Ireland in Depth (2012)

Galway • Killarney • Cork • Waterford • Dublin
  • 12 days
  • from only:
  • $2095
  • $175 per day
    Land Tour Only
  • 13 days
  • from only:
  • $2695
  • $208 per dayIncludes international airfare and government taxes
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Detailed Itinerary
What Makes This Trip Unique
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Featured Accommodations
Pre- & Post-Trip Extensions
Optional Tours
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Customize your trip

Learn how to customize your vacation, or view standard air routing and travel times. The choice is yours with our True Choice program.

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Customize your trip

With our True Choice Program, you can choose to stay longer before or after your trip on your own, or combine two vacations to maximize your value. Here are more ways to create the Grand Circle vacation that’s right for you:

  • Choose our standard air routing, or work with us to select the airline and routing you prefer
  • Make your own international flight arrangements directly with the airline, applying frequent flyer miles if available
  • Stay overnight in a connecting city before or after your trip
  • Request to arrive a few days early to get a fresh start on your vacation
  • Choose to “break away” before or after your trip, spending additional days or weeks on your own
  • Extend your vacation with our optional pre- and post-trip extensions
  • Combine your choice of Grand Circle vacations to maximize your value
  • Upgrade to business or premium economy class

The air options listed above will involve an additional fee of $100 per person for confirmed requests (as well as incremental airfare costs based on your specific choice). This service fee will be waived for Inner Circle/Sir Edmund Hillary Club members.

Or, when you make your reservation, you can choose our standard air routing, for which approximate travel times are shown below.

GATEWAY

TRAVEL TIME*

Atlanta, Baltimore, Orlando, Minneapolis

11hrs

Boston

6hrs

Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Washington, DC (Dulles)

12hrs

New York (JFK)

7hrs

Los Angeles, San Francisco

15hrs

Miami, Phoenix

13hrs

Chicago

10hrs

Philadelphia

9hrs

Seattle

16hrs

* Estimated total time, including connection and layover. Actual travel time may vary.

The information above reflects approximate flight times from the gateway cities listed to Shannon, Ireland. Routing is based on availability and subject to change. You will receive your final air itinerary approximately 14 days prior to departure.

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Optional Tours


Tailor your vacation with our optional tours

Day 3:
Dinner & Ceili $95 per person

Enjoy a typical Irish Ceili, which is the celebration of the harvest and usually includes a hearty meal followed by song, stories and dance. Tonight you’ll join the Byrne family at a local restaurant as they explain this traditional Irish celebration. Feel free to join in song and dance with us as we watch the sun go down on Galway Bay and enjoy a three-course dinner.

Day 4:
Connemara & Kylemore Abbey $95 per person

Once home to more than two million Irish residents, Connemara retains its regional heritage, as you will discover while rambling around its lakes, mountains, and bogs. Visit the former Gothic mansion of Mitchell Henry, now the home of Benedictine nuns and better known as Kylemore Abbey. You will have time to wander both the mansion and the Victorian gardens. Then cruise Killary Harbor, a charming fjord-like inlet. You will enjoy lunch while cruising. Lastly, you’ll see the deserted village of Clough Na Mara, where only shells of 18th- and 19th-century houses remain—set amid hundreds of miles of stone walls.

Day 6:
National Folk Theatre Performance $95 per person

Enjoy a performance of Siamsa Tíre—the National Folk Theatre of Ireland, and the country’s only repertory company. Using the disciplines of traditional Irish music, dance, storytelling and mime, Siamsa Tíre offers a cultural experience dramatizing the essence of Irish culture. A siamsa show presents the myths, legends, lore, language, and folk life of a bygone era. This optional tour includes dinner.

Please note: This optional tour is available on May-September departures only.

Day 7:
Dingle Experience $95 per person

Venture out along the Dingle Peninsula, stopping at Tralee’s Kerry the Kingdom Museum, where you’ll experience a recreated medieval village. Then follow the rugged peninsula with its wild mountains and some of Ireland's most spectacular coastline. One of Ireland’s largest Irish-speaking areas, the wild landscapes continue to inspire writers and artists. We'll stop in the fishing port of Dingle, to enjoy locally caught fish (and chips) for lunch.