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Hello Ireland Tours

Ulster Bank Chambers
2 / 4 Lower O'Connell St
Dublin 1
Ireland

Tel: +353 (0) 1 878 8898
Fax: +353 (0) 1 878 8916
Email: info@helloireland.com

 

                

 

 

 

Day 1

Arrive Dublin airport and meet your guide and driver at the 'Chauffeur Driver Meeting Point' in the arrivals hall. Enjoy a Panormic City Tour en route to your hotel to acquaint you with the city. Overnight Dublin City Centre Hotel. Free for dinner.


Day 2

09h00 Depart Hotel for morning city tour with your driver and guide. You will pass many sights famous to Dublin - the GPO, Custom House, Trinity College, the Georgian Buildings of Merrion Square, St. STephen's Green, Christchuch Cathedral, Phoenix Park.

Arrive at Old Jameson Distillery for tour of Distillery Museum and Whiskey Tasting.

Continue back to City Centre after tasting for more sightseeing or free time if you wish.

The guide will suggest places for dinner and can make a reservation for them, perhaps, Chapter One Restaurant on Mountjoy Square. This is a top class, award winning restaurant and is walking distance from the hotel. The driver and guide will leave you at 18h00.


Day 3

09h00 Depart Gresham Hotel for journey to Kilkenny City. You can go through County Wicklow and visit Powerscourt House - this is an 19th Century house that was restored after a fire in the 1970's. The house now contains craft shops and is a lovely stop for morning coffee on the pavillion overlooking the landscaped gardens.

Further south, in the Wicklow Mountains, lies Glendalough - this is a 6th Century Monastic site lying on the shores of the Upper and Lower Lakes. There are a couple of pubs / restaurants around Glendalough, where you can stop for lunch and then you will travel over through Kildare and Carlow and arrive in the Medieval City of Kilkenny to check into the hotel.

Your guide can help them make restaurant reservations for this evening. The hotel is within walking distance of everything in the town as it is quite a compact little town and some areas are closed to traffic during the day.


Day 4

You can have a lie in this morning - starting at 10h00 and will have a morning tour of the City, they could visit Kilkenny Castle if you wish. Ypu are booked in for lunch in Langtons Hotel at 12h30. After lunch, you could take a trip to Waterford City if they wanted to see the Waterford Crystal Factory. Free for dinner.


Day 5

09h00 Depart the hotel and travel out through Clonmel and Cahir to Cashel to see the Rock of Cashel. This used to be the seat of power for the High Kings of Ireland and in the 11th Century was handed over to the church. The remains there today, date from the 14th Century.

They will then continue back to Dublin on the N8 route through Abbeyleix and Portlaoise. They can discuss a lunch stop en route with your guide. Or you may possibly like to visit the National Stud in Kildare en route back to the airport.

The guide and driver will aim to get youback to the airport for check in at 15h30.