Irish & Scottish Sampler
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Highlights
- Visits and admissions to Dalkey Castle, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Giant’s Causeway, Titanic Belfast, Pollok House and Edinburgh
- Explore Edinburgh
- Enjoy a walk to see the various rock formations and sea views
- Discover Dublin and explore Giant's Causeway
- Magnificent scenery of the Scottish Highlands to your historic hotel in Pitlochry
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- Sightseeing by luxury coach
- Professional tour director
- 8 nights in hotels listed
- Full breakfast daily (B) except on day 1
- 6 dinners (D) including: Taylor’s Three Rock Pub dinner and traditional show: Scottish Evening in Edinburgh, 4 table d'hote dinners, Welcome get-together drink
- Walking tours of Dalkey, Derry and St Andrews
- Tours of Dublin, Belfast and Edinburgh
- The Causeway Coast Discovery Centre turf-cutting, tea and scones
- Ferry ride from Ireland to Scotland
- Blair Athol Distillery whisky tasting and tour
- Reserved seats for Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo on July 31 to August 21 departures
- Dublin open-top bus tour with a visit to Guinness Storehouse or General Post Office Museum
- Edinburgh open-top bus tour
- Walking tour of Edinburgh
- Visits and admissions to Dalkey Castle, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Giant’s Causeway, Titanic Belfast, Pollok House and Edinburgh Castle
- Audio headsets and group photo
- Deluxe carry-on backpack, ticket wallet, luggage tags & strap
- All local taxes, hotel service charges & porterage for one suitcase per person
- Free Wi-Fi on coaches and in hotel lobbies
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Itinerary
Meals:Dinner
Your Irish trip starts at 2:00 pm when you meet your tour director at your Dublin hotel, located about 8 miles south of Dublin city center. Drive to Dalkey Village, now an upmarket suburb, for a gentle guided walk through the village, filled with i...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
This morning set out on an introductory tour of central Dublin to see rows of stately Georgian houses lining elegant squares. Pass Trinity College, home of the Book of Kells and Leinster House where both houses of the government conv...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Depart Dublin and travel north through the heart of Ireland’s farmlands to Derry for a walking tour of this historic city with a local guide. Learn about 20th century history as you travel through the Bogside and take a stroll along ...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Your first stop today is at The Causeway Coast Discovery Centre for some Irish hospitality and fun with tea and home-made scones followed by a turf-cutting demonstration. Drive along the Nine Glens of Antrim, a scenic region with lov...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Take a short ferry ride to Scotland and drive along the west coast to the outskirts of Glasgow. Enjoy a break and a guided tour around Pollok House, a grand country house which gives a real flavor of life in the 1930s with lavish fam...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Very close to your hotel in Pitlochry tour Blair Athol Distillery to see how whisky is distilled and sample a “wee dram” before leaving. Continue south through great scenery to St Andrews, located on the east coast. This town is reno...
Meals: Breakfast
This morning explore Edinburgh on a sightseeing tour to see the main points of interest. See the wide streets and elegant mansions of the Georgian 200-year-old “New Town”, built to expand the cramped conditions in the old city. Walk along part ...
Meals: Breakfast
Spend the day on an independent hop-on hop-off bus tour of Edinburgh. Also enjoy a walking tour around parts of the city’s historic areas – you will have a selection of different tours and routes.
Meals: Breakfast
Your program ends after breakfast.
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