Personally accompanied
Experienced tour guides accompany you personally and make sure you are well looked after.
Ireland - Wild Atlantic Way
Trip highlights:
- Vibrant capital Dublin
- Wild Atlantic Way - pure nature
- Ring of Kerry coastal road
The wild west coast of the island of Ireland
Set off on an exciting Deluxe coach tour along the diverse Irish coastline. From the Northern Irish capital Belfast, you will head out to visit the various stops along the spectacular coastal road and get to know each one. The Wild Atlantic Way offers numerous natural highlights, such as the Giant's Causeway and the Cliffs of Moher, the Connemara National Park, and one of Europe's most beautiful scenic routes, the Ring of Dingle. Small towns such as Bantry and Dingle Town, as well as larger, livelier cities such as Derry, Galway and Dublin, lie along your route.
Day 1: Switzerland - Rotterdam
Journey through Alsace to Rotterdam. Boarding a P&O ferry for the crossing to England. On board, restaurants and cafés look after your comfort (overnight on board).
The last boarding point in Switzerland is Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse, at 08:10.
Day 2: Hull - Dublin
Disembark in Hull. You cross England to reach Wales. Crossing from Holyhead on the north Welsh coast to Dublin. Transfer to your hotel in the centre of Dublin.
Day 3: Dublin - Belfast
Continue to Belfast. Around midday you reach Belfast, where the Titanic was launched in 1912. Afterwards an interesting city tour is on the programme. The fine cityscape is shaped by Victorian buildings. You admire many sights such as City Hall, the Grand Opera House and the Shankill and Falls Roads.
Day 4: Belfast - Letterkenny
At the bizarre yet beautiful coastal landscape of the Giant's Causeway you encounter 40,000 perfectly hexagonal basalt columns (UNESCO World Heritage Site) rising out of the sea. Visit and tasting at Bushmills, the oldest whiskey distillery in the world. Overnight in Letterkenny.
Day 5: Donegal
Excursion along the famous Knockalla Coast Road into the rugged beauty of the Fanad Head Peninsula, to the magnificent Ballymastocker Beach, which The Observer newspaper counts among the most beautiful beaches in the world. Fanad Lighthouse is the favourite subject of all photographers. You travel past lakes, expansive bogland, gorse and green mountains to Donegal's greatest attraction, Glenveagh National Park with its neo-Gothic castle.
Day 6: Slieve League – Westport
At 600 metres, the Slieve League cliffs are among the highest in Europe and offer unique views over the rough Atlantic. From here your journey takes you to Mullaghmore. On a relaxed beach walk you can enjoy the wind and the waves. In the evening you reach your hotel in the Westport area.
Day 7: Achill Island - Galway
Excursion to Achill Island, Ireland's largest island, which is 22 km long and 19 km wide. The island can be reached via a bridge. Achill offers moorland, mountains, steep cliffs and wide beaches. The sea and lakes, picturesque coastlines and peat bogs, dark rivers and green forests define the heathland scenery of Connemara.
Day 8: Burren - Cliffs of Moher
You cross the primeval lunar landscape of the Burren karst region. Stop at the “Cliffs of Moher”, which rise up to 200 m vertically out of the sea along a length of almost 8 km. Continue to Kilrush. You cross the Shannon estuary by ferry before reaching Killarney in the evening.
Day 9: Ring of Dingle
(Optional excursion) On the Dingle Peninsula you feel transported back to the ‘good old days’. You explore the colourful little town of Dingle Town.
Day 10: Killarney - Dublin
From Killarney you travel north-east to Dublin. On a city tour with a local guide you visit Trinity College, whose impressive old library houses Ireland's most valuable manuscript: the magnificently illuminated “Book of Kells”.
Day 11: Dublin - Hull
Crossing to Holyhead and onward journey to England (overnight on board).
Day 12: Rotterdam - Switzerland
Return journey to Switzerland.
You stay in selected 4* hotels (official national category). Ferries: cabins with shower/WC. Equivalent hotels if the chosen ones are unavailable.
Included services
- Travel in a Deluxe coach
- Accommodation in selected 4* hotels, standard double rooms
- 8x HB (dinner and breakfast buffet)
- 1x B&B (room and breakfast buffet)
- Ferry Rotterdam - Hull - Rotterdam, Standard: inside double cabin with shower/WC and breakfast buffet
- Ferry Holyhead - Dublin - Holyhead
- City tours of Dublin and Belfast
- Ferry Killimer - Tarbert
- Admission to the Cliffs of Moher, Giant's Causeway, Bushmills Distillery, Glenveagh Castle, Book of Kells and Trinity College
- Local, German-speaking tour guide from day 3 to day 10
- EUROBUS audio guide §
Deluxe coach
33 fine leather seats – only 3 instead of the usual 4 seats per row – offer plenty of room. Enjoy the generous legroom and a level of luxury that leaves nothing to be desired. The exclusive ambience will win you over.
- 33 wide, adjustable leather armchair seats
- Spacious three-seat rows with generous legroom
- Seat belts at every seat
- Fold-down table at every seat, adjustable footrests
- 220-volt socket at every seat *
- Air conditioning, toilet and washroom, fridge / coffee machine
- Lane assist and adaptive cruise control *
- Free Wi-Fi/internet in Europe (from 2018)
33 fine leather seats – only 3 instead of the usual 4 seats per row – offer plenty of room. Enjoy the generous legroom and a level of luxury that leaves nothing to be desired. The exclusive ambience will win you over.
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