See the highlights of southwest Ireland on a 3-day Cork City, Ring of Kerry, and Dingle Peninsula tour from Dublin. Marvel at iconic locations used to film Game of Thrones on a 2-day tour of Belfast and Giant’s Causeway from Dublin. But why race through the island of Ireland so fast? Most are proper day trips.Sure, you can spend 3 hours getting up to Belfast or across to the cliffs of Moher in the west.
Find tickets & tours worldwide.Save your favorites. Unable to pay the inheritance tax, she sold the castle to the Irish State in 1975.Malahide, therefore, has an unusual trait in that it’s adapted for the 20th century yet has an ironclad foothold in the past.Across the road, beyond the willows and those swirling, curling stairs appears an ever more modern phenomenon: a gift shop.Yet this too carries an historical secret all of its own.For it turns out that the great silver letters that spell out AVOCA are not, in fact, a result of austerity cuts or shoddily spelled avocado. Check out our flexible cancellation policies and We're creating your account. Continue by train to Killarney for a 3-night stay, and trace the scenic ring of Dingle and stunning Ring of Kerry by coach. A stately home enveloped in ivy-green and layer upon layer of history so intriguing, I kept waiting for Jonathan Rhys Meyers or some other fine actor in tights to stride right into the scenery.A curling staircase leads beneath overarching tree branches to reach the 12th century house.Then it’s time to pass through the ivy-clad doorway, stooping beneath the arch from a time when the world was different, when even the strongest and tallest of men didn’t reach the lofty heights of my one metre and sixty-odd centimetres.The core part of Malahide castle began life in 1174, with later parts arriving throughout the years.It was, for almost 800 years, the family home of just one family: the Talbots, swept from France via Wales into southern Ireland with the Anglo-Norman invasion and onto these very grounds. After a scenic train ride along Ireland’s rugged Atlantic coast, explore Belfast independently with a hop-on hop-off bus ticket. Once out of the city, though, it’s a fantastic way to explore.Driving in Ireland is pretty straightforward, although parking sometimes requires some creativity.Yet its past does stretch back to shadowy times, beginning as a 13If the name rings a bell, it’s the same Powerscourt as the beautiful shopping centre in central Dublin, all arches and stairways beneath a glass atrium.As for Powerscourt itself, its fame soared after being named the third best garden in the world by National Geographic. You can still make the most of Dublin and the surrounding areas.Lavender-tinged with salty-aired promenades and hills overlooking the bay, Howth (pronounced something like who-th) blows some fresh air into a day trip from Dublin.Reachable by DART (stands for Dublin Area Rapid Transit and is basically the public transport network) it barely feels like a day trip, featuring in James Joyce’s masterpiece Ulysses as part of Leopold Bloom’s fateful 24 hours in the city.Yet this small fishing village carries a distinctly different air to the big city further round the bay. Your tour includes hotel accommodation in Galway, including a full Irish breakfast; and all rail and coach trips, the latter with an experienced driver-guide.Swap Dublin for the wild beauty of western Ireland on this rail and coach day trip to County Galway and Connemara. Hike the Cliffs of Moher, discover the beaches of The Aran Islands, explore Killarney National Park by bike and cross the ocean to the Skellig Islands.
Find tickets & tours worldwide.Save your favorites. Unable to pay the inheritance tax, she sold the castle to the Irish State in 1975.Malahide, therefore, has an unusual trait in that it’s adapted for the 20th century yet has an ironclad foothold in the past.Across the road, beyond the willows and those swirling, curling stairs appears an ever more modern phenomenon: a gift shop.Yet this too carries an historical secret all of its own.For it turns out that the great silver letters that spell out AVOCA are not, in fact, a result of austerity cuts or shoddily spelled avocado. Check out our flexible cancellation policies and We're creating your account. Continue by train to Killarney for a 3-night stay, and trace the scenic ring of Dingle and stunning Ring of Kerry by coach. A stately home enveloped in ivy-green and layer upon layer of history so intriguing, I kept waiting for Jonathan Rhys Meyers or some other fine actor in tights to stride right into the scenery.A curling staircase leads beneath overarching tree branches to reach the 12th century house.Then it’s time to pass through the ivy-clad doorway, stooping beneath the arch from a time when the world was different, when even the strongest and tallest of men didn’t reach the lofty heights of my one metre and sixty-odd centimetres.The core part of Malahide castle began life in 1174, with later parts arriving throughout the years.It was, for almost 800 years, the family home of just one family: the Talbots, swept from France via Wales into southern Ireland with the Anglo-Norman invasion and onto these very grounds. After a scenic train ride along Ireland’s rugged Atlantic coast, explore Belfast independently with a hop-on hop-off bus ticket. Once out of the city, though, it’s a fantastic way to explore.Driving in Ireland is pretty straightforward, although parking sometimes requires some creativity.Yet its past does stretch back to shadowy times, beginning as a 13If the name rings a bell, it’s the same Powerscourt as the beautiful shopping centre in central Dublin, all arches and stairways beneath a glass atrium.As for Powerscourt itself, its fame soared after being named the third best garden in the world by National Geographic. You can still make the most of Dublin and the surrounding areas.Lavender-tinged with salty-aired promenades and hills overlooking the bay, Howth (pronounced something like who-th) blows some fresh air into a day trip from Dublin.Reachable by DART (stands for Dublin Area Rapid Transit and is basically the public transport network) it barely feels like a day trip, featuring in James Joyce’s masterpiece Ulysses as part of Leopold Bloom’s fateful 24 hours in the city.Yet this small fishing village carries a distinctly different air to the big city further round the bay. Your tour includes hotel accommodation in Galway, including a full Irish breakfast; and all rail and coach trips, the latter with an experienced driver-guide.Swap Dublin for the wild beauty of western Ireland on this rail and coach day trip to County Galway and Connemara. Hike the Cliffs of Moher, discover the beaches of The Aran Islands, explore Killarney National Park by bike and cross the ocean to the Skellig Islands.