House with its many treasures. (B, D)
Day 7 – Sat: Giant’s Causeway & Derry
Drive along the scenic “Nine Glens of Antrim” to
visit the Giant’s Causeway, huge columns. Take
a walking tour of Derry’s medieval walls. (B, D)
Day 8 – Sun: Glenveagh Castle
Tour Glenveagh Castle, a charming estate in a
lakeside setting and travel around the scenic Grand
Atlantic Drive and return to Letterkenny. (B, D)
Day 9 – Mon: Kilronan Castle Stay
Stop in Donegal town and visit the Belleek
Pottery Factory. Pause at W. B. Yeats’ Grave
and continue to Kilronan Castle. (B, D)
Cliffs of
Moher
LETTERKENNY 2
Donegal
BALLYFARNON 1
Strokestown
Galway
1 ENNIS
Dingle
Peninsula 2 KILLARNEY
Kenmare Blarney
Isle of
Skye
BALLACHULISH 1
Giant’s
Causeway
Derry
2
BELFAST
Cashel
1-2
DUBLIN
INVERNESS
1
Loch
Ness
Alloway
Cairnryan
Culloden
2 EDINBURGH
1 = Overnight Stops
= Start City = End City
Day 10 – Tue:
Strokestown &
Cliffs of Moher
Visit Strokestown
House and Famine
Museum. Drive to the
magnificent Cliffs of Moher
and enjoy a medieval feast with entertainment
in Bunratty Castle. (B, D)
Day 11 – Wed: Dingle Peninsula
Travel along the Dingle Peninsula for wonderful
views of coastline and mountains. Visit the
Blasket Centre and drive to Killarney. (B, D)
Day 12 – Thu: Jaunting Car & Kenmare
Take a jaunting car ride to Killarney’s lakes and
then a short drive around part of the Ring of
Kerry via the lovely town of Kenmare. (B, D)
Day 13 – Fri: Blarney & Cabaret
Drive to Blarney Castle to kiss the famous “Stone
of Eloquence”. Pause at the Rock of Cashel on
the way to Dublin for a dinner show. (B, D)
Day 14 – Sat: Home or Dublin Tour
If you are on the 14-day tour, transfer to Dublin
Airport. If you choose the 15-day tour, take an
independent open-top bus tour and visit Guinness
or Jameson with an airport transfer on day 15. (B)
14/15 DAY SCOTS IRISH TOUR MORE – 2012
Book overnight flights from North America
one day earlier than the tour start date
Tour starts Tour ends 14 Day 15 Day
Edinburgh Dublin* Land Only Land Only
Sun Apr 15 Sat Apr 28 $2498 $2668
•Sun
Apr 29 Sat May 12 2638 2798
Sun May 13 Sat May 26 2788 2958
Sun May 27 Sat Jun 09 2868 3038
•Sun
Jun 10 Sat Jun 23 2868 3038
Sun Jun 24 Sat Jul 07 2868 3038
Departures every 2nd week until Oct 28
*15 day tour returns from Dublin one day later than shown above.
Single room supplements: 14 day tour $748, 15 day tour $798.
Guaranteed tour departure dates are listed on cietours.com
•Save $55 per person if you are 55 or over.
Tour Code: SNA12 All prices in U.S. Dollars
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