In 2010 we offer this guided tour package to Ireland:

Ages of Ireland

Other Irish touring programs by consultation

Itineraries focus on many facets of the Irish and their Emerald Island:

• ancient, medieval and modern
• invaders, emigrants and visitors
• aristocracy and gentry
• farmers and cottiers
• townspeople and country folk
• castles and country houses and cottages
• clergy and religious
• cathedrals and country churches and monastic places

Ask about a light ‘recovery day’ in Dublin, to help you get over your long flights – you’ll be collected at the airport, shown to your hotel, then escorted on an easy walk and, if you wish, a seaside drive, for some sunshine and fresh air, followed by finding you a light meal before an early night.

- Up to 8 persons in a group (for individual attention)

- Stay at selected Bed & Breakfast houses (all rooms ensuite)

- Travel in a 9-seater mini-bus (or smaller vehicle, to suit final group size)

THE SMALL PRINT:

Inclusions other than those mentioned in the particular Tour Highlights:
• Guide and vehicle available throughout the tour
• Land travel in Ireland
• Bed and Breakfast accommodation
• Twin share accommodation rate in quoted Tour Price
• Dine in regional style and plenty at selected restaurants and other favorite eateries
• All breakfasts and one dinner included
• Guide/driver, vehicle, insurances, fuel
• Ground transfers to and from airport
• All admissions to sites, and tolls, ferries, parking, Irish taxes

Not included:
• Travel to/from Ireland, associated taxes
• Meals other than Breakfast (all lunches and most dinners)
• Travel insurance
• Single Supplement for single occupancy of Bed and Breakfast accommodation

Peter Moore is not a licensed Australian Travel Agent or Tour Operator.
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Prices are estimates and subject to seasonal, regional and currency variations.

A small tour offers the most direct experience of Ireland in the most cost-efficient fashion. Spend your time seeing more things and places, learning more about the great moments in Ireland’s past and understanding more about Ireland’s present(and, thus, her future).

Small group:  Fewer people in a compact vehicle means less loading and unloading delays. A smaller vehicle can park nearer to entrances than bus parks, which means less unnecessary walking. And there will be opportunities to get to know each other before you leave and numerous opportunities to go your own way during the Circuit.

Guide / Driver:  A combined guide and driver means more personal attention to each traveller’s need to know and desire to learn about what they are seeing and doing ~ for questions and ideas, special interests, family research efforts, and so on.

Variable itinerary:  Small groups, a small bus and a guide/driver all mean the itinerary can be varied in advance to suit special needs and interests. It can also be altered daily to deal with weather changes, site closures or other unavoidable factors, as well as to side-track at will and benefit from local events. And it’s cheaper, too.

Experience:  The itinerary is based on my knowledge gained during two years’ residence in 1978–1979 and a dozen lengthy visits since then, most of them leading cultural study tours of different sizes, goals and themes. All of the best sites (and none of the rest) are built into this itinerary: I hope you will agree!

Bed & Breakfast houses:  Using B&B accommodation sites introduces a wide range of regional variety to our stopovers and ensures more personal contact with Irish people compared with more impersonal hotels. The individuality of B&B houses increases the traveller’s experience of architecture and lifestyles of numerous periods. Using more B&Bs means less doubling back to longer-term accommodation.

Small vehicle:  The itinerary permits access to remote sites other tours cannot reach ~ large coaches just cannot navigate up some farm roads that lead to exciting and unusual places. Your bus is also available at all times ~ fancy an after-dinner drive? (Better than TV!)

A Minibus?:  Tours have used Ford Transit and Toyota Hiace vehicles which have proved to be comfortable ‘people-movers’! Seats are contoured for individual comfort, they have three passenger doors and the windows offer a large viewing area.

Luggage:  The smaller vehicle’s luggage area is necessarily limited. The solution is to travel light – doing yourself a favour at the same time.