Shannon • Our Lady of Knock • Galway • Dublin • Downpatrick • Cork • Killarney
10 Days - Our prices include airfare from your hometown and exclusively 4 or 5 star hotels everywhere
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Trip Includes A Catholic priest will be with the group to celebrate daily Mass. Round-trip airfare from your hometown connecting in a major city to fly overseas is included. If your city has a direct flight to your destination, we will guarantee a direct flight as long as it is available. Airport Taxes, Security Fees, and Fuel Surcharges! Exclusively 4 or 5 star hotels in downtown areas. All breakfasts and all dinners. Wine is included with all dinners. Transportation with luxury bus. All entrance fees to all the sites. All tips to everyone involved in the tour. The tour fees for our guides. Our tour guides are well educated, caring, and professional. Most of them have their PhD's in Church history, archeology, philosophy, languages, or Theology. Luggage handling. Please pack light, one piece of luggage and one carry-on. Dress casually throughout the whole trip. Shoulders and knees should be covered when visiting Basilicas or churches. We limit our group to a maximum of 24 passengers, unless the priest on the trip requests a larger group. Small groups with a 5 star service in 4/5 star hotels. If you are traveling alone and you allow us to find you a roommate, you don't pay the $900 single supplement. If you wish to have your own room and you are not open to rooming with another passenger, then the single supplement fee is $900. Taxi and wheelchair can be provided free for those passengers who cannot walk, with prior notice at registration. A traveling companion has to push the wheelchair throughout the trip. At the time of registration, as a part of the total balance, a non-refundable $500 (hotel and airfare deposit) is due in the form of a credit card. For example, if your trip costs $3,700, when you sign up, you pay a $500 deposit, then your balance would be $3,200 and is due 4 months before departure date. If you sign up after the final payment due date or at the last minute, you pay the entire cost of the trip at registration. Trip Does Not Include Lunch Insurance ~ The total trip cost is non-refundable, we recommend trip insurance to protect your investment.
Trip Itinerary
Day 1: Departure from USA to Shannon.
Day 2: Arrival. On route to Knock, visit Galway and enjoy this amazing city. Dinner and overnight in the Knock or Galway area.
Day 3: Gentle start to the day, Drive to Our Lady of Knock and enjoy the museums and feel the presence of our Blessed Mother. Dinner and overnight in the area of Knock or Galway.
Day 4: Today we travel to Dublin. Tour of Dublin City by Coach: Visit Trinity College to view the Book of Kells followed by an afternoon in Glendalough. Dinner at the Arlington hotel with traditional Irish music and dance show. Overnight in Dublin.
Day 5: Enjoy a leisurely day with an optional tour of the Guinness Brewery and/or Jameson Whiskey factory. Enjoy an evening to sample the delights of Ireland’s capital. Dinner and overnight in Dublin.
Day 6: Today we will visit Downpatrick, Ireland and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church in Downpatrick and visit the grave site of St. Patrick located nearby. Drive to Armagh and enjoy the celebrations of St. Patrick’s Day. Dinner and overnight in Dublin.
Day 7: Today we will travel to Cork. First we will stop in Cashel and visit the massive 12th century Rock of Cashel. Visit Cork where St. Colman Cathedral is located and the infamous Titanic set sail on its ill-fated maiden voyage to the USA. Finally, enjoy an evening out in Ireland’s second city and take a driving tour of the Cork city. Dinner and overnight in Killarney.
Day 8: On our way to Killarney stop and visit the famous Blarney Castle and kiss Blarney stone. Shop at the Blarney Woolen Mill where you find Irish crystal and beautiful Irish linens . There will be a stop in the beautiful heritage village of Adare. Here you will enjoy the spectacle of the thatched roof cottages or the Village’s main street. Stop to grab a cup of coffee and perhaps do a little shopping. See the Cliffs of Moher: they rise vertically to a height of 650 feet over the crashing waves of the Atlantic Ocean: a breath taking sight. Dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight in Killarney.
Day 9: Enjoy a guided tour of such sites as Muckross House, Ross Castle, Killarney Lakes, Torc Waterfall, the gap of Dunloe and Aghadoe Heights. will visit Dingle Peninsula: one of the most amazing coastal villages and quaint shops. Enjoy the historical sites dating back to the Stone Age, as well as the Beehive huts, the Gallarus oratory and Kilmalkedar Church. Overnight in Killarney.
Day 10: Depart from Shannon to the US.
Please note: We do our best to ensure that all sites listed in this itinerary will be seen. Due to scheduling conflicts, or other circumstances beyond our control, sites may be visited on a different day than listed. Since we have several different trip configurations touring at the same time, it is likely that groups on different tours will be combined when their itineraries overlap in certain areas.