JOURNEY OF THE SOUL – EAST & WEST COASTS & NORTHERN IRELAND TOUR

 

Enjoy Ireland’s beautiful scenic coastline--visit historic & legendary attractions—join in traditional music and dance—enjoy warm homemade scones by a warm turf fire—as you discover the charm of its people and experience the ancient and modern Ireland!

 

The Irish Cultural Center is sponsoring its 5^th Custom Tour to Ireland in 2010 (September 4-14, 2010). This 11-day scenic tour will take us to spectacular new places that we haven’t been to before—where they say “it’s different up here”! Touring the “West and East coasts and Northern Ireland”, we will stay in Westport, with multiple-night stays in Donegal, Derry, Belfast, and Dublin. We will tour the majestic Slieve League Cliffs (believed to be the tallest sea cliffs in Europe), visit the grave of Ireland’s most celebrated Nobel prize winning poet, William Butler Yeat’s, in the shadows of Benbulben in County Sligo, tour the Belleek Pottery factory, Donegal (the tweed capital of Ireland), Omagh where we will visit the Ulster American Folk Park (one of the finest living historic museums in Ireland), embark on a guided walking tour (with a local guide) of the historic Derry City Walls, tour the scenic Inishowen Peninsula, and visit Giants Causeway. We’ll then proceed along the Antrim coast to tour the beautiful Nine Glens of Antrim before reaching Belfast City. In Belfast, a local guide will take us on a tour into the sectarian areas including Falls Road, Shankill Road, the Peace Wall and also a visit to the Titanic Quarter. As we head toward Dublin we will stop in the Boyne Valley for a guided visit of the 5,000+ year old megalithic passage tomb of Newgrange (built around 3200 BC—more than 500 years older than the Egyptian Pyramids and predates Stonehenge by about 1,000 years!). We will end our tour with two nights in Dublin’s fair city with visits to famous historic sites like Kilmainham Jail and the Guinness Storehouse (celebrating 250 years!), with free time to explore Dublin or to visit Trinity College and the Book of Kells on your own.  

 

For more information about this unique tour call Kathy Gallivan at (413) 536-9709 or the Irish Cultural Center at (413) 265-2537.  Call for Availability & Price.  Tour price includes Land +Airfare, bus transportation to and from Logan Airport from Elms College, all sightseeing attractions, 16 meals (including breakfast on day of arrival), centrally located Superior 1^st Class hotels, all hotel tips and hotel taxes in Ireland. Gratuity for Irish Driver/Guide in Ireland is not included.  Travel Protection/Insurance, Departure Tax/fees/fuel surcharges are extra.   (Note: This tour is exclusive to the Irish Culture Center and will not join with any other groups.) Seats are filled on a first-come-first-serve basis.