Wonderful Western Ireland.

As the Irish say, Ceád Mile Fáilte! One Hundred Thousand Welcomes to Ireland. You will be met at Shannon Airport and transferred to the East Clare Golf Village, our base for the next 6 nights. 

After your long flight, the rest of the day is at leisure to relax and discover your surroundings.

The morning starts with a Welcome Meeting. Here you can meet your fellow group members and your tour leader, who will give you an overview of the week ahead.

After a leisureley morning, early afternoon we head to the nearby, traditional Irish village of Tuamgraney. With time for a quick explore, we head for lunch before attending a unique experience. We walk down to the beautiful 1,000 year old St. Cronan's Church and Heritage Centre. Here, in the historic church, we will enjoy a private concert of haunting Irish music by Kate Purcell and Friends. Discovering traditional Irish music in such a special location is one of the highlihgts of the tour. 

We return to the resort for an evening at leisure.

The mighty Cliffs of Moher, one of Ireland's most outstanding features and most visited sites. Rising sheer above the Atlantic below to nearly 700 feet and extending along the coast for nearly five miles, on a clear day you can see across to the Aran Islands. After an overview and introduction at the visitor centre, you can choose to walk along the cliffs and experience firsthand the magnitude and beauty of these mighty cliffs

This afternoon, we head to the nearby Aillwee Caves, where we will enjoy a guided tour of the cave system, whose history dates back some 330 million years! Afterwards, there is a bird of prey exhibition, showcasing some of the areas local birdlife.

We return back to East Clare for an evening at leisure.

Today we head west towards Bunratty for a day of history! 

Bunratty Castle is the most complete medieval castle in Ireland. Built in 1425 and restored in 1954 to its former medieval splendour, the now contains mainly 15th and 16th century furnishings and works of art, capturing the mood of those times.

Beside it lies the Folk Park where you will enjoy the sights and sounds of Ireland's history as you stroll from house to house and around the charming village streets complete with school, post office, doctors house, hardware shop, printers from the past. You may catch a glimpse of the farmer’s wife baking griddle bread or making some home-made butter.

You can stop at the famous Durty Nelly’s pub for lunch and McNamara’s is definitely worth a visit, as well as enjoy shopping at Blarney Woolen Mill, and tour the Castle & Folk Park’s medieval boutiques.

After returning to the resort to freshen up, this evening is a night to remember as we travel to Knappogue Castle for a traditional Medieval Banquet and Entertainment!

Today's excursion takes us to Ennis, the largest city of County Clare. We will enjoy a historic walking tour and there will be some time for the opportunity to go shopping and sample the local wares. 

From here, we will proceed on to Craggaunowen, Ireland's original award-winning pre-historic park. The park features a stunning re-creation of some of the homesteads, animals and artefacts which existed in Ireland during those time periods. What's more, the castle here at Craggaunowen was built by a descendant of Sioda MacNamara, who built Knappogue Castle!

We head back to the resort late afternoon so you have time to freshen up for our Farewell Evening gala meal. We head out to enjoy some traditional Irish food, and of course a week in Ireland would not be complete without some live entertainment to wrap up our week! 

This morning we travel to the nearby, beautiful village of Adare. The town's name means 'ford of [the] oak" and was founded in the 13th century. It has been desginated a Heritage Town of Ireland for obvious reasons.  Discover life in a traditional Irish village and perhaps call into one of the local bars for a real pint of Guinness or snap the pretty, colourful thatched cottages. 

You'll have time to enjoy lunch at leisure in Adare before we travel back north to Killaloe. It lies on the shores of the River Shannon and Lough Derg. Here we will board a boat for a cruise on the River Shannon.

This evening, enjoy an evening at leisure, maybe head out into the local town where you can enjoy true Irish hospitality.

Time to say goodbye to Ireland. After breakfast, you will be transferred back to Shannon Airport for your onward flight home.

Alternatively, why not join us on our extension to Dublin to continue the 'craic'? We will depart after breakfast for the Emerald Isle's lively capital, stopping en route at the famous Rock of Cashel before staying in Dublin and seeing the sights. For more information, click here.