The Island of Ireland

Céad míle fáilte, as they say in Ireland, meaning a hundred thousand welcomes! Welcome to Dublin’s fair city as it was immortalized in the Dubliners’ song “Molly Malone”. The short trip from the airport into the city with your private driver will give you your first taste of this great city. Drop your luggage at your hotel and set out on foot to start discovering!

Highlights (included): Hop-on/hop-off bus tour, Guinness Storehouse, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
Highlights (optional): Kilmainham Gaol, Jameson Distillery

Overnight in Dublin

Tenon Recommends: O’Callaghan Hotels in Dublin City Centre

Soak up some of Dublin’s coast with a trip out to Howth, a fishing village with an amazing cliff walk. Take the Coastal Walk and Chowder Trail, offering the best of both worlds – a nice walk with lovely food at the end.

Highlights (included): Dublin Literary Pub Crawl
Highlights (optional): Coastal Walk and Chowder Trail, Roe & Co Distillery, Musical Pub Crawl

Overnight in Dublin

Tenon Recommends: O’Callaghan Hotels in Dublin City Centre
(Breakfast included)

Discover Belfast’s maritime history, the Titanic Quarter pays homage to all things related to the Titanic and covers 185 acres on the site where the RMS Titanic was designed and built. Titanic Belfast tells the full story of the building of this grand ship. Explore the docks and see the Titanic Studios, one of the filming locations for Game of Thrones.

Highlights (included): Titanic Belfast, Belfast Black Taxi tour
Highlights (optional): Belfast Traditional Music Trail, Belfast Food Tour, Crumlin Road Gaol

Overnight in Belfast
Tenon Recommends: Europa Hotel
(Breakfast included)

Driving the Antrim Coast is an absolute delight and one worthy of dedicating a half-day trip or more to. Visit Giants Causeway for the unique experience of following in the footsteps of giants. Enjoy the fresh air as you venture down to the hexagonal basalt columns. Climb onto some of them for amazing views if you’re feeling up to it. Raise a toast to the giants with a whiskey on the rocks experience with a Bushmills Distillery tasting.

Highlights (included): Giants Causeway boat trip from Ballycastle
Highlights (optional): Private guide and whiskey tasting at the Giant’s Causeway

Overnight in Belfast
Tenon Recommends: Europa Hotel
(Breakfast included)

Named “The Coolest Place in the World” by National Geographic, Donegal is your next destination. Never-ending scenery and coastal views make it an otherworldly kind of place. See the Sliabh Liag Cliffs, which are taller than the Cliffs of Moher, and if you feel up to it, hike the 3-kilometer Pilgrims Pass.

Highlights (included): Sliabh Liag Distillers
Highlights (optional): Weaving demonstration at the Triona Irish Design Store shop in Donegal

Overnight in Donegal
Tenon Recommends: Mill Park Hotel
(Breakfast included)

Fancy a spa treatment today? Stop in Strandhill, County Sligo, for a visit to Voya Seaweed Baths. With an emphasis on ensuring environmental sustainability, the team in Voya shares the full therapeutic power of nature in its purest form through the age-old Irish tradition of seaweed bathing. Relaxed and invigorated, you will be ready to continue onto Westport.

Highlights (include): Westport House and Hawk Walk
Highlights (optional): Seaweed spa treatment, cycle the Great Western Greenway, Ceide Fields

Overnight in Westport
Tenon Recommends: Castlecourt Hotel
(Breakfast included)

Situated on the scenic West Coast, Galway has a reputation for being the cultural heart of Ireland. You will find yourself surrounded by song and dance traditions. Galway has the largest population of Gaelic speakers in Ireland, with many rural communities speaking only Gaelic. Enjoy traditional Irish music in one of the many pubs in Galway and immerse yourself in traditional Irish culture!

Highlights (included): Kylemore Abbey
Highlights (optional): Galway Bay boat tour with lobster fishing

Overnight in Galway
Tenon Recommends: Park House Hotel
(Breakfast included)

Take a boat out into Galway Bay and see some of the islands that gave us the Aran sweater! Inis Mor is the largest of the three Aran Islands and includes several ancient stone forts. Dun Aengus has been called one of the finest prehistoric monuments in Europe. Hire a bike to ride around the island or go for a pony and trap ride and take a step back in time.

Highlights (included): Aran Islands boat trip
Highlights (optional): Dun Aengus, Galway Whiskey Trail

Overnight in Galway
Tenon Recommends: Park House Hotel
(Breakfast included)

Made up of several seaside villages, Clare is popular with tourists from Ireland and abroad and has so much to offer including the Cliffs of Moher. The beaches around Doolin, Spanish Point and Fanore have great waves for surfing and other water-related activities. After soaking up the sea air, enjoy fresh seafood in a local pub.

Highlights (included): Bunratty Castle Medieval Banquet, Bunratty Folk Park
Highlights (optional): Cliffs of Moher Visitor Centre, Hazel Mountain Chocolate Tour

Overnight in Clare
Tenon Recommends: Old Ground Hotel Ennis
(Breakfast included)

Say Slån to Clare and take a jaunting car tour from Killarney Town Centre to Muckross House, a grand Victorian mansion built in the national park in 1839. Combine the tour with a wood-fired pizza and craft beer at the local brewing company.

Highlights (included): Jaunting car and brewery tour
Highlights (optional): Private guided walk around Killarney National Park

Overnight in Killarney
Tenon Recommends: International Hotel
(Breakfast included)

Marvel at the most famous drive in Ireland, The Ring of Kerry drive, located on the Iveragh Peninsula of the county. The Iveragh Peninsula is the crown jewel of “The Kingdom,” as Kerry is known. Allow yourself time to make a few stops along the route to take in the breathtaking views along this stretch of the Wild Atlantic Way.

Highlights (included): Sheepdog demonstration at Kissane Sheep Farm
Highlights (optional): Private Irish cooking class

Overnight in Killarney
Tenon Recommends: International Hotel
(Breakfast included)

Taste the best of Irish food in the medieval fishing village of Kinsale in Cork. Enjoy water activities or a cruise around Kinsale Harbour. Since this is the gourmet food capital of Ireland, it is recommended to enjoy a walking food tour and sample the best local flavors on offer.

Highlights (include): Kinsale Harbour Cruise, Kinsale Food Tour, Kinsale Mead Tasting

Overnight in Cork
Tenon Recommends: Hotel Kinsale
(Breakfast included)

Explore more of Cork County. In Belfast, you learned about the building of the Titanic; in Cobh, you will visit the Titanic’s last port of call on its final maiden voyage. The visitor experience is in the original White Star Line ticket office. Just beyond Cobh is the Jameson Midleton Distillery – be sure to take a behind-the-scenes tour with a premium whiskey tasting experience.

Highlights (included): Queenstown Story and Cobh Heritage Centre
Highlights (optional): Midleton Distillery

Overnight in Cork
Tenon Recommends: Hotel Kinsale
(Breakfast included)

Make a stop in Tipperary to visit the producers of Cashel Blue, an award-winning Irish cheese. Enjoy a tasting experience before moving on to Kildare. Ireland is the third-largest breeder of thoroughbreds in the world, visit the Irish National Stud and meet some of them. Originally famous for its tableware, Newbridge Silverware in County Kildare is now equally known for its jewelry. Sparkling silver jewelry from Newbridge Silverware will make a great souvenir.

Highlights (included): Irish National Stud & Gardens, Rock of Cashel

Highlights (optional): Newbridge Silverware Tour

Overnight in Kildare

Tenon Recommends: Killashee House Hotel
(Breakfast included)

Say Slán to Ireland and start your journey home with memories that will last a lifetime. (Breakfast included)