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Wild Atlantic Way Tour

Reference WW63414
10 nights from
£999 pp

What's Included

Return Flights
10 Nights accommodation as described including Irish breakfast each morning
Car hire throughout duration of stay
Heritage Island Guide
Wild Atlantic Way Tour

A Wild, Rugged & Liberating Journey

Why you'll love this

Visit Sligo - famed for its beaches and surfing.
Visit the Skellig Islands - The bigger of the 2 islands was used in Star Wars.
Visit the island of Achill - providing spectacular views of Atlantic Ocean.
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Itinerary

Itinerary

Welcome to Ireland's capital city, Dublin. Pick up your hired car at the airport before arriving at your hotel for an overnight with full Irish breakfast in the morning. Enjoy this day at your own leisure.

Depart for the West of Ireland from where you will join the Wild Atlantic Way route in the North West region. Travel to Sligo also known as Yeats Country with stunning scenery. At Parkes Castle, you can depart for a cruise on Lough Gill. Sligo is also famed for its beaches and surfing at places such as Strandhill and Mullaghmore or you could always indulge yourself by taking a rejuvenating traditional seaweed bath. Overnight with full Irish breakfast in the morning.

Today discover the magnificent cliffs at Slieve League. Travelling from Sligo via Donegal town and Killybegs, the home of Ireland’s largest fishing fleet, continue to the village of Carrick. From the nearby Slieve League visitor centre you can walk to the Cliffs face or take the shuttle bus. Or if you want to get closer still, why not take a cruise in the small open Nuala Star boat from Teelin Harbour. Overnight with full Irish breakfast in the morning.

Journey further west towards and stop off to explore the Céide Fields at Ballycastle. Displays, walking tours and AV shows tell the story of the everyday lives of farming people, their organized society, their highly developed spiritual beliefs. Continue via picturesque Newport town famous for both its freshwater fishing and Sea angling. The town is now situated in the heart of the 42km Great Western Greenway (opened in 2011), the longest off-road walking and cycling trail in Ireland. Overnight with full Irish breakfast in the morning.

Today take time out to explore the island of Achill. Why not tour the island to absorb the magnificent scenery on the island’s Atlantic drive that provides a spectacular journey with breath-taking views and see the Deserted Village abandoned in the early 20th century for an unknown reason. On the edge of the town, you can visit Westport House and Country Park where there are activities for all the family. The impressive stately home itself was originally built by Richard Cassels, the German architect, in the 1730s, on the site of the original Ó’Máille Castle, home of the pirate queen Grace O ’Malley. Overnight with full Irish breakfast in the morning.

Travel South via Leenane to see the unspoilt beauty of Connemara, a place of contrasts, colours, and wilderness that stretches from the bogs and lakes of the Gaelic speaking South Connemara to the mountain vistas of the Twelve Bens in North and West Connemara. Stop off just outside Leenane and take a spectacular cruise along Ireland’s only fjord aboard Killary Cruises’ “The Connemara Lady “, travelling along the 16 km long inlet with a depth of up to 45m. Continue to Clifden, the largest town in Connemara and stop off at Kylemore Abbey, set in a dramatic landscape. Drop into the nearby family-run Connemara Smokehouse where you can find a range of award-winning wild, organic, and farmed smoked salmon & seafood. If you are looking for entertainment near Galway City, Trad on the Prom show runs three times weekly during the summer months, one of Ireland's best-known music, song and dance experiences celebrating the passion of Ireland's past with a contemporary production. Overnight with full Irish breakfast in the morning.

This morning take to the streets of the City of the Tribes, Galway, one of the most popular and lively cities in Ireland. Then travel to County Clare and along the Black Head coastal route and discover the unique lunar-like landscape of the Burren. The Burren is a Karst limestone region of approximately 300 sq. km, which consists of imposing majestic mountains, and tranquil valleys with gently meandering streams. Continue to the world-famous Cliffs of Moher. Then journey off the beaten track along Loop Head Drive on Loop Head peninsula to see the views from the Loop Head lighthouse. If you like Dolphins then don’t miss the opportunity to take a boat trip with Dolphin Discovery Kilrush who have a 98% success rate on locating dolphins on their trips. Overnight with full Irish breakfast in the morning.

Take the 20 minutes Shannon Car ferry ride from Killimer to Tarbert and cross one of Europe’s longest and deepest estuaries. Twenty kilometres east of Tarbert along the Shannon estuary is the unique visitor attraction, Foynes Flying Boat Museum. Irish coffee was also invented in Foynes, since then it's become one of the most popular welcoming drinks in the world. Continue to Tralee and check out the new Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre beside the Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre. Head west to the stunningly beautiful Dingle Peninsula, a Gaelic speaking area where you will find some of the finest coastal scenery in Ireland and is also famous for it Celtic, pre-Christian monuments and Christian churches. The road around the Peninsula is truly spectacular. It passes through a chain of Mountains, called Slieve Misgh. At Inch beach, take a stroll along the strand bordered by dunes and made famous by David Lean’s movie “Ryan’s daughter”. From Dingle, drive around the coast to Slea Head. Here the blue of the marine landscape surrounds the Blaskets Islands, deserted since 1953. Overnight with full Irish breakfast in the morning.

Travelling along the Ring of Kerry stop off at the Valentia Island where you can visit the Skelling Experience, a heritage centre dedicated to life on the Skellig Islands. Boat trips to see Skellig Michael depart from the nearby harbour. For a unique chocolate, experience stop off at Balinskelligs to visit the family-run Skelligs Chocolate factory on the edge of the Atlantic. Kenmare is the next stop, an attractive town associated with the Lace industry in the 19th and 20th centuries. Overnight with full Irish breakfast in the morning.

Continue via Ireland’s Golden Vale region in Cork and Tipperary where much of the country’s cattle herd is reared on the fertile land to produce Ireland’s high-quality Beef and Dairy products. Stop in Cashel town to visit the famous Rock of Cashel. One of the most photographed sites in Ireland, the Rock of Cashel towers over the town from its perch on a 200- foot high outcrop of limestone. Once the seat of the Kings of Munster. St. Patrick visited the rock in 450, while Brian Boru was crowned the first high King of Ireland here in the tenth century. Continue to Dublin for the last evening of your tour. Option Irish House Party or Merry Ploughboys. Overnight with full Irish breakfast in the morning.

Travel to Dublin, drop off your hired car and head for your flight back home to the UK.